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Social media company employs more than 2,000 people in State

Reach among young adults overcomes advertisers’ concerns about group’s Chinese owners, content quality and problems with bot traffic

Investors rattled as global economy sputters

The Chinese-controlled social media giant potentially could be even more troublesome for the State than its US Silicon Valley peers

Social media video app will livestream Eurovision finals next month alongside ‘behind the scenes’ content and playlists of entrants

Disappointing updates from tech giants reverberate through the sector

Pandemic-driven trend to e-commerce and hybrid work helps advertising revenue jump 32.5%

New rules will boost oversight over how companies make plans to list abroad

Most of Musk’s money so far has come from Tesla

DPC to look at platform’s processing of children’s information and data transfer to China

Company considering market debut through direct listing or initial public offering as soon as next year

Company has reportedly hired a law firm to help with early-stage preparations to list

Vanessa Pappas, who has served as interim head named chief operating officer

Accountability unit will initially operate virtually, offering tours from June 2021

Action accuses video app of violating UK, European data protection laws

Helen Dixon says app’s Chinese engineers may be accessing EU personal data

Executive order gave Chinese owned company until November 12th to clinch deal

Shopify deal will allow users to shop as they scroll through app’s short-form videos

Doubts cast on Trump’s preliminary blessing of deal to allow app continue operating in US

Prohibitions burden substantially more speech than necessary, judge says

The two companies will pay a combined $12bn for their minority stakes

Trump executive orders also require removal of social media app WeChat from Apple and Google’s app stores in US

Social media giant seeks proposals from real estate firms for 500,000sq ft of space

ByteDance to retain majority shareholding with Oracle holding minority stake

TikTok deal and Covid-19 vaccine progress inspires positive mood

Social media giant and parent ByteDance challenging White House ban in LA court

Video-sharing app takes action following US president’s executive ban on transactions

App faces takeover or split in bid to allay concerns over links to Chinese Communist Party

Repercussions of order against Chinese firm may be felt both in the US and further afield

US residents will be prohibited from doing business with two apps from mid-September

Full takeover seen as slightly easier to execute than effort to untangle some operations

Social media platform has been building up its presence in Dublin in recent months

Facebook-owned social media app is expanding Reels to more countries

China’s ByteDance sees US move as ploy to push down price and force deal

Kevin Mayer’s criticism made hours before Mark Zuckerberg faces Congress grilling

Facebook, Google and Twitter all reviewing position following introduction of new national security law

Chinese and pro-Kremlin sources accused of ‘co-ordinated push’ of false information

Short video app popular among locked-down consumers

The video-uploading mobile app has become one of the most downloaded in the world

Some 6 per cent of 15-plus population have the short video app