TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, is currently being sued for billions of dollars over allegedly mishandling and using data pertaining to minors. Internal company data from July …
DHS Warns of Domestic Violent Extremists and Foreign Terrorist Organizations Exploiting TikTok
In a new alert, the Department of Homeland Security is warning that Domestic Violent Extremists and Foreign Terrorist Organizations have bee using TikTok to recruit, promote violence, and disseminate …
Security Analysis Clears TikTok of Censorship, Privacy Accusations
Security researchers at CitizenLab have conducted an extensive research investigation into TikTok's source code, concluding that the code is in line with industry standards. TikTok has been widely …
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Amazon files lawsuit against Instagram, TikTok influencers over ‘dupe’ sales scam
On Thursday, a lawsuit filed by Amazon against Instagram and TikTok users was made public. The lawsuit alleges that 13 individuals on the platforms were using their power to sell counterfeit luxury …
TikTok Parent ByteDance Seeks Chinese Approval For U.S. Deal With Oracle, Walmart
After President Trump signed an executive order banning the download or update of Chinese-based social media platform TikTok, its parent company ByteDance entered into a contract with US giants Oracle …
US Commerce Department to ban TikTok and WeChat downloads starting Sept. 20
Today, the US Commerce Department announced that, in line with President Trump's executive order, all downloads of WeChat and TikTok will be banned beginning on Sunday. President Trump previously …
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Walmart Says Teaming With Microsoft in Bid for TikTok
On Thursday, US retail giant Walmart released a statement announced that they had teamed with Microsoft to buy TikTok, a popular social media platform currently owned by the Chinese company ByteDance. …
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TikTok to Launch Legal Action Against Trump Administration
TikTok is planning to sue the Trump administration over an Executive Order that will ban the social media platform in the US. Trump has signed the executive order, claiming that the company collects …
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TikTok Caught Breaking Google Rules To Secretly Track Android Users—Report
TikTok has allegedly been violating its own privacy policy and Google's privacy rules to secretly track Android users. A new report that was published in the Wall Street Journal states that the …
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The Clean Network Initiative: Another Nail in the Coffin of An Open Internet
For over twenty years the United States has consistently been the strongest voice for an open Internet that connects people all around the world. It was not a place for sovereignty and closed borders, …
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