Factbox-Why does the US want to ban TikTok? The allegations against it
A U.S. federal appeals court ruled in favor of upholding a law requiring Chinese-based ByteDance to divest its popular short video app TikTok in the United States by early next year or face a ban. President-elect Donald Trump has said he will not allow TikTok,
Looming TikTok ban poses financial nightmare for Google, Apple — and other American tech firms with ties to China’s ByteDance
The looming TikTok ban presents a multibillion-dollar headache for app store operators Apple and Google – as well as other Big Tech giants like Microsoft and Amazon that count its Chinese parent company ByteDance as a business partner.
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TikTok owner ByteDance powered an e-reader’s unhinged AI assistant
A large language model (LLM) made by TikTok’s parent company ByteDance was used by an e-reader called Boox, according to screenshots about the AI shared on Reddit. When asked questions about ...
What is RedNote? Who owns it? What to know about the TikTok alternative
RedNote has become one of China’s fastest-growing social platforms, with a value of over $17 billion, as per the Financial Times.
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ByteDance's Lemon8 gains traction amid TikTok ban threat as creators push the app
Like its popular relation, Lemon8 is owned by China-based ByteDance, whose collection of internationally available apps also includes the video editing app CapCut and the photo and art editing app Hypic. In addition, the company operates Douyin ...
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What to know about ByteDance’s Lemon8
[Photo: AP Photo/Richard Drew, File] Like its popular relation, Lemon8 is owned by China-based ByteDance, whose collection of internationally available apps also includes the video editing app ...
China discussing using Elon Musk as broker in TikTok deal
Officials in Beijing are discussing using Elon Musk as a broker in a potential sale of TikTok’s US operations, days before the Chinese-owned social media app faces a ban from Washington, according to two people familiar with the talks.
How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat
If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that’s probably because it has, at least if you’re measuring via internet time.
TikTok’s last dance in the US
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Social media users flock to RedNote, a TikTok alternative, ahead of the ban in the U.S.
TikTok may be banned in the U.S. over the weekend, but Americans are heading to another Chinese-owned video platform: RedNote.
Supreme Court Backs Law Requiring TikTok to Be Sold or Banned
The company argued that the law, citing potential Chinese threats to the nation’s security, violated its First Amendment rights and those of its 170 million users.
With a US ban on TikTok hours away, Trump says he ‘most likely’ will grant an extension
A law that prohibits mobile app stores and internet hosting services from distributing TikTok to U.S. users takes effect on Sunday.