Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Mark Warner (D-VA) said he plans to introduce broad bipartisan legislation this coming week that would help “ban or prohibit” foreign technology coming into the United States, including the Chinese social media app TikTok.
China-owned TikTok is trouncing its competitors in in-app purchases (IAPs), generating more revenue in the fourth quarter of 2022 than its top four competitors combined.
The far-left ACLU is urging Congress not to ban the China-owned social media platform TikTok, saying that prohibiting the app owned by a hostile foreign nation would violate Americans’ First Amendment rights.
Louisiana State University (LSU) was forced to issue a statement after the college’s star gymnast, Olivia Dunne, posted a TikTok video promoting the use of Caktus AI, a cheating tool that promises to “automate all of your school work.”
During an interview with Bloomberg on Thursday, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo opposed a ban on TikTok and argued that the issues that make the app a problem, like the app being Chinese-owned and its issues around privacy and misinformation, “aren’t
The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee voted along party lines to approve legislation on Wednesday that would give President Joe Biden the power to ban the Chinese social media app TikTok and other apps nationwide.
Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Tuesday he opposes a Republican bill that would grant the president power to ban the Chinese social media app TikTok.
Former Deputy National Security Adviser of the United States Matthew Pottinger said during the first China Select Committee hearing that Chinese company-linked platforms, such as TikTok, “gives the Chinese Communist Party the ability to manipulate our social discourse.”
The White House issued a directive on Monday that all gave government agencies 30 days to eliminate the Chinese social media app TikTok, which is now banned by law, on any U.S. government devices.
Canada is following the United States in banning the Chinese social media app TikTok from all government-issued devices, which will come into effect on Tuesday, citing an “unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security.”
This week a Catholic prayer app beat out TikTok and other major social media apps in an unlikely Lenten surge.
Mercedes-Benz plans to integrate China’s TikTok into the dashboards of certain models, drawing the ire of people who consider the Chinese-owned social media app nothing more than a surveillance tool.
European Commission staff have been banned from using the Chinese platform TikTok on both government-owned as well as many personal devices over spying concerns.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) reintroduced a bill with Sen. Angus King (I-ME) on Friday to ban TikTok unless the app is fully divested of Chinese ownership, announcing that “momentum is growing” to pass the legislation.
U.S. policymakers are increasingly worried about the possible Chinese influence over what American users see on the popular video app TikTok. A growing number of conservatives including Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Tim Scott (R-FL) are calling for the Chinese-owned app wildly popular with teenagers to be banned entirely.
The COO of the China-owned social media platform TikTok announced on Monday that she now identifies as “both a woman and non-binary,” and has “updated” her “personal pronouns,” revealing she now uses both “they/them and she/her” pronouns.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced a “statewide model security plan” for state employees and contractors to follow that prohibits TikTok and other software on government-issued devices as well as the use of prohibited technology-enabled personal devices on government networks.
Chinese-owned social media company TikTok has reportedly launched a new “Transparency and Accountability Center” in an effort to address concerns about the national security implications of allowing the app accused of spying on Americans to operate in the United States.
All Britons should delete TikTok off their phones so as to protect themselves from being spied upon by Communist China, a senior MP has said.
Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson slammed a Muslim-led disinformation campaign that has claimed Swedish social services are kidnapping children from Muslim parents.
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN Newsroom,” Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) stated that TikTok is “a threat to our national security” and the app is also a threat to American families because the app not only steals the data of young
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Claman Countdown,” Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) stated that his “patience is running thin” with the Biden administration and TikTok and noted that the Committee on Foreign Investment in
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will appear before a House panel in March as Congress weighs security concerns with the Chinese-owned app and considers legislation to potentially ban the app nationwide.
Facebook (now known as Meta) is beginning to see a path to recovery through AI after experiencing its most challenging year, according to internal documents analyzed by the Wall Street Journal and interviews with people familiar with the situation.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that China gave us the app “that rots our children’s brains” with TikTok and it seems like we’re experimenting on the brains of young people. Maher said, “[W]e do
The Dutch government has reportedly told public authorities to refrain from using Chinese social media platform TikTok over data security fears.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), who led the charge to pass legislation banning TikTok from government devices, is now demanding that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) expedite the law’s implementation.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) joined TikTok on Wednesday to complain about being kicked off the House Intelligence Committee — though TikTok is a Chinese-owned app increasingly seen as a national security threat.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) unveiled legislation on Wednesday that would ban TikTok on American devices and ban commercial activity from TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance.
China’s TikTok has confirmed that some of its employees have the ability to make certain videos go viral. The company claims it wields this power to “introduce celebrities and emerging creators to the TikTok community.”
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said on Tuesday he will introduce legislation to ban TikTok nationwide, charging that it violates the privacy of Americans.
Tiktok runs the risk of being banned within the EU should it fail to censor content, an official from within the bloc has warned.
A coalition of special interests wants to stop SD Gov. Kristi Noem’s measure restricting the ability of the Chinese Communist Party to purchase land in her state, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) has blocked students from accessing the China-owned app TikTok on its Wi-Fi network. The move comes after Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) banned the Chinese app from use on government devices.
A 12-year-old girl in Argentina has died after participating in the deadly “choking challenge” first popularized on the China-owned app TikTok.
A recent report from the Wall Street Journal claims that Chinese-owned tech company TikTok is attempting to win favour with U.S. lawmakers by revealing more details of its operations.
China’s state-run Global Times on Thursday unloaded a pair of hit pieces on the new Republican Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).
North Carolina and Wisconsin joined the growing list of states that have banned TikTok on state devices with the latest executive orders issued by Govs. Roy Cooper (D-NC) and Tony Evers (D-WI).
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) has called for a hearing and potential congressional action on the Chinese social media app TikTok over its influence, privacy, and national security risks.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) stated that TikTok data is being accessed by Chinese engineers despite TikTok’s rhetoric about protecting data, but he’s almost more concerned about
