SCOTUS upholds the TikTok divest-or-ban law, saying free speech rights must yield to concerns that Chinese control of the app creates a national-security risk
but Trump Lobbying May Save It Tripp Mickle / New York Times : Oracle May Hold TikTok's Future in Its Hands Solcyré Burga / Time : Everything Trump Has Said About the TikTok Ban Dan Primack / Axios : ...
An unredacted lawsuit from Utah's AG claims TikTok has long known that TikTok Live promoted sexual content streams to minors and facilitated money laundering
and continued to profit from it. This blatant disregard for the safety of Utah's children is [image] Spencer Cox / @spencerjcox : Pure evil. They knew it. They boosted it. They profited from it. Utah ...
A look at Frank McCourt's efforts to acquire TikTok and the obstacles he faces, as he lobbies Congress and Trump's team and recruits former TikTok executives
Bloomberg : X: @ali_lev X: Alexandra S. Levine / @ali_lev : ByteDance has said it's unwilling to sell TikTok, but that hasn't stopped interested buyers from lining up. Meet the contender who's alread...
Some TikTok staff and users see Trump as a possible savior from the ban; others question whether Trump even cares about the app now that the campaign is over
it takes effect before Trump takes office. A President can't undo a law himself. Saying “I won't enforce this national security law” isn't impossible but would be extraordinary. Brian Costello / @bpco...
Route: TikTok Shop saw a 13% jump in orders from April to May, as TikTok appears to be hiring hundreds of employees in the US to support its e-commerce efforts
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Ireland's DPC fines TikTok €345M after finding the company in breach of GDPR in relation to its handling of children's data and gives three months to comply
most stuff gets fixed with a tap on the shoulder, but the unlawfulness still needs addressing. [image] Caroline Greer / @carolinegreer : The 🇮🇪 DPC decision published today in relation to TikTok focus...
An internal TikTok tool can access some personal data of Indian users who used the app before India's 2020 ban; an employee jokingly called the tool “NSA-To-Go”
which the employee calls “NSA To Go”—that allows TikTok to obtain sensitive info on users, including real-time updates on U.S. users “a key to building a ‘digital dossier’” @Ali_Lev reports https://tw...
The White House unveils six proposals for tech policy reform aimed at competition, algorithms, and safety on social platforms, and suggests Section 230 changes
for a Good Reason Alfonso Maruccia / TechSpot : White House consults experts, lays down a six-point plan to increase Big Tech accountability GovTech : White House Outlines Guiding Principles for Big T...
Sources: former TikTok content moderators working for a third-party company say they were trained using CSAM from a shared document widely accessible to staff
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Sources: former TikTok content moderators working for a third-party company say they were trained using CSAM from a shared document with wide internal access
Alexandra S. Levine / Forbes : Tweets: @ali_lev Tweets: Alexandra S. Levine / @ali_lev : NEW: TikTok content moderators at the third-party company Teleperformance were shocked to be shown graphic vid...