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China’s ByteDance admits using TikTok data to track journalists

BEIJING, China (AFP) - Employees of Chinese tech giant ByteDance improperly accessed data from social media platform TikTok to track journalists…

Five ways TikTok is seen as threat to US national security

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Many in the United States see TikTok, the highly popular video-sharing app owned by Beijing-based…

TikTok under pressure as US lawmakers push government ban

by Thomas URBAIN Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- The US Congress is on the cusp of approving…

TikTok denies setting up ‘illegal operations’ in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) - TikTok's Chinese owner denied on Monday setting up a subsidiary company in Taiwan after the island's authorities…

TikTok hit by US lawsuits over child safety, security fears

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- TikTok was hit Wednesday with a pair of lawsuits from the US state of Indiana,…

TikTok a hotbed of US election misinformation, analysts say

  Washington, United States | AFP | by Natalie WADE Election misinformation is spreading on TikTok ahead of the US…

TikTok search results rife with misinformation: report

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) - TikTok is serving up misinformation to users searching for news about politics, climate change,…

Facebook’s Meta takes on bond debt, in a first

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) - Facebook-owner Meta is ending a run as one of the few major firms without…

TikTok sued in US after girls die in ‘Blackout Challenge’

  SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Video-sharing sensation TikTok is being sued in California after children died while taking…

TikTok releases first album of viral hits

  PARIS, France (AFP) -- Some of the biggest viral hits on TikTok have been given the full orchestral treatment…

YouTube Shorts touts 1.5 bn users, taking on TikTok

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- YouTube on Wednesday said that more than 1.5 billion people monthly tune into its…

TikTok lets creators charge monthly subscriptions

    San Francisco, UNITED STATES (AFP) -- TikTok on Monday said it will start letting some popular accounts at…

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