But if it passes the Senate and is signed into law by President Biden, ByteDance would have six months to sell TikTok before any ban would take effect. How would a TikTok ban work? The most straightforward way for the US to ban TikTok would be to remove it from app stores, such as t...
TikTok's ties to China are raising concerns that the app may be a security risk to the US. We break down what's going on with TikTok, the US government and the world.up next Everything Announced at The Android Show I/O Edition in 14 Minutes 14:13 Amazon's Project Kuiper Internet...
TikTok said in a blog post in June that it will route all data from U.S. users to servers controlled by Oracle, the Silicon Valley company it chose as its U.S. tech partner in 2020 in an effort to avoid a nationwide ban. But it is storing backups of the data in its own servers...
national security." TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is going to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee later this month, which might clear up some of the questions about data privacy.So, long answer short: The U.S. wants to ban TikTok for political reasons, but is covering that ...
Every month about 150 million Americans use TikTok, a social media app that was developed in China. And that has security experts and lawmakers worried, because of how user data might be accessed by the Chinese Communist Party. Correspondent David Pogue
The U.S.-owned tech company Oracle is in talks with TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to purchase or acquire a majority stake in the app.President Donald Trump is making good on his controversial promise to ban TikTok in the U.S., the Department of Commerce announced today. The move ...
Some say they are hoping to rebuild communities they had on TikTok, while others say they joined the app out of spite and to undermine the US government’s decision to ban TikTok over concerns that “the Chinese government could use the app to surveil Americans.”The US Supreme Court is ...
TikTok said in a blog post in June that it will route all data from U.S. users to servers controlled by Oracle, the Silicon Valley company it chose as its U.S. tech partner in 2020 in an effort to avoid a nationwide ban. But it is storing backups of the data in its own servers...
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.
TikTok is worth an estimated $100 billion, according to Wedbush analyst Dan Ives. And many major US tech companies already face fierce regulatory scrutiny that could prevent them from making such a major acquisition. And while the law would ban TikTok from US app stores, removing the existing...