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Thursday, September 11, 2025
TopicTikTok

Topic: TikTok

400 million social media users are set to lose their anonymity in India

New guidelines expected to be out this month will require Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and TikTok to reveal users' identities if govt agencies ask them to.

TikTok rival Byte debuts at top of Apple’s US app store

Byte was downloaded more than 780,000 times over the weekend, with three quarters of those installs coming from the US.

ByteDance is looking for a new CEO for its TikTok business

The hiring of a new US-based CEO may be aimed at resolving security concerns raised by American politicians over the Chinese video app.

Vigo — the Chinese social media app where India’s cows & newlyweds’ PDA are going viral

Chinese social media app Vigo has been in the news with the alleged disappearance of one of its Indian stars.

Husband complains Vigo star-wife missing, she turns up on TV to say he forced her to flee

Pratima Mondal, who 'disappeared' on 2 January, says her husband pushed her into recording videos & uploading them on Vigo because they bring good money.

TikTok security flaws may have exposed user videos to hackers

The vulnerabilities could allow cyber-attackers to manipulate user accounts, from revealing personal data & deleting videos to sending texts on behalf of TikTok.

Leaders like Trump, Modi, Boris are keeping away from TikTok, but their personas exist

Concerns over security about the Chinese-owned app TikTok has created room for impersonators and fake accounts of world leaders to crop up.

TikTok received most number of content removal requests from Indian govt in 2019

Tranparency report released by Chinese firm's video-sharing app says India sent the highest number of legal requets too, followed by US and Japan.

What happens when TikTok’s popularity soars and internet gets less American

There has been anxiety in technology circles that the world is being divided into two or more versions of the internet- broadly the American, Chinese, European and Indian.

TikTok owner testing music app in bid for next global hit

The new app Resso displays lyrics and also allows users to generate music-accompanied GIFs and videos, emulating a favorite feature of TikTok.

On Camera

Coup, conspiracy & the foreign hand—What Indian TV news channels saw in Nepal this week

‘Gen Z v/s Govt’ TV news coverage went for two days—not sure about the source of the telecast from Kathmandu since no credit was given.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?