By Krystal Hu NEW YORK (Reuters) -TikTok is preparing to launch a standalone app for U.S. users that is expected to operate ...

An ex-employee of ByteDance said it tried to build an algorithm for censoring Uighur-language livestreams. They said it would have been for removing content from Douyin, TikTok's Chinese sister app.

As the deadline for a forced sale or shutdown of the U.S. operations of the TikTok video-sharing app fast approaches, ByteDance is said to have decided its algorithm won't be part of any sale that ...

It’s looking increasingly likely that any sale of TikTok will mean US users have to download a new app. And that could mean ...

The authors discuss a decision from a Manhattan trial court—released on June 27—which denied Tik Tok and Instagram’s motion ...

Under a US law, TikTok must be sold or banned in the US by September 17. Trump appears to have been stuck in a tough spot all ...

Freedom is in the air. America just celebrated the Fourth of July – our Independence Day – as the nation approaches its 250th ...

TikTok’s parent company ByteDance would be far more likely to shut down the social media app than ever part with it and its essential algorithm, four sources told Reuters.Sources said that the ...

TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, says it won’t sell the underlying algorithm behind the popular social media site, potentially dealing a serious blow to attempts to sell the site to an ...

An executive from Chinese social media giant ByteDance played down the role of its content-recommendation algorithms in creating so-called filter bubbles, as the company faces intense scrutiny ...

ByteDance used content from other platforms to create fake accounts on Flipagram, BuzzFeed reported. They began the practice in 2017 to train its personalization algorithm for US users.

The new US-only app is designed to function independently, and users from outside the US will not find the American version ...