TikTok is the social media sensation that all of Silicon Valley — and a lot of Washington, DC — has their eyes on. The app, created by ByteDance, became famous for rocketing musicians and dancers to stardom. But as its popularity and influence have grown, so has scrutiny of its privacy...
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As startups swarm to develop the Chinese version of ChatGPT,Chinese publication Leiphone made an infographiccomparing celebrity founders in China to determine who’s most likely to win the race. The analysis takes into consideration four dimensions: academic reputation and influence, experience working...
And in today’s day and age, the influence of social media can’t possibly be ignored. There are a multitude of social media platforms. But some garner so much hype, they grow so massively and go viral that sometimes we can’t really comprehend, why? Yes, we are talking about TikTok...
U.S. politicians begin to raise alarms about TikTok's influence, calling for afederal investigations of its Musical.ly acquisitionand a national security probe into TikTok and other Chinese-owned apps. That investigation begins in November, according to news reports. ...
And some governments even fear that China could manipulate TikTok to influence public opinion abroad or conduct intelligence operations. That is the case in some European countries and elsewhere, where governments have restricted or banned TikTok on government-issued devices. The US has gone further:...
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However, the future of TikTok in the United States is uncertain: The Trump government is going out of their way to ban the app, saying TikTok has had bad influence on the privacy of American users and the national safety of the US. On Aug 6, US President Donald Trump said that he wou...
And because of the immature teenager are usually incapable of distinguishing reliable on the platform, they are often influenced by false information or messages with stereotypes. 2 Literature Review With the increasing influence of TikTok, there have been many researches on social media or TikTok's...
Peter W. Singer, a strategist at the New America Foundation and author of numerous books on technology in warfare, said TikTok’s claims not to be influenced by any government, including the Chinese government, are unrealistic. “For any company to say no government has influence over it is ...