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Pakistan lifts ban on TikTok with condition to shun obscenity
Islamabad: Pakistan’s telecom watchdog on Monday unblocked the popular Chinese video-sharing app TikTok after the company assured authorities here that it will shut down all accounts repeatedly involved in spreading…
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Pakistani TikTok star Jannat Mirza to leave the country
Islamabad: Pakistani TikTok star Jannat Mirza decided to leave the country days after the country banned China-based social media application, The News International reported. Reaction of fans after Pakistani TikTok…
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Technology
TikTok servers separate from ByteDance: Top executive
San Francisco: TikTok’s source code and user data are maintained separately from other businesses of its parent company ByteDance, a top company executive said in a court filing. According to…
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TikTok: Pakistan becomes latest country to impose ban on the app
Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday became the latest country to impose a ban on TikTok, a Chinese short video making app, after receiving a “number of complaints from different segments of…
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Technology
TikTok parent ByteDance applies for China tech export licence
Beijing: Even as TikTok’s proposed deal with Walmart and Oracle remains in doubt, the parent company of the short video-sharing platform, ByteDance, has applied for a technology export licence to comply…
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World
Don’t treat us as a political football, says TikTok
Sydney: Short video-sharing platform TikTok, which has just got some reprieve in the US market after a deal with Oracle and Walmart, told an Australian Senate committee in its written submission…
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World
TikTok global will be 80 per cent owned by ByteDance
Beijing: ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of video-sharing app TikTok, says it will retain an 80 per cent stake in the newly created US company TikTok Global. Board of directors…
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Technology
TikTok-Oracle deal to result in separate US firm: Report
San Francisco: With details of TikTok-Oracle deal still scarce, a new Financial Times report suggests that the short video-sharing platform is likely to spin off into a separate US-headquartered company…
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World
ByteDance to place TikTok’s global headquarters in US to escape Trump ban
Beijing: China’s ByteDance has decided to place the headquarters of its popular video platform app TikTok in the US in order to escape President Donald Trump’s ban, official media here reported…
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Pakistan
TikTok star fakes his own death, irks fans
Islamabad: Pakistani TikTok star Adil Rajput has enraged his fans as he faked his own death on the video-sharing app. Publicity stunt of TikTok star Rajput is being called out…
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News
Oracle confirms TikTok deal, says will serve as ‘trusted tech provider’
San Francisco, Sep 14 : Cloud major Oracle on Monday confirmed a deal with ByteDance, the Chinese owner of short video-sharing platform TikTok which has been under pressure to divest…
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Technology
ByteDance not to sell TikTok’s US operations to Oracle: CGTN
Beijing: In an interesting development, ByteDance has reportedly said it will neither sell TikTok’s US operations to Oracle nor give the source code to any US buyers, state-owned China Global Television…
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Oracle wins deal for TikTok US biz, Microsoft’s bid rejected
San Francisco: Bytedance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, has chosen Cloud major Oracle over Microsoft to run its US operations as a ‘trusted tech partner’, multiple media reports revealed on Monday…
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Microsoft made hacking claims with TikTok deal in mind: Global Times
Beijing: After Microsoft said that hackers with ties to China, Russia and Iran are trying to snoop on people with the upcoming US presidential election, Chinese experts said that the…
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News
Dailyhunt launches Android version of its TikTok rival ‘Josh’
New Delhi: Local language content discovery platform Dailyhunt on Wednesday launched its short-video app Josh, adding to the growing number of made in India applications aiming to fill the void…
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Technology
TikTok parent gives bonuses to employees amid US pressure
Beijing: ByteDance, the Chinese unicorn that owns TikTok, is offering a rare half-month cash bonus to boost staff morale amid pressure from the Donald Trump administration to quickly divest the short…
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TikTok world’s most downloaded non-gaming app in August: Report
Beijing: Despite facing several challenges, China-based short video-sharing platform TikTok emerged as the most downloaded non-gaming app worldwide for August with more than 63.3 million installs, a 1.6 per cent increase…
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Technology
TikTok joins EU code of conduct against online hate speech
Brussels: Short video-sharing platform TikTok has decided to join the European Union’s voluntary code of conduct on countering illegal hate speech online, the European Commission said on Tuesday. The Commission set…
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Instagram launches TikTok rival Reels in India
New Delhi: As millions of Indians scout for new platforms to unleash their creativity in the absence of Chinese TikTok, Facebook on Friday launched its short video making app Instagram Reels…
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Technology
TikTok could announce US deal as early as Tuesday: Report
San Francisco: Some speculations surrounding the sale of TikTok’s US operations may soon come to an end as the short video-sharing platform owned by Chinese unicorn ByteDance has reportedly reached a…
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Business
Walmart teams up with Microsoft for a deal to acquire TikTok
Washington: US retail giant Walmart has confirmed on Thursday (August 27) that it is teaming with Microsoft to strike a deal in acquiring TikTok’s US operations from Chinese owner ByteDance.…
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World
TikTok CEO resigns amid US pressure to sell video app
Hong Kong: TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigned Thursday amid US pressure for its Chinese owner to sell the popular video app, which the White House says is a security risk.…
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News
Mark Zuckerberg incited fears about TikTok in US: Report
San Francisco: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg raised concerns about TikTok with lawmakers in the US months before the Donald Trump administration started portraying the short video-sharing platform as a threat…
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World
TikTok’s parent company to launch legal action against US over ban
Beijing: Chinese firm ByteDance, which owns video-sharing platform TikTok, said on Sunday it will file a lawsuit against the US government over President Donald Trump’s executive order banning American transactions with…
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World
TikTok on mission to ‘eliminate hate’, bans 1300 accounts
Washington: TikTok banned around 1300 accounts for violating the rules against hateful content or behavior. It also deleted over 380, 000 videos on Thursday. Apart from it, the video sharing…
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Technology
TikTok in India: Reliance may acquire video sharing app
Mumbai: Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is likely to acquire the Bytedance-owned TikTok in India for $5 billion. As per the report, RIL had started talks with China-based Bytedance last month.…
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TikTok inks first music distribution deal with UnitedMasters
San Francisco: Amid uncertainties surrounding its business in the US, TikTok has signed a deal which makes UnitedMasters, the first music distribution company to be integrated into the short video-sharing platform.…
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Trump orders Chinese owner of TikTok to sell US assets
Washington: President Donald Trump on Friday gave the Chinese company ByteDance 90 days to divest itself of any assets used to support the popular TikTok app in the United States. Trump’s…
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Indian startups fast recruiting talent from banned Chinese apps
New Delhi: A number of Indian startups in the field of social media that came into prominence following the ban on TikTok and Helo, along with other Chinese apps in…
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ByteDance in talks with Jio to sell its India biz: Report
New Delhi: As ByteDance continues to struggle in the US, a new report claimed on Thursday that China-based company that owns the short-video making app TikTok may sell its India business…
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