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In this week’s newsletter: While Apple removed the platform from App Stores without a squeak of public protest, its battle with the EU rages on. Plus, how a ban in the US could change TikTok everywhere• Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article hereAnother day, another set of troubles for Apple’s App Store. This time, the company had bowed to orders from the Chinese state to remove WhatsApp and Threads, two of the last Meta apps still available in the country.From...
The app's owner, ByteDance, has nine months to sell its stake or face being blocked in the US.
NEW DELHI, (IANS) – The US House of Representatives has once again passed a new legislation that may lead to a ban on Chinese short video making platform TikTok in the country. In March, the House voted in favor of a bill seeking to ban […]
The US House of Representatives once again voted on a bill that could ban TikTok. The updated version now requires ByteDance to sell the social media to a US company within one year instead of six months. Failing to do so would result in TikTok's ban from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. TikTok preemptively posted a statement on X, saying the ban would "trample the free speech rights of 170 million Americans, devastate 7 million businesses, and shutter a platform that contributes...
Following the signing of the TikTok ban bill by US President, TikTok released a statement reiterating its decision to challenge it in courts.
A bill passed by Congress and signed by Biden requires owner ByteDance to sell or face a US ban – it’s its biggest threat yetSenate passes bill banning TikTok if parent company does not sell itThe House of Representatives passed a bill that would require TikTok owner ByteDance to sell the social media platform or face a total ban in the United States. The Senate passed it less than a week later. Joe Biden signed it a day after the Senate voted yes.TikTok is facing its biggest existential threat...
The Senate passed a bill Tuesday to force TikTok's China-based parent company, ByteDance, to sell the video sharing social media platform or face a ban in the U.S., as lawmakers accuse the platform of collecting user data and spreading propaganda. The TikTok legislation was part of a larger $95 billion package to provide foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan that passed the Upper Chamber by a 79 to 18 vote. The package now heads to President Biden, who said he plans to sign it Wednesday....
The measure, passed by the US House of Representatives on April 20, is driven by concerns that China could access Americans' data or surveil them with TikTok
The liberal broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC finally found something they disapproved of amid all the foreign aid packages passed by the House over the weekend: a bill that aimed to protect Americans from the influence of Chinese propaganda. During their Monday morning newscasts, each of the big three threw their own hissy fits about the bill that could “ban” TikTok in the U.S. if their China-owned parent company didn’t sell it off. And again, they omitted the TikTok users threatening to...
The liberal broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC finally found something they disapproved of amid all the foreign aid packages passed by the House over the weekend: a bill that aimed to protect Americans from the influence of Chinese propaganda. During their Monday morning newscasts, each of the big three threw their own hissy fits about the bill that could “ban” TikTok in the U.S. if their China-owned parent company didn’t sell it off. And again, they omitted the TikTok users threatening to...
A former senior employee at TikTok said he was ordered to send American user data to its Beijing-based parent company ByteDance, contradicting TikTok’s public claims of operating independently from China, according to a Fortune report published Monday.