The U.S. government’s primary concern is TikTok’s alleged ties to the Chinese government via ByteDance, which it claims could use the app to access American user data or influence public opinion. These concerns have driven bipartisan support for action against the app, leading to legislative ...
Washington— The 170 million TikTok users in the U.S.were in for a rude awakeninglate Saturday night when the enormously popular video-sharing app became inaccessible because of a law passed by a bipartisan majority in Congress last year.TikTok voluntarily shut down service to its users ahead o...
The concern is warranted, they said, because Chinese national security laws require organizations to cooperate with intelligence gathering. FBI Director Christopher Wray told House Intelligence Committee members last year that the Chinese government could compromise Americans' devices through the software. As...
The U.S. government’s primary concern is TikTok’s alleged ties to the Chinese government via ByteDance, which it claims could use the app to access American user data or influence public opinion. These concerns have driven bipartisan support for action against the app, leading to legislative ...
TikTok is still undiscovered territory for anyone over the age of 25. Extremely popular withGen Z, TikTok is a glimpse into what it means to be growing up in today’s hyper-connected world. The vast majority ofusers on Facebook today at aged 40 plus, while Instagram is more popular with...
MORE: No evidence of TikTok national security threat but reason for concern, experts say In the event of a TikTok ban, industries that advertise on the platform and creators who post on it would need to go elsewhere but may face difficulty replicating the appeal of the ...
Discussions around privacy in social media applications usually concern excessive collection of data that users consent to handing over.TikTok's privacy policysays the app collects user location data, up to a granularity of three square km. This is quite coarse—Instagram, for example,allows for mo...
Can Trump put a pause on the TikTok ban? The Justice Department is generally tasked with enforcing the laws of the federal government. But Trump does not have the power to overturn a law that Congress passed and subsequently upheld by the Supreme Court. The law does give the sitting presid...
Naturally, there’s a growing concern among parents who want to make sure that their kids aren’t exposed to inappropriate content. Not to mention the risk of exposure to cyberbullying, addiction, dangerous trends, and other privacy concerns. While TikTok has several restrictions in place to lim...
The United States also attempted to ban TikTok, with President Donald Trump signing executive orders to limit and control transactions with ByteDance. The concern stemmed from fears the Chinese government could access user data for espionage. The proposed ban met legal challenges. Ultimately, TikTok ...