Punchy Biden-lookalike grandad goes viral for fighting boxing gadget
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17 Sep 2021
Articles about Tiktok
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
21 Jul 2021
Chinese AI censors live-streamed Alpacas – beasts with a very NSFW and political back story
Be alert, not a-llam-ed
14 May 2021
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
23 Mar 2021
TikTok to cough up $92m to settle data privacy sueballs over harvesting too much data
Or about five days of annual operating profit
27 Feb 2021
Biden administration pauses pursuit of TikTok and WeChat
Chinese New Year gift for Beijing, maybe for Oracle too
12 Feb 2021
ByteDance sues Tencent over lack of link love on its messaging services
Is there anywhere in the world TikTok isn’t in trouble?
03 Feb 2021
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
28 Jan 2021
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
07 Jan 2021
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
04 Jan 2021
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'
08 Dec 2020
TikTok given another week to sort out how to sell itself
New ways to evade sticking points apparently under discussion
26 Nov 2020
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
11 Nov 2020
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
02 Nov 2020
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
20 Oct 2020
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!
16 Oct 2020
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
12 Oct 2020
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
05 Oct 2020
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