Tag: TikTok
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US House of Representatives votes massively to ban TikTok
The House of Representatives in the United States have voted massively a bill that will force TikTok to divest from its Chinese owner or get banned from the United States. 352 lawmakers voted in favour of the proposed law and 65 against it in a rare moment of bipartisan unity in politically divided Washington.
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EU Commission opens probe of TikTok’s suspected breaches of child protection rules
The European Commission on Monday opened an investigation into TikTok over suspected breaches of European Union rules on child protection and advertising transparency. The commission is investigating whether TikTok’s algorithms may be addictive or create “rabbit hole effects. “The EU executive is also
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Lagos TikToker jailed for impersonation
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday sentenced an 18-year-old Secondary School Certificate (SSCE) holder, Henry Bilabi, to two years’ imprisonment for impersonation and defrauding unsuspecting citizens of $500 on TikTok.
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See full list as Nigerians dominate TikTok Creator Awards
TikTok Creator Awards second edition was held at Vodaword in Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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2024 Election election : Biden joins TikTok
Ahead of 2024 election, US President Joe Biden belatedly joined TikTok on Sunday, marking his debut on the social media platform with a 26-second video.
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TikTok slammed €345m privacy fine
TikTok has been fined 345 million euros (368 million U.S. dollars) by Irish data protection authorities following an investigation into the handling of user data from minors.
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Popular TikTok celebrity sentenced to 2 years in prison
TikTok music celebrity, Crown Uzama, popularly known as Shalli Popi and Miller Maxwell, has been convicted and sentenced to two years in prison.
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Montana becomes first U.S. state to ban TikTok
Montana has become the first U.S. state to ban the Chinese-developed social media app TikTok, as its Republican governor Greg Gianforte signed a bill into law on Wednesday. “To protect Montanans’ personal and private data from
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Apple’s Tim Cook is all smiles in Beijing, after TikTok chief’s grilling in Washington
Apple (AAPL) CEO, Tim Cook, gave a show of support for China as a market and manufacturing base during a visit to Beijing Saturday, even as trade and tech sector tensions escalate between the United States and the world’s second-largest economy. Apple and China had “grown together” over the past three decades, Cook told the…
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US Congress to grill TikTok CEO over data privacy concerns
Shou Zi Chew, Chief Executive Officer of ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is set to face the United States Congress over data privacy concerns. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) gathered that Chew will be grilled by American lawmakers on Thursday, as they consider legislation that will enable President Joe Biden to order a nationwide ban on the…