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  Pakistan bans social media app TikTok for 'immoral and indecent content'

  World | October 09, 2020 17:42 IST

  Pakistan's Telecommunication Authority on Friday blocked Chinese app TikTok after the company failed to fully comply with instructions for “development of an effective mechanism for proactive moderation of unlawful online content."

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  TikTok ban in US temporarily blocked by US court: Know details

  Technology | September 28, 2020 12:03 IST

  On August 6, Trump had issued the executive order banning US transactions via WeChat. To fight for the legal rights of all WeChat users in the country, USWUA, an NGO, sued the administration for the ban

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  Trump's TikTok ban order temporarily blocked by US federal judge

  World | September 28, 2020 8:45 IST

  A US federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration's ban on the Chinese short video-making app, TikTok just hours before it was scheduled to go into effect, according to media reports. 

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  US Security Advisor defends apps ban citing Chinese aggression

  World | September 19, 2020 9:32 IST

  Beginning September 20, the US will ban any provision of service to distribute or maintain WeChat or TikTok mobile applications, constituent code, or application updates through an online mobile application store in the US. The ban cites the applications as prejudicial to sovereignty, integrity and security of the country.

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  Chingari app inks music licensing deal with T-Series

  Business | September 18, 2020 14:19 IST

  As a result of the partnership, all Chingari users in India, other Saarc nations, and in the Middle East will get access to the music collection of T-Series, the company said.

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  TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer quits amid US pressure to sell Chinese video app

  Business | August 27, 2020 10:55 IST

  Three months after becoming the TikTok Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Kevin Mayer has quit his role amid U.S. pressure for its Chinese owner to sell the popular video app. Mayer decided to quit after Trump threatened to ban TikTok in the US within 90 days if the US operations of the TikTok is not sold to a domestic company.

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  Google not in race to buy TikTok: Sundar Pichai

  Business | August 27, 2020 10:27 IST

  On the latest episode of podcast ‘Pivot Schooled Live', the Recode's Kara Swisher and New York University Professor Scott Galloway asked Pichai whether the company is interested in acquiring TikTok.

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  Experts call US ban against TikTok as wake-up call

  World | August 27, 2020 8:19 IST

  Some experienced US lawyers predict that TikTok hardly has the opportunity to win the lawsuit that the company has filed over the US government's executive order of banning any transaction with its parent company ByteDance, but the move is not unnecessary.

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  Oracle joins the race to acquire TikTok: Report

  Technology | August 18, 2020 18:35 IST

  The new executive order directed ByteDance to "divest any data it obtained from users of TikTok or Musical.ly in the United States". It also authorised US officials to inspect TikTok and ByteDance to ensure the safety of personal data of nearly 80 million American users of the short video making app.

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  TikTok lawsuit against Trump ban could come as early as Tuesday

  Technology | August 10, 2020 13:09 IST

  The executive order issued by Trump on August 6 night said that data collected by TikTok threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party to access personal and proprietary information of US citizens.

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  TikTok threatens legal action against Trump executive order: Know details

  Technology | August 08, 2020 12:26 IST

  Trump issued another similarly-worded executive order against WeChat, a messaging, social media, and electronic payment application owned by the Chinese company Tencent Holdings Ltd. 

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  TikTok, WeChat and more Chinese apps will be banned post US executive order: Know details

  Technology | August 07, 2020 11:04 IST

  India banned TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps that harmed the security and privacy of the Indian users. The apps include CamScanner, Beauty Plus, Mi Community, UC Browser, and more. 

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  TikTok's sale to US-based company may alleviate security concerns: Expert

  World | August 07, 2020 8:05 IST

  Growth of TikTok has raised concerns among security experts because it uses a powerful algorithm that customises content to users based on a number of user characteristics.

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  TikTok vows to fight plagiarism by Facebook, US bullying

  Business | August 05, 2020 10:49 IST

  Facing threats of a US ban and smears by rival Facebook, popular video-sharing app TikTok has been compelled to respond to what observers describe as an effort to rip up the Chinese-owned firm and reap their own commercial, political benefits and monopolize the tech economy.

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  TikTok will be banned in the US if not taken over by Microsoft or any other 'American' firm

  Technology | August 04, 2020 12:14 IST

  Microsoft is considering taking over the ByteDance-owned TikTok in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand as confirmed by the company itself

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  Govt blocks Chinese apps Baidu Search, Weibo; to be taken off from app stores

  Business | August 04, 2020 13:51 IST

  After banning major Chinese apps, including TikTok, UC Browser, the Centre has blocked Baidu Search and Weibo apps - the most influential apps of China and dubbed as the country’s answer to Google search and Twitter respectively, in India.

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  Donald Trump threatens to ban Chinese app TikTok on September 15 if...

  World | August 04, 2020 9:46 IST

  Trump's remarks came after media reported that Technology giant Microsoft is in talks to buy the U.S. operations of TikTok, a deal that would give the U.S. software giant a popular social-media service while alleviating the Trump administration's pressure on TikTok and its parent company ByteDance Ltd.

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  TikTok CEO slams Mark Zuckerberg for launching Reels, says Facebook a 'copycat'

  Business | July 30, 2020 12:35 IST

  Reels, a video-music remix feature, has been extended in its test phase to India which was until now the biggest market for TikTok, which has now been banned along with other Chinese apps.

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  TikTok ban in the US being considered, says Donald Trump

  Technology | July 30, 2020 11:59 IST

  TikTok was recently banned in India due to the same security issues it has been surrounded with for a while now. The app was banned along with 58 other Chinese apps such as UC Browser, CamScanner, Beauty Plus, and more

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  US inches closer to banning TikTok from federal devices

  World | July 22, 2020 12:51 IST

  Republican Ken Buck offered the proposal to bar TikTok from federal devices as part of a $741 billion defense policy bill, according to a report in Politico on Monday.