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TikTok has denied that it's beholden to the Chinese government and has accused lawmakers who want to restrict it of trampling on citizens' free speech rights. TikTok has vowed to mount a legal challenge, calling the law "unconstitutional." "We'll continue to fight, as this legislation is a...
The United States is ratcheting up national security concerns about TikTok, mandating that all federal employees delete the Chinese-owned social media app from government-issued mobile phones. Other Western governments are pursuing similar bans, citing espionage fears. So how serious is the threat?
TikTok is the most popular app in the United States. 150 million Americans – almost half the population – use it every month. The app offers an endless, scrolling wonderland of humor, music, dancing, tips, opinion and information – short videos posted by fellow TikTok fans, and all ...
People who use TikTok might think they’re not doing anything that would be of interest to a foreign government, but that’s not always the case, said Anton Dahbura, executive director of the Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute. Important information about the United States ...
The University of Texas at Austin made an announcement on Tuesday, January 17, stating that they have blocked access to popular social media platform TikTok on Wi-Fi networks controlled by the campus.
President Trump is making good on his controversial promise to ban TikTok in the U.S. Here's why he's banning the massively popular Chinese-owned app.
TikTok previously said in a statement that ByteDance is a private company and that “TikTok Inc., which offers the TikTok service in the United States, is a U.S. company bound by U.S. laws.” There is even a separate, but similar, app for China, according to ByteDance’swebsite: Dou...
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The United States government is considering banning the popular app TikTok, as well as other Chinese social media apps, because they pose a national security threat, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “Only if you want your private information in the hands of the Chinese Commu...