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TikTok CEO says company scans public videos to determine users’ ages
Amid questioning about TikTok’s use of biometrics in today’s Congressional hearing, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew offered some insight into how the company vets potentially underage users on its platform.…
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TikTok CEO testifies before Congress
As the Biden administration escalates its threats against TikTok, the company’s chief executive made his first appearance before Congress on Thursday. Given the U.S. government’s aggressive recent posture, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew was destined for a harsh turn under the glare of the government’s big, bright lights — and that’s very much what played…
TikTok CEO says it wasn’t ‘spying’ when ByteDance employees surveilled journalists
At Thursday’s House hearing, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew faced a barrage of questions over concerns that data collected on U.S. users might be vulnerable to surveillance by China. Chew’s…
TikTok questioned on ineffective teen time limits in congressional hearing
In hopes of heading off concerns over the addictiveness of its app, TikTok earlier this month rolled out new screen time controls that limited minors under the age of 18…
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew was questioned in a U.S. government hearing on Thursday over the relationship between the fast-growing social media platform and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. In…
China pushed back against the U.S. government’s proposal to force a sale of TikTok on Thursday, rejecting the possible solution to ongoing national security concerns around the app. TikTok CEO…
In congressional hearing, TikTok commits to deleting US user data from its servers ‘this year’
In his testimony before the U.S. Congress this morning, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew said the company plans to delete all U.S. user data from company servers by year-end. The…
As TikTok and Coinbase face regulators, some questions are simpler than others
While regulatory action against TikTok feels rather simple, Coinbase’s case has far more gray area.
TikTok’s hearing in Congress is a reminder of Chinese startups’ identity crisis
TikTok, which now boasts more than 150 million monthly active users in the U.S., is set to testify before Congress on Thursday morning. Over in China, home to TikTok’s parent…
A TikTok ban in the U.S. will likely benefit Meta, YouTube and Snap’s revenue and hence their stocks the most, per a Bernstein note.
TikTok CEO takes to the app to announce company’s more than 150M active users in the US
Ahead of his testimony before Congress on Thursday, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew announced in a TikTok video that the video app now has more than 150 million users in…
TikTok overhauls its community guidelines, adds new policies on AI and climate misinformation
TikTok is announcing updates to its community guidelines that are designed to make the app a safer and more secure environment for users.
This Week in Apps: AI-powered productivity apps, US weighs TikTok ban, SVB crash boosts crypto apps
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app economy in…
The Justice Department is investigating TikTok over journalist spying incident
The Biden administration has recently ramped up pressure on TikTok over national security concerns stemming from its ties to China, and apparently the Justice Department and the FBI are also…
The Biden administration is escalating its pressure campaign against TikTok, threatening a U.S. ban against the world’s most popular app if the company doesn’t split with its Chinese ownership. The…
The UK joins other countries in banning TikTok from government devices
The U.K. has become the latest jurisdiction to ban social video app TikTok from government devices, confirming reports that surfaced earlier this week. The ban follows a security review ordered…
The U.K. government has asked the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to review TikTok in a move that could prefigure a ban on the app on government devices. Speaking to…
Proposed US bipartisan bill could lead to TikTok ban
A group of U.S. senators unveiled new bipartisan legislation that would give the administration new powers when it comes to restricting or even banning foreign-based technologies. In particular, the bill…
Proposed bill would give Biden the power to ban TikTok
The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee voted in favor of a bill that could give President Joe Biden the ability to ban TikTok. This bill, known as the Deterring America’s…
TikTok has been banned from government-issued mobile devices in Canada, the country’s Treasury Board announced Monday. Taking effect on February 28, this block follows similar actions taken by the European…