In her photography studio in the capital of Kyrgyzstan, Aku Sharsheeva, tried unsuccessfully to connect to TikTok this week. Nothing loads. There are no videos, the 22-year old told AFP, showing an error message displayed on the app's home page.The Central Asian country this week blocked the video-sharing platform after its security services expressed concern over the influence on children.Sharsheeva had used TikTok, which has more than one billion monthly users worldwide and is owned by...
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Ayman Chaudhary turned her love for reading into a living on TikTok, posting video snippets about books like those banned in schools in ultra-conservative parts of the United States.Now the online platform she relies on to support her family is poised to be banned in what entrepreneurs using TikTok condemn as an attack on their livelihoods. It's so essential to small businesses and creators; it's my full-time job, the 23-year-old Chicago resident told AFP. It makes me really worried that I live...
SAN FRANCISCO — Ayman Chaudhary turned her love for reading into a living on TikTok, posting video snippets about books like those banned in schools in ultra-conservative parts of the United States. Now the online platform she relies on to support her family is poised to be banned in what entrepreneurs using TikTok condemn as an attack on their livelihoods. "It's so essential to small businesses and creators; it's my full-time job," the 23-year-old Chicago resident told AFP.
FEATURE (THE CONVERSATION) — The U.S. government moved closer to banning the video social media app TikTok on Apr. 23 after the Senate approved a $95 billion foreign aid bill. The bill includes a provision to force ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, to either sell its American holdings to a U.S. company or […]
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he is considering personally reactivating his TikTok account, as the U.S. moves towards a ban on the popular social media platform.
A TikTok ban could take years due to potential legal challenges, but creators worry about how they'll make a living if it goes away.
The European Union on Monday opened proceedings against ByteDance's TikTok and threatened to suspend its newly launched TikTok Lite rewards program.
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Tune in to Shots! Freeview channel 276 every day - the new way of creating UK TV. Today we launch our new prime time TV schedule to bring you new episodes of your favourite shows each week. Check out our top 5 must-see programmes below including, true crime, football, behind-the-scenes content and more. Hear public opinions on the biggest trending topics of the week. Find new weekly episodes every Thursday. Watch The Verdict series on demand. Our reporters investigate the latest trending...
Tune in to Shots! Freeview channel 276 every day - the new way of creating UK TV. Today we launch our new prime time TV schedule to bring you new episodes of your favourite shows each week. Check out our top 5 must-see programmes below including, true crime, football, behind-the-scenes content and more. Hear public opinions on the biggest trending topics of the week. Find new weekly episodes every Thursday. Watch The Verdict series on demand. Our reporters investigate the latest trending...