TikTok’s head of US operations denied that the short-video app could be a national security threat. In an interview with NBC’s Today on Tuesday, Vanessa Pappas said TikTok has “very strict data controls” and doesn’t sell user information. “We are at a time where we’re seeing … a geopolitical tension between the US and China, …
Read More »
Oracle has held preliminary talks with ByteDance, TikTok‘s Chinese owner, about acquiring the social media sensation’s operations in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the Financial Times reported late Monday. Microsoft is also in talks to buy up the TikTok app from ByteDance. TikTok is a wildly popular social media app where people, mostly teens and young adults, post short …
Read More »
TikTok has set up an information hub and Twitter account in an effort to combat misinformation and rumors about its social media platform in real time. TikTok said Monday it will use the sites to “shine a light on the facts and set the record straight.” “We are taking another step to continue to build trust with our TikTok community by …
Read More »
Up to a third of TikTok’s 49 million daily users in the US are 14 years old or younger, according to a Friday report by The New York Times, which cited internal TikTok data and documents. In July, 18 million of the short-video app’s daily users were 14 or younger, 20 million were older and the ages of the rest …
Read More »
With all the drama over President Donald Trump’s threats to ban the international Chinese social networking sensation TikTok, tech watchers in the US haven’t spent as much time considering what banning TenCent’s WeChat might lead to as well. A well-connected Apple analyst crunched the numbers and estimates iPhone sales could drop as much as 30% worldwide if a ban goes …
Read More »
Instagram now has a new way for you to show off your creativity. The social media platform last week launched its TikTok competitor Reels, which lets you film, edit and post 15-second videos in the Instagram app. Reels, available now in the US, looks like it’ll give social media influencers and other creators a new way to make and share …
Read More »
When news broke that Microsoft was considering buying the rising social media sensation TikTok, many who’ve followed the software maker for years expressed surprise. Even Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates called the potential $30 billion deal “a poisoned chalice.” TikTok would make for an effective fire sale, following a meteoric rise that’s netted the app more than 100 million users in …
Read More »
Most Gen Z and millennial TikTok users in the US are upset about the potential TikTok ban, according to a survey of 10,000 users taken this week and published Friday. And 83% of those surveyed are not concerned enough about the Chinese government potentially having access to their data to consider deleting the social media video app. A majority of …
Read More »
TikTok fired back at an executive order that would essentially ban its app, saying the Trump administration had denied the social media company due process. TikTok said it would challenge the order, which President Donald Trump issued Thursday evening. “We are shocked by the recent Executive Order, which was issued without any due process,” the social media company said in a blog post. …
Read More »
Microsoft is reportedly considering a total buyout of TikTok’s global business from China-based ByteDance. It follows the US tech giant exploring the acquisition of TikTok’s US, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand businesses earlier this week after a conversation between Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and President Donald Trump. The president has been reportedly considering an order to force the Chinese company …
Read More »
