The US Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department are probing allegations that TikTok has failed to meet its obligation to protect children’s privacy under a 2019 agreement, Reuters reported Tuesday. Two sources told the news agency they participated in separate conference calls with the agencies regarding the accusations. TikTok is a wildly popular social media app …
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This story is part of Generation China, CNET’s series exploring the nation’s technological ambition. TikTok said late Monday it plans to exit the Hong Kong market within days as several tech giants have announced they’re pausing the review of Hong Kong government requests for user data in reaction to a new national security law China imposed on the region that …
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India banned wildly popular Chinese video-sharing app TikTok and 58 others on Monday after a border clash between troops from both countries left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead this month. The apps, which range from gaming to music streaming and social media, are “prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public …
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TikTok will reportedly stop reading content on users’ clipboards, after a new feature in Apple’s iOS 14 revealed just how often the social video app does so. The feature informs users when apps are accessing text from their clipboards, and TikTok appeared to be a major offender, The Telegraph reported on Thursday. “Hey @tiktok_us, why do you paste from my …
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President Donald Trump’s rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday didn’t produce the huge crowds he’d promised — and TikTok users and K-Pop fans say they helped reduce attendance by reserving thousands of tickets online with the intention of not attending. Trump’s re-election campaign had received more than one million requests for tickets to the rally, according to a tweet Monday …
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Apple’s head of diversity and inclusion is reportedly leaving the company as tech giants ramp up efforts to fight racial injustice and inequality in the wake of protests over the death of George Floyd. Christie Smith, who took on the role in 2017, left the company on Tuesday, Bloomberg reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter. Smith’s departure comes …
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TikTok’s popularity skyrocketed with the help of short, quirky dance and lip-syncing videos. Now the social media app is betting that live broadcasts and educational content will play a bigger part in its future. Bryan Thoensen, who oversees content partnerships at TikTok, said that during the coronavirus pandemic TikTok is seeing people not only spending more time watching videos but …
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Facebook’s app-focused New Product Experimentation team on Wednesday introduced the Collab app, a TikTok-style app for making music with friends. Collab is launching as an invite-only beta on iOS, according to a release from the NPE team. With Collab, users can create, watch and mash up original videos and music. Users don’t need any musical experience to add their own recordings, according …
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TikTok’s CEO will be Kevin Mayer starting June 1, installing the high-level Disney executive who launched Disney Plus to spearhead the popular but controversial video-sharing app. TikTok, a social app for sharing quirky videos, has exploded in popularity in recent years, but the China-based service has bumped up against questions in the US and elsewhere about privacy, child safety, user …
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Several popular apps crashed for many users Wednesday afternoon, including TikTok and Spotify, and the issue may be connected to Facebook’s developer toolkit, which lets third-party software programmers integrate their apps with the social network. Users complained on Twitter that TikTok, Spotify, Tinder and Pinterest weren’t working for them. Some people described apps crashing when they tried to launch them. The …
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