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Tell Congress: To save America, your digital rights matter more than TikTok’s

For many technology critics, especially patriotic ones, the passage of the House bill banning TikTok is cause for celebration. But the most important laws to keep America in the digital age are very different. It hasn’t even been drafted yet — and if Congress keeps an eye on the TikTok soap opera, it never will. […]

TikTok’s US revenue hit $16B as potential forced sale looms: report

TikTok’s U.S. revenue reportedly reached a whopping $16 billion last year, and the suitors have become interested as the House of Representatives passed a bill that would mandate a total ban on Chinese-owned apps if they don’t sell within six months. The potential price of investors rose further. Astronomical sales in the US are the […]

Fox News’s Kilmeade clashes with Rand Paul over TikTok’s ownership 

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) clashed on Thursday’s broadcast over the potential ban on TikTok in the United States and the company’s ownership. Paul appeared on Kilmeade’s show “Fox & Friends”. The bill would force TikTok’s China-based parent company ByteDance to sell the app or it would be removed from […]

12:30 Report — Senate controls TikTok’s fate

It’s Wednesday. Kate Middleton, if you’re reading this, please sign me. I can’t get these conspiracy theories out of my head. In today’s edition: Georgia judge brings several charges against former defendant president trump In the case of election interference. The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the bill today. Ban TikTok (or force a sale […]

EU opens formal investigation into TikTok’s impact on minors 

The European Commission has launched a formal investigation into whether social media app TikTok breaches new rules aimed at protecting minors online. announced on Monday. The investigation examines whether TikTok, which is owned by China-based parent company ByteDance, violated the EU’s new online child protection rules, the Digital Services Act (DSA), which came into force […]

TikTok’s nine-month cruise: what is it and and why can’t I stop watching? | TikTok

Patrick, I don't pretend to understand the esoteric machinations behind the TikTok algorithm, but these days you keep giving me video after video of people sailing around the world on nine-month cruises. . They're all on the same cruise, and behind each blank stare is the same quiet desperation. what's happening? Michael, what's happening now […]