TikTok

Tokkers can Tok like Tweeters can Tweet – for now

Scavenging for disgruntled former Twitter users? Fellow vulture, we honor thee.

Applications25 Jul 2023 | 14

Guess who's quietly bankrolling a legal fight against Montana's TikTok ban. Why yes, it's TikTok

Psst, some American user data still stored in China, too

Personal Tech28 Jun 2023 | 11

US govt now bans TikTok from contractors' work gear

BYODALAINGTI (as long as it's not got TikTok installed)

CSO06 Jun 2023 | 11

TikTok to let Oracle view source code, algorithm, and content moderation

It's all in the name of national security as Trump-era collab continues in Project Texas

Security23 May 2023 | 11

In a stand against authoritarianism, Montana bans TikTok downloads

Updated Dare we say, Broke App Mountain ... and yes, we know that was Wyoming

Personal Tech18 May 2023 | 41

Brits start 'em young with 20% of tots 'owning' a smartphone

And what are they doing with them? YouTube, lots of YouTube

Personal Tech17 Apr 2023 | 41

UK data watchdog fines TikTok £12.7M for failing to protect kids

Some 1.4 million under-13s used the app in 2020 by the ICO's estimates

Security04 Apr 2023 | 10

Australia takes its turn to kick TikTok off government kit

Even a politician who visited China last week has binned the app

Defense Tech Week04 Apr 2023 | 6

TikTok: Is this really a national security scare or is something else going on?

Register Kettle Our vultures who cover the news weigh in

Personal Tech30 Mar 2023 | 45

SHEIN has the look of America's next tech-meets-geopolitics fit-up

Chinese fast fashion vendor could be this season's TikTok thanks to alleged tax evasion, slave labour, toxic goods, and an outsized carbon footprint

Personal Tech29 Mar 2023 | 18

US cyber spymaster calls TikTok China's 'Trojan horse'

It's not a smoking gun, it's 'a loaded gun' suggests NSA's Rob Joyce

Defense Tech Week29 Mar 2023 | 30

Ammo-maker says TikTok's datacenter site could deprive it of electricity

'Our future growth is challenged by the storage of cat videos'

Energy Efficient Datacenters28 Mar 2023 | 41

France bans all recreational apps – including TikTok – from government devices

Meanwhile the US contemplates drastic action

Personal Tech27 Mar 2023 | 42

BBC to staff: Uninstall TikTok from our corporate kit unless you can 'justify' having it

Those with 'sensitive' work-related information told to contact Beeb's security team

Security20 Mar 2023 | 69

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 | 190

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 | 30

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