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by Eric RANDOLPH Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — The war in Ukraine has rapidly positioned TikTok as the number one source of misinformation thanks to its gigantic number of users and minimal filtering of content, experts say. Every day, Shayan Sardarizadeh, a journalist with the BBC’s disinformation team, ploughs through a hallucinatory mix of fake and misleading information about the war being spewed out on the video-sharing site. “TikTok is really not […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has reiterated the ban on the posting of TikTok videos while in their uniforms to employees. In a memorandum to all BI port personnel, Immigration Port Operations Chief Carlos Capulong made the statement anew following reports that some bureau employees assigned to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) continued to post videos on the social media platform which were taken while they were on duty and wearing their […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — TikTok said Monday it now has more than a billion active users, just four years after the hugely popular video-sharing app was launched by Chinese group ByteDance. Already popular before the coronavirus pandemic — mainly due to its viral choreography set to pop songs — TikTok received a major boost amid lockdowns, school closures and telecommuting. The video platform has gained more than 300 million users since July 2020, […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — Dutch data protection authorities issued a 750,000-euro fine against TikTok on Thursday, saying the social media service violated the privacy of young children in the Netherlands. The Dutch Data Protection Authority noted that TikTok’s app installation information was in English and was not readily understood by young Dutch children. “By not offering their privacy statement in Dutch, TikTok failed to provide an adequate explanation of how the app collects, processes […]
by Rob Lever Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) President Joe Biden has revoked executive orders from his predecessor Donald Trump seeking to ban Chinese-owned apps TikTok and WeChat from US markets on national security concerns, a move receiving a cautious welcome from Beijing. Trump had claimed the apps posed national security risks and sought to force a sale to US investors of TikTok, which is owned by China-based ByteDance and remains one […]
by Louis BAUDOIN WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — “English is not my first language,” writes Nakia Smith on her TikTok account, although the 22-year-old grew up in Texas. The young African American woman has been deaf since birth, and uses her large online following to promote her little-known dialect: Black American Sign Language. In her video clips, she tells her 400,000 followers about the differences between her language and the standard American Sign Language (ASL). […]
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — A young Pakistani was killed as he pretended to shoot himself while being filmed by friends for a TikTok video, police said Thursday. Hamidullah, 19, who police said was well-known locally on social media, held a friend’s pistol to his temple and pulled the trigger, unaware the gun was loaded. “The young man died on spot,” said Badshah Hazrat, a senior police official in the northwestern Swat Valley. While the clip […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Video snippet sharing sensation TikTok on Wednesday said it is cracking down on hateful content, banning anti-Semitic stereotypes and white nationalism posts. Expanded rules against promoting hateful ideologies at TikTok include barring “misinformation and hurtful stereotypes” about Jewish, Muslim and other communities, the company said in a blog post. “This includes misinformation about notable Jewish individuals and families who are used as proxies to spread anti-Semitism,” TikTok said. […]
by Rob Lever Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — TikTok won a last-minute reprieve late Sunday as a US federal judge halted enforcement of a politically charged ban ordered by the Trump administration on downloads of the popular video app, hours before it was set to take effect. District Judge Carl Nichols issued a temporary injunction at the request of TikTok, which the White House has called a national security threat stemming from […]
by Rob Lever WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A deal to restructure ownership of the popular video app TikTok was thrown into doubt Monday when President Donald Trump vowed to block any deal that allows its Chinese parent firm to retain any control. The comments raised fresh concerns over a weekend deal that appeared to avert a US-ordered ban of TikTok, which the Trump administration has called a national security risk and has threatened to […]
by Dan Martin Agence France Presse China on Saturday launched a mechanism that would allow it to sanction foreign companies, upping the ante in a tech war with the United States a day after Washington moved to curb popular Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat. China’s long-expected “unreliable entities list” is seen as a weapon for Beijing to retaliate against the United States, which has used its own “entity list” to shut Chinese telecom giant Huawei […]
by Thomas URBAIN Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — American TikTok users reacted with a collective shrug Friday to the US move to ban new downloads of the video-sharing app — but many are already planning an exit to other platforms should the clampdown lead to an outright ban. “Oh my God! Ok! It’s happening! Everybody stay calm!” TikToker Nick Foster told his 577,000 followers, dubbing a video of himself with […]
