Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) announced Tuesday an immediate ban on the Chinese social media app TikTok from state government devices and any state agencies from subscribing to or creating an account on the platform due to security concerns.
Another batch of states has taken action against TikTok amid concerns of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) using the app to spy on Americans.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) on Wednesday will call on the Senate to take action and pass a bill banning TikTok on government devices.
Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta, Georgia, punished four nurses over a TikTok video joking about patients.
During a portion of an interview with CBS set to air on Sunday’s “60 Minutes” that was released on Friday’s “CBS Evening News,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated that there is a real national security issue with TikTok, and “there
Most voters believe members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) could be using TikTok to “collect sensitive national security information from U.S. government employees” and would support congressional action, banning the app, a Rasmussen Reports survey released Friday found.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) demanded an immediate review of all the state’s investments to determine if any taxpayer dollars currently invested pose a national security risk, explicitly naming China.
Indiana’s attorney general is suing China-owned TikTok, alleging the app misleads its users — children in particular — about the level of inappropriate content and the security of consumer information.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) called for a ban on TikTok and argued that one reason the app should be banned is that the application exposes minors to “stuff that they
Negotiations between the U.S. government and China-owned TikTok have been delayed due to national security concerns involving ByteDance, the app’s Chinese parent company, and its access to the private user data of Americans.
The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) is potentially a TikTok bailout bill, as it puts multiple new restrictions on U.S. platforms, but leaves the China-owned app free to steal American user data.
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr is urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate Apple and TikTok. Carr is a consistent critic of China’s TikTok, calling the app a wolf in “sheep’s clothing.”
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster announced on Monday that he will seek to ban the Chinese-owned app TikTok from government devices.
Country star Dolly Parton performed her hit song “Go to Hell” during a Christmas special, where she rebuked the Devil on prime-time television, proclaiming “Satan is real.”
Canadian TikTok star Megha Thakur passed away recently at the age of 21, Yahoo! Style reported Thursday.
The propaganda arm of the Chinese Communist Party is operating accounts on China-owned TikTok that have millions of followers and push divisive videos about U.S. politicians.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) said he isn’t that concerned about what Elon Musk does with former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account, but is worried about TikTok’s
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) signed an executive order on Tuesday banning the Chinese social media app Tiktok from state government devices.
During this week’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) called for the ban of the social media platform TikTok.
China-owned TikTok is Chinese surveillance and psyops thinly veiled as a social media platform that FCC Brendan Carr has labeled “China’s digital fentanyl.” It is time for lawmakers to stop ignoring the giant panda in the room and ban the platform from this country before China is able to do even more damage to America’s youth — and its elections.
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr argued that, in light of FBI Director Christopher Wray’s warning about the national security risks of TikTok, there isn’t a credible way the Biden administration
FBI Director Christopher Wray said he is “extremely concerned” about China-owned TikTok, and warned lawmakers on Tuesday that allowing the Chinese app to continue operating in the United States could be a national security threat.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr declared that “TikTok is China’s digital fentanyl” and banning it “is a basic IQ test for the administration.” And China shows a “very, very different” version
Scott Adams, the Dilbert cartoonist also known for his second career as a political pundit, argued Wednesday that a big factor in Democrats’ strong performance in the midterm election was the TikTok platform — which is owned by China.
TikTok has revealed that its employees in China have access to the private data of accounts based in the UK and the European Union.
FCC commissioner Brendan Carr is calling for the popular Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok to be banned in the United States over privacy concerns. Even Democrats are voicing concerns over Tiktok, with Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) saying, “This is not something you would normally hear me say, but Donald Trump was right on TikTok years ago.”
Four teenagers are dead after a car crash in Buffalo, New York, on Monday that may have been the result of a TikTok challenge.
Facebook (now known as Meta) reported a second straight quarterly revenue decline, with its stock plummeting an astonishing 22 percent in morning trading after already losing two-thirds of its value this year so far.
President Joe Biden on Sunday denounced Republican efforts to block transgender procedures for children in their states.
TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance planned to use the social media app to monitor the physical location of specific American citizens, according to documents obtained by Forbes.
Users of the China-owned social media platform TikTok would still risk having personal data exposed to hacking and espionage by China — even if the U.S. government sets up a security agreement designed to prevent the platform from being banned, former national security officials and other experts say.
Chinese-owned social media giant TikTok is planning to mimic Amazon by establishing its own product fulfillment centers in the United States, signifying the company’s dedication to e-commerce as its next major revenue stream.
Chinese-owned social media giant TikTok is profiting from videos of displaced families in Syrian refugee camps begging for donations. The company reportedly takes up to 70 percent of the proceeds from such livestreams.
Consumer Reports recently found that the Chinese-owned video app TikTok uses the same techniques as Google and Facebook to track users across the web — even if they don’t use the TikTok app.
Chinese-owned social media giant TikTok’s parent company, Beijing-based ByteDance, saw its operating losses more than triple last year to above $7 billion. Meanwhile, the company spent heavily to continue its growth.
The Chinese Communist Party’s effort to stamp out the Cantonese dialect picked up steam on Wednesday with reports that Douyin, the domestic Chinese version of video microblogging platform TikTok, had begun treating Cantonese as an “unrecognizable language.”
According to a recent report, Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok is still planning to launch a live shopping experience in the U.S. despite a failed trial of the service in the UK.
Tony Blevins, VP of procurement at smartphone giant Apple, has been forced out of the company following controversy over a viral TikTok video featuring the executive joking about his affluent lifestyle.
The Chinese-owned social media app TikTok could reportedly face a $29 million slap on the wrist after the Information Commissioner’s Office said that it has provisionally found that TikTok breached the UK data protection law between May 2018 and July 2020 by failing to handle the personal data of minor children.
Chinese-owned social media giant TikTok is reportedly close to striking a deal with the Biden administration to resolve national security concerns, but there are still hurdles to bypass.