Is TikTok’s US shutdown any more than a game of musical chairs among Chinese apps?
After the US supreme court upheld a ban on the video app unless it sheds its Chinese owners, a final decision on action rests with politicians
After the US supreme court upheld a ban on the video app unless it sheds its Chinese owners, a final decision on action rests with politicians
Omnicom and Interpublic in talks to merge in $30bn-plus deal to create the world’s largest advertising agency
Further appeal expected for bipartisan measure targeting ByteDance-owned video app over security concerns
Chinese firm says divestiture ‘is simply not possible: not commercially, not technologically, not legally’
Bill passed by Senate gives China-based ByteDance up to one year to divest Tiktok before facing deletion from US app stores
Owner ByteDance is on track to overtake Facebook owner Meta as the world’s largest social media company by sales
One idea under discussion would be to take voting control of the popular video app
Large online platforms now have to comply with new EU regulations on competition. Too little too late, say some
ByteDance’s social media company to invest $1.5bn for controlling stake in GoTo unit
Irish Data Protection Commissioner’s €345 million fine of TikTok shows Beijing-owned video-sharing app is firmly in sights of data regulators
Project Clover migration to ringfence personal information
Social media giant says security concerns mean it cannot accommodate public access provided for under current planning permission
What happened when a reporter learned she had been surveilled by the controversial social media company
Ownership of social media app puts it at centre of rising geopolitical alarm, but you wouldn’t always know it
Several European governments are either restricting the app for civil servants or ordering security assessments
Programme will offer a refundable corporation tax of €8m for expenditures on qualifying projects
Chinese social media company’s plan at ‘advanced stage’ as it aims to expand its European data storage
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
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