US President Donald Trump has revealed that his administration is in discussions with four groups regarding the sale of Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok, as per a recent report by Reuters.
TikTok has laid off at least a dozen employees from its trust and safety team in Singapore as part of a global restructuring effort aimed at aligning its operations with long-term growth plans, according to a report by The Straits Times.
Elon Musk has dismissed speculation that he plans to buy TikTok, the popular short-video app facing a potential US ban over security concerns. His comments come as US lawmakers push for action against TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, over alleged security risks.
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TikTok is facing down a US law that ordered the company to divest from its Chinese owner ByteDance or be banned in the United States
Oracle and Microsoft are in talks to take over TikTok’s global operations, according to a report from National Public Radio (NPR), a US-based broadcasting platform. The plan would reduce Chinese ownership of the app and address security concerns tied to its parent company, ByteDance, states the report.
Instagram has announced a new video editing app called Edits, aimed at creators who produce videos on their phones. The app, unveiled by Instagram head Adam Mosseri in a video on Instagram, is positioned as a competitor to CapCut, the video editor app owned by TikTok's parent company ByteDance.
Trump promised to issue an executive order delaying the ban to allow time to "make a deal."
Coco Gauff wrote "RIP TikTok USA" and drew a broken heart on a camera lens shortly after reaching the Australian Open quarter-finals on Sunday after the popular app used by 170 million Americans stopped working in the United States.
TikTok is laying off hundreds of employees globally, including about 500 in Malaysia, as it shifts to AI-driven content moderation.
TikTok is facing new legal challenges as 13 US states and Washington DC filed lawsuits accusing the platform of harming young users through addictive software and inadequate safety measures.
The EU Commission has formally requested detailed information from YouTube, TikTok, and Snapchat about the algorithms they use to recommend content to their users on October 2, according to a recent report by Reuters.
ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is accelerating its AI model development by turning to domestic suppliers like Huawei Technologies, according to a recent report by Reuters.
TikTok has recently added the group chat feature, which will allow users to engage in group conversations using the direct messaging option on the app. This new feature, which supports group conversations of up to 32 participants, is available only for users aged 16 and older.
TikTok, the popular short-form video platform, was recently fined £1.9 million ($2.4 million) for failing to timely post its safety data report. The fine was issued by Ofcom, the government-approved telecommunications regulator in the UK.
Lady Gaga, the musician-turned-actress, is presently in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics, where they delivered a performance at the Opening Ceremony on Friday evening and have been seen attending various events throughout the weekend.
It will severely curtail people's fundamental freedoms
What is TikTok University and what exactly does it teach?
TikTok removed 7,171,832 videos for violating community guidelines between January and March 2024 in Bangladesh, according to the platform’s Community Guidelines Enforcement Report for the first quarter (Q1) of 2024. Among them, 99.4% of these videos were removed proactively, and 94.0% were taken down within 24 hours of posting.
