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TopicTikTok

Topic: TikTok

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.

California college student sues TikTok over data use

The student alleged TikTok harvested her videos, gathered personally identifiable information and then transferred that data to servers in China.

Also streaming on TikTok now — climate change videos and social experiments

US teen Feroza Aziz's viral TikTok video on Chinese concentration camps is just one of the ways the platform is being used as a tool for activism.

TikTok restores US teen’s account suspended for viral video on state of Uyghurs in China

American teenager Feroza Aziz had posted a series of videos that initially looked like makeup tutorials, but decried China's mass detention of Uyghur Muslims.

TikTok locks teen’s account after video on China Muslims, then says no political censorship

China's TikTok suspended the account of US teen Feroza Aziz allegedly after she uploaded a video criticising treatment of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.

This is how US’ Facebook and China’s TikTok differ in threats they pose in cyber space

India still hasn’t woken up to its incompetence in cyber sphere, despite the ‘excellence’ claim being humiliatingly dispelled in last two months.

TikTok is working to look less Chinese and it’s a smart move

TikTok has been reducing the amount of content from China to give it a more independent, internationally focused business.

TikTok is giving itself a makeover to fight Facebook and US pressure

Months after registering its first lobbyist, TikTok is seeking to add a US policy chief and plans to further expand its internal policy staff.

TikTok owner ByteDance plans major global expansion and then go public

ByteDance, the world’s most valuable start-up, is unlikely to rush into an IPO in the middle of a bitter trade war and rising scrutiny from Washington.

On Camera

Bodoland poll loss a wake-up call for Assam BJP. Zubeen’s death puts CM Sarma in a tight spot

Assam CM can’t celebrate that the Congress drew a blank in the Bodoland Territorial Council polls in 2010 as well as 2015, and bagged only one in 2020.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

India looks to procure more S-400/S-500 air defence systems from Russia

The 2018 contract with Russia for 5 S-400 systems had a follow-on clause for 5 more. S-400 was described as a 'game-changer' for shooting down 5 Pakistan fighter jets during Op Sindoor.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.