ByteDance, which owns video service TikTok, has transferred data storage from US users to Oracle in the US. The Chinese tech giant is working hard to stay in the US market amid allegations that the company may be leaking information about Americans...
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The administration of the social network TikTok promised “soon” to grant its American partner Oracle full access to the platform’s source code and recommendation algorithm. The aim of the measure is to allay US authorities’...
Five TikTok users from the US state of Montana, which recently signed legislation banning TikTok from its territory, have filed suit in federal court to block the state’s ban on the Chinese platform. Plaintiffs allege that the new state law...
The governor of the US state of Montana has signed legislation banning the Chinese service ByteDance TikTok. This is intended to protect residents from the collection of sensitive data by Chinese secret services – so far it is the first US...
Smartphone apps developed by Chinese companies are spreading rapidly around the world, although governments around the world increasingly tend to view them as a potential security risk. According to research agency Sensor Tower, a third of popular...
A former employee of Chinese company ByteDance, which owns TikTok’s short video service, who was fired in 2018, claimed in a lawsuit that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had its own office at the company with privileged access to all data, a...
Joseph James O’Connor pleaded guilty to involvement in various cybercrimes, including the infamous July 2020 Twitter hack that hijacked hundreds of accounts belonging to famous people and companies. Image Source: Jon Nazca/Reuters...
After aggressively promoting its new social media platform Lemon8 in the US, Chinese-owned ByteDance’s Lemon has filed a trademark for a range of book publishing products and services, 8TH NOTE PRESS. Image source: pixabay The brand name...
Experts at a cybersecurity company Imperva discovered a vulnerability in the TikTok platform that allowed sensitive data to be stolen from users’ devices – it could be used to steal personal information, phishing or extortion. The...
Due to TikTok’s tremendous popularity, advertisers are determined to continue investing in the platform despite the threat of a national security lockdown in the US. Reuters with reference to statements by industry participants. Image source:...
TikTok announced the launch of its new solution, Pulse Premiere, which aims to enable large publishers to earn from ads that appear immediately after their content is viewed. Pulse Premiere is an extension of TikTok’s existing Pulse...
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has asked local lawmakers to amend a law that would ban TikTok outright statewide for the first time in the United States. The head of the region wants to extend his action to other foreign social networks and remove...
According to social media consultant Matt Navarra, TikTok is working on a feature that will prompt users to use AI-generated profile pictures. Image source: Pixabay The new feature works as follows: it asks the user to upload three to ten photos and...
ByteDance, which owns TikTok and mobile game developer Moonton, plans to compete with giants like Tencent and NetEase for the attention of mobile gamers in the Chinese market. Image source: m.mobilelegends.com Things took a turn for the better for...
Faced with threats to block TikTok’s short video service, Chinese tech giant ByteDance has started releasing its new Lemon8 app in the US. The project climbs the charts and sells well-known software products. Image source: twitter...
Montana became the first US state to pass a law (54 votes to 43) banning the installation of the TikTok app on all devices, including personal ones. If Gov. Greg Gianforte signs the bill into law, the ban will go into effect next January. TikTok...
Chinese company ByteDance made $25 billion in profit in 2022. That’s 79% more than the $14 billion it raised a year earlier. The TikTok developer has managed to make record profits despite the problems of its short video service, which has...
While American politicians are deciding what to do with TikTok in the US, sometimes taking completely desperate measures, the social network Lemon8, owned by the same developer, the Chinese company ByteDance, is gaining viral popularity in the...
US authorities continue to discuss issues related to the potential threat of the popular TikTok short video service to the country’s national security. So Rob Joyce, head of cybersecurity at the US National Security Agency, called the app...
France has banned officials from using the TikTok app, adding to the list of countries that have already implemented such a ban, including the US, UK, Belgium, New Zealand and Canada. In addition, France has introduced a ban on the use of government...
