TikTok says it will 'go dark' unless it gets clarity from Biden | AP News
Jan 17, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — TikTok said it will have to “go dark” this weekend unless the outgoing Biden administration assures the company it won’t enforce a shutdown of the popular app after the Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning the app unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company. The Supreme Court in its ruling held that the risk to national security ...
Analysis: There is now some public evidence that China viewed TikTok …
Jun 8, 2023 · In what appears to be a first, a former employee of ByteDance, TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company, has outlined specific claims that the Chinese Communist Party accessed the data of TikTok...
Why is TikTok banned? What's behind the law that shuttered ... - CBS News
Jan 17, 2025 · CBS News has reached out to TikTok for comment. Lawmakers and U.S. officials have sounded the alarm for years about the supposed risks that TikTok's ties to China pose to national security, and ...
TikTok, RedNote and the Crushed Promise of the Chinese Internet
6 days ago · The Chinese social media app RedNote is full of cute, heartwarming moments after about 500,000 American users fled to it last week to protest the looming U.S. government ban on TikTok.
Users flock to Chinese Xiaohongshu, or 'RedNote,' with TikTok …
Jan 14, 2025 · HONG KONG (AP) — As the threat of a TikTok ban looms, U.S. TikTok users are flocking to the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu – making it the top downloaded app in the U.S.. Some of the “TikTok refugees,” as they call themselves, say the TikTok alternative, a Chinese app, is being chosen in protest of the TikTok ban.. The U.S. Supreme Court is due to rule on a law that stipulates ...
RedNote: Americans and Chinese share jokes on 'alternative TikTok…
Jan 17, 2025 · In fact, China's version of TikTok is another app called Douyin. RedNote, on the other hand, is a Chinese company based in Shanghai and among the few social media apps available both in China and ...
Is TikTok really a danger to the West? - BBC
Mar 19, 2024 · China has attacked a bill going through US Congress that could ultimately see TikTok banned in the States, calling it unjust. It is the latest move in a years-long row over safety fears about...
Why does US see Chinese-owned TikTok as a security threat?
Mar 24, 2023 · Western governments worry Chinese authorities could force ByteDance to hand over TikTok data on American users, exposing sensitive information.
TikTok says it's not spreading Chinese propaganda. The U.S ... - NBC News
Sep 16, 2024 · Two academic studies argue that TikTok favors Chinese government views, and a new analysis says TikTok's parent firm is entangled with government propaganda organs.
TikTok: Is it really Chinese? | CNN Business
Mar 18, 2024 · TikTok has never operated in mainland China — a fact that its Singaporean CEO, Shou Chew, has repeatedly touted when grilled by American officials. So, just how “Chinese” is it, and why does...