TikTok

TikTok cannot be considered a private company, says Australian report

Asia In Brief ALSO: Japan ends chip supply crimp on South Korea, APAC infosec spending surges; Philippines SIM registration stalls

Security19 Mar 2023 | 19

UK.gov bans TikTok from its devices as a 'precaution' over spying fears

Gov staff using it on personal mobes just fine... it's not like ministers use WhatsApp etc for business ... oh wait

Security16 Mar 2023 | 45

Meta winds down NFTs but will continue token efforts

'We're looking closely at what we prioritize to increase our focus' – which increasingly means staving off TikTok

Software14 Mar 2023 | 14

Dems, Repubs eye up ban on chat apps they don't like

Clock is ticking for TikTok and other foreign natter-ware

Security09 Mar 2023 | 14

Once AI can create endless viral videos, good luck switching off social media

Column Imagine humans … watching humans …watching TikTok … forever

AI + ML08 Mar 2023 | 57

US government sets a 30-day deadline for wiping TikTok from feds' phones

Last chance to film yourself doing a ByteDance, in the US and abroad

Security01 Mar 2023 | 14

European Commission bans TikTok from staff gadgets

Cyber Europe cyber worried about cyber threats, doesn't cyber use the other C word (China)

CSO24 Feb 2023 | 23

UK tax authority nudges net 'influencers': You may owe us for those OnlyFans feet pics

Cue the dawning realization for thousands of content creators

Offbeat20 Feb 2023 | 189

Hyundai and Kia issue software upgrades to thwart killer TikTok car theft hack

Gone in 60 seconds using a USB-A plug and brute force instead of a key

Patches15 Feb 2023 | 55

University of Texas latest US school to ban TikTok

Great, now staff and students can stop scrolling and get back to work

Security19 Jan 2023 | 27

Asia rules the mobile world: more users, more often, generating more cash

Chinese developers are cashing in as the region buys in to TikTok and games

Personal Tech16 Jan 2023 | 3

US House boots TikTok from government phones

ByteDance ban for federal devices awaits Biden’s signature

Security28 Dec 2022 | 13

TikTok confirms it tracked journalists' locations as part of leak investigation

As if you needed another reason to delete the app right now

Networks23 Dec 2022 | 32

TikTok could be banned from America, thanks to proposed bipartisan bill

If you listen really closely, you can hear Mark Zuckerberg's excitement

Security14 Dec 2022 | 27

States label TikTok 'a malicious and menacing threat'

Texas bucks app off government devices as Indiana takes social media biz to court

Security08 Dec 2022 | 23

Taiwan bans state-owned devices from running Chinese platform TikTok

US FCC Commissioner praises Taiwan’s security decision as US state governments follow suit

Security07 Dec 2022 | 15

Facebook approved 75% of ads threatening US election workers

Not a good look for Meta's content moderation team

Personal Tech02 Dec 2022 | 32

TikTok NSFW if you work for the South Dakota government

Governor bans platform and website from all state-owned devices that can connect to the internet

Security30 Nov 2022 | 23

Criminals use trending TikTok challenge to make data-stealing malware invisible

PSA: Don't download unknown apps even if they promise naked people

Security29 Nov 2022 | 7

TikTok accused of covert plot to track specific US citizens' every move

China-owned boredom-killing biz issues precision-engineered denial

Personal Tech21 Oct 2022 | 17

FYI: TikTok tracking pixels can be found all over the web – just like Meta, Google

Updated Don't have a TT account? Doesn't matter!

Personal Tech03 Oct 2022 | 24

TikTok faces $29m fine for 'failing to protect UK kids' privacy'

We're pulling in billions, let me check down the back of the sofa

Personal Tech26 Sep 2022 | 5

Afghanistan’s Taliban government bans TikTok

First-person shooter PUBG also barred for corrupting the young

Personal Tech21 Sep 2022 | 9

NATO investigates after criminals claim to be selling its stolen missile plans

In brief Also, Microsoft’s one-click TikTok trick, a 14-year old Aussie cracks ASD encryption in an hour, and more

Security05 Sep 2022 | 16

TikTok wants your trust around US midterm elections data

Misinformation's a concern, but Chinese media giant's own data privacy practices also have people worried

CSO17 Aug 2022 | 4

China's internet regulator details algorithms used by local Big Tech players

Beijing lifts the lid on how Alibaba, Douyin, Tencent, Baidu do business – and censor content

Software15 Aug 2022 | 5

UK Parliament bins its TikTok account over China surveillance fears

Plan to educate the children turned out to be a 'won't someone think of the children?' moment

Security04 Aug 2022 | 43

TikTok's chief security officer steps aside, thanks to Oracle move

Takes up advisory role that might leave time to play with parent company's homebrew cloudy SmartNICs

CSO18 Jul 2022 |

TikTok US traffic defaults to Oracle Cloud, Beijing can (allegedly) still have a look

Alibaba hinted the gig was worth millions each year

Legal20 Jun 2022 | 9

TikTok under investigation in US over harms to children

Probe builds on one already in process for Instagram

Security04 Mar 2022 | 15

Siri: Who's first to offer voice search on Chinese TikTok?

ByteDance's Douyin strikes up a conversation with Apple's digital assistant

AI + ML09 Feb 2022 | 2

TikTok tops Google to win Cloudflare’s 2021 traffic ratings

Other Chinese properties also doing very well

Off-Prem21 Dec 2021 | 8

China lists 100 topics citizens can't include in online vids

No crypto, no sex, no clips from the telly. Enthusiastic and historically accurate socialism welcome

Legal17 Dec 2021 | 29

ByteDance launches a raft of public cloud services

Volcano Engine adds plenty of the IaaS and SaaS you'd expect from a hyperscaler

Off-Prem03 Dec 2021 | 2

Punchy Biden-lookalike grandad goes viral for fighting boxing gadget

'If you don't get your timing right you get whacked round the back of the head' admits scrappy octogenarian

Bootnotes17 Sep 2021 | 14

Pakistan bans TikTok, for the fourth time

Previous bans were imposed for nasty content, then lifted after promises of proper moderation. And here we are again

Legal21 Jul 2021 | 3

Chinese AI censors live-streamed Alpacas – beasts with a very NSFW and political back story

Be alert, not a-llam-ed

Offbeat14 May 2021 | 16

TikTok no worse than Facebook for privacy, says Citizen Lab (although Chinese TikTok is a horror)

App has common code base for three versions: one global edition; one for south-east Asian; one for China

Security23 Mar 2021 | 18

TikTok to cough up $92m to settle data privacy sueballs over harvesting too much data

Or about five days of annual operating profit

Personal Tech27 Feb 2021 | 6

Biden administration pauses pursuit of TikTok and WeChat

Chinese New Year gift for Beijing, maybe for Oracle too

Personal Tech12 Feb 2021 | 14

ByteDance sues Tencent over lack of link love on its messaging services

Is there anywhere in the world TikTok isn’t in trouble?

Personal Tech03 Feb 2021 | 4

India makes China app ban permanent, forces TikTok to hose out local office

But China's Xiaomi again tops booming smartphone market which just hit record of 100m sales in six months

Personal Tech28 Jan 2021 | 4

TikTok to be hit by a UK class-action-style lawsuit backed by the Children's Commissioner

And funded by private venture that'll take a chunk of the damages for itself

Personal Tech07 Jan 2021 | 14

New York Stock Exchange bins China’s three biggest telcos

As China launches Alibaba antitrust probe, warns Tencent, and the clock keeps TikTok-ing for Oracle

Legal04 Jan 2021 | 13

Judge strikes down another attempt by President Trump to force a TikTok US sale

Donald-appointed jurist says Uncle Sam 'likely overstepped' authority, 'acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner'

Personal Tech08 Dec 2020 | 25

TikTok given another week to sort out how to sell itself

New ways to evade sticking points apparently under discussion

Personal Tech26 Nov 2020 | 12

Mr President? Donald?! Any chance you can actually decide if Oracle can buy us or do we have to leave?

Updated TikTok asks court to intervene as administration says injunction preventing closure means its hands are tied

Personal Tech11 Nov 2020 | 47

TikTok wins right to stay in America past current Art of the Deal deadline on November 12th

Court ponders keeping it alive for three plaintiffs before deciding Made-in-China app can keep amusing everyone

Legal02 Nov 2020 | 14

Pakistan restores TikTok, says it needs to crack down on video nasties, and anything else outside 'societal norms'

App promises to curb behaviour but this might be about control than morals

Personal Tech20 Oct 2020 | 1

TikTok says Trump administration ban is based on fake news about the app and its back end

Claims code and infrastructure aren't shared with China or very scary. Also reveals Oracle will win biz from AWS, Azure, Alibaba and Google!

Personal Tech16 Oct 2020 | 14

Pakistan bans TikTok because of its users not its owners

Warnings to clean up its act went unheeded, but door remains open for a return

Personal Tech12 Oct 2020 | 11

China takes TikTok-WeChat ding-dong to World Trade Organization, accuses US, India of breaking global rules

One person still believes forced sale is a good idea. Hint: He’s in hospital

Personal Tech05 Oct 2020 | 20

TikTok wins reprieve as judge rules it can stay in American iOS, Android app stores for now

Justice won't say why he granted injunction, orders Uncle Sam and vid app maker to keep talking

Software28 Sep 2020 | 8

'Robbery, economic plunder, victim of larcenous cronyism and a heist'

That’s China’s view of the Oracle/Walmart TikTok takeover. Now to see if that translates into a ban on the sale

Legal25 Sep 2020 | 34

TikTok seeks injunction to halt Trump ban, claims it would break America's own First and Fifth Amendments

Video-sharing app appears to have had enough of presidential posturing

Personal Tech24 Sep 2020 | 44

TikTok proposes coalition with other social apps to curb harmful content

Seemingly ignorant of the fact that Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Twitter already operate a similar project

Personal Tech23 Sep 2020 | 1