President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday declaring that a plan for TikTok‘s Chinese owner ByteDance to divest the U.S. operations of the wildly popular video app meets the ...
A TikTok deal between the U.S. and China will give Americans six of the seven board seats and control over the popular social media app’s algorithm, the White House said on Saturday. “This deal means ...
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March 13 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration is set to receive a roughly $10 billion fee from investors in the recently completed deal to take control of TikTok's U.S. business, the ...
President Donald Trump on Tuesday further extended a potential ban of TikTok until Dec. 16 amid news his administration reached the “framework” for a deal. In an executive order issued Tuesday, Trump ...
TikTok is now majority-owned by a group of U.S.-backed investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX. The app's former owner, Chinese company ByteDance, retains a ...
Social media apps have long been accused of being harmful to children. Now those claims will come before a jury for the first time in a trial kicking off Tuesday in a Los Angeles courtroom. A key ...
ByteDance is dancing to a different tune to keep stakeholders happy. TikTok's Chinese parent is spending up to $3 billion to buy back shares at a price that values the company at around $300 billion. It's extending an employee stock incentive programme for another 10 years and expanding the share pool. Given its initial public offering looks stalled, both moves will help keep investors and employees onside.
Sephora did not donate to any political candidates, a company spokesperson said in response to social media posts calling on Black women to boycott the beauty retailer based on the false claim that it donated “BIG” to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
Sports streaming platform DAZN Group named Kevin Mayer, who was previously TikTok CEO and a Disney (DIS.N) executive, as chairman, it said on Wednesday.
Being an internet sensation in China these days is hardly desirable. It probably explains why Zhang Yiming said on Thursday that he would step down as ByteDance’s chief executive, becoming the latest high-profile boss to do so amid a Beijing crackdown. It's a prudent move to ensure a smoother market debut for the TikTok owner. A broader executive shakeup also means it would be smarter for the company to take its time.
In a high-rise office in downtown Buenos Aires, a loose band of twenty-something influencers gather to plan how to propel Javier Milei to the Argentine presidency with TikTok videos, memes - and some help from Elon Musk.
Italian cyclist Matteo Trentin has said riders should spend less time on TikTok and be proactive in making the sport safer following claims that they were not informed of or involved in the decision to ban the 'super tuck' position.
Five social media content creators have been arrested in Egypt after publishing a widely viewed comic sketch about a visit to an Egyptian jail, two lawyers said on Wednesday.
(Corrects typo in paragraph 1 from "their bags" to "their backs")
TikTok owner ByteDance launched the Volcano Engine brand on Thursday to offer its personalised recommendation algorithm to more corporate clients, as the Chinese company seeks to expand beyond its mainstay consumer apps.
Meta Platforms Inc's Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp have signed up to Indonesia's new licensing rules for tech firms, government records showed on Tuesday, a day ahead of a deadline to comply or risk being blocked.
South Sudanese authorities have suspended access to social media platforms for a minimum of 30 days after videos depicting the alleged killings of South Sudanese nationals in Sudan's El Gezira state triggered riots and deadly revenge attacks.
A CNN report about an Israeli air strike destroying a tower block in Gaza is falsely claimed online to have reused footage from 2021.
Rather than publishing the findings or pursuing additional research, Meta called off further work.
A rare report card from China’s ByteDance explains how the TikTok parent is putting a floor under the $300 billion valuation at which it is buying back a small slug of shares. It’s a good show despite a initial public offering plan, a global tech rout, and a politically difficult reception for its popular short-video streaming app.
Indian content-sharing platform ShareChat on Thursday said it had raised $266 million in fresh funding from U.S.-based Alkeon Capital and some existing investors, pushing its valuation to $3.7 billion.
Facebook Inc (FB.O) on Thursday said it will begin testing ads on its TikTok clone Instagram Reels in India, Brazil, Germany and Australia, as the social media giant aims to make money from its short-form video feature.
The Chinese government "has never and will never" require companies or individuals to collect data for or provide data to it in a way that violates the law, China's foreign ministry said on Friday.
Danish Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard said that if he could, he would ban messaging platforms that facilitate crime, but added it was "not legally possible." His comments were later misrepresented online as suggesting the Danish government might soon ban such apps.
The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee voted Wednesday to approve a measure that would raise the age children are given special online privacy protections to 16 and bar targeted advertising to children by companies like TikTok and Snapchat without consent.
A former head of engineering at Bytedance in the United States has said the company discharged him after he voiced concern to management that it was taking user content from other platforms, mainly Instagram and Snapchat.