TikTok sues Trump administration, describes ban as pretext to fuel anti-China rhetoric as he seeks re-election
TikTok and one of its employees on Monday separately sued U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration over his executive order banning transactions in the United States with the popular short-form video-sharing…
TikTok to file lawsuit challenging Trump’s executive order
TikTok said on Saturday it plans to file a lawsuit on Monday against President Donald Trump’s executive order prohibiting transactions with the popular short video app and its Chinese parent…
Twitter expresses interest in buying TikTok’s U.S. operations
Twitter Inc has approached TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance to express interest in acquiring the U.S operations of the video-sharing app, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as experts…
TikTok offers to forego stake to clinch U.S deal – Sources
China’s ByteDance has agreed to divest the U.S operations of TikTok completely in a bid to save a deal with the White House, after President Donald Trump said on Friday…
Microsoft to continue talks to acquire TikTokÂ
Microsoft Corp said on Sunday that it would continue discussions to acquire popular short-video app TikTok from Chinese internet giant ByteDance, and that it was aiming to conclude the negotiations…
Republican senators back plan to sell TikTok’s U.S. operations
Several Republican senators on Sunday backed a plan by China’s ByteDance to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok after President Donald Trump said on Friday he had decided to ban…
EU says Facebook, Twitter, Google should report monthly on fake news fight
Facebook, Google and Twitter should provide monthly reports on their fight against disinformation, two senior EU officials said on Wednesday as they called out Russia and China for their…
Facebook to take down misinformation about coronavirus
Facebook Inc said it will take down misinformation about China’s fast-spreading coronavirus, in a rare departure from its usual approach to dubious health content that is presenting a fresh challenge…
Founder of China’s smartphone maker Smartisan barred from planes, trains
Smartisan founder, Luo Yonghao The founder of China’s smartphone maker Smartisan Technology has been barred from taking flights and high-speed railway trains due to the company’s failure to comply…