TikTok faces challenges as it deals with potential bans and scrutiny in the U.S. TikTok's owner, ByteDance, is resisting selling the platform despite pressure. The platform has lost U.S. users, but its prospects of overcoming a Congressional ban seem positive. Various reports discuss the platform's legal battles and the impact on investors. TikTok has launched a global council of young people to enhance platform safety.
TikTok is up with its own TV ads about how the platform helps people in the U.S. after a spate of anti-TikTok ads aired earlier this week effectively urging Congress to ban the app. https://t.co/fH9suvXeYz
Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s interest in purchasing TikTok from China-based ByteDance is raising ethical alarms as Congress considers a forced sale. https://t.co/7VUUNNCN5P
The TikTok bill isn’t just about TikTok. It’s a weapon against people like @elonmusk who don’t play ball with the U.S. government when it comes to limiting lawful content. The NY Times is already making the case he’s “subject to the direction or control” of a foreign adversary. https://t.co/YAZfHRZUce
On “Drum Tower” @aliceysu and @DSORennie react to the potential ban of TikTok in America and ask: does Chinese ownership of TikTok really pose a threat? Listen to the podcast: https://t.co/RxInyLypNZ 🎧
Key line from this @JamestownTweets report: "ByteDance remains in control of TikTok at the operational and technical levels" https://t.co/MKrSMmhVA9
Is TikTok really even Chinese? Two out of the five directors of its parent company are American, writes @battleforeurope: 👇 https://t.co/yPOdNMiqDU
🚨"This accumulated evidence suggests that ByteDance remains in control of TikTok at the operational and technical levels."🚨 This must-read report from @JamestownTweets underscores the depth of ByteDance's relationship with the Chinese Communist Party. ByteDance has... 1⃣… https://t.co/y99tqcOFQI
The US charges against TikTok — such as the the claim that China is using TikTok to somehow “destabilise” American society or push anti-government narratives — sound more like a confession: earlier this month, Reuters reported that as President, Trump signed a covert action order… https://t.co/REiMBSzxJL
As Western citizens are now discovering, the internet has become yet another terrain for waging global warfare — against foreign adversaries but also, and perhaps even more importantly, against us too. My latest on the real motives behind the TikTok ban: https://t.co/Eo3TsLMK6E
Much of the American case against TikTok is based on psychological projection. The assume China is using the app to spy on American citizens because this is what the US has always done — and continues to do — with its own tech companies. My latest: https://t.co/Eo3TsLMK6E
The TikTok ban has nothing to do with US national security. It’s a way further consolidate domestic censorship/control over online information under the guise of national security. It’s not about Chinese control — but insufficient US control. My latest: https://t.co/Eo3TsLMK6E
The national security threat posed by TikTok remains hypothetical. @battleforeurope: 👇 https://t.co/yPOdNMiqDU
Explained: TikTok Ownership Controversy And Calls For Its Ban In US https://t.co/PsUX9uy9lV https://t.co/dpWfrKLSV3
‘Neither US intelligence nor the bill’s sponsors have produced any evidence that TikTok has ever coordinated with the Chinese government.’ @battleforeurope: 👇 https://t.co/yPOdNMiqDU
#FPTech: TikTok’s US troubles worsen, FTC likely to sue for mishandling children’s data privacy and security https://t.co/5ZwcJxzvaH
This week on our “Drum Tower” podcast, @aliceysu and @DSORennie look at what’s really behind the bill approved by America’s House of Representatives that could force a ban of TikTok nationwide https://t.co/h6rupeqHSW 🎧
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PURSUING TIKTOK OVER DATA PRACTICES
On #FreeSpeechUnmuted, Eugene(@VolokhC) & Jane discuss Murthy v. Missouri (formerly Missouri v. Biden), which asks: If the government asks social media platforms to remove certain posts, does that violate the First Amendment? #FreeSpeechMatters #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment https://t.co/KwPBUtBiUf
In the wake of a national push to ban TikTok, some of the app’s successful creators touted why the video-sharing app is important to them — but said they could live without it if it went away. https://t.co/b6knKYFqTy
Biden Administration pursuing TikTok over data practices https://t.co/PsNtbPGRBO
US investors, like General Atlantic and Sequoia, are facing increased pressure from state and federal lawmakers about their investments in Chinese companies (@laurenshirsch / New York Times) https://t.co/CHTL2huovv 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/2tJGsCCVQ7
This Under 30 Social Media star is encouraging TikTok creators to build their following on other platforms while threats of a ban loom. https://t.co/13ifeBUFLV https://t.co/4b8asxvXlU
Major U.S. investors who have poured billions into ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, are facing increased pressure from state and federal lawmakers to answer for their investments in Chinese companies. https://t.co/ZTHczHKvtZ
Major U.S. investment firms own stakes in ByteDance, the parent of TikTok. Their investments are increasingly under fire. https://t.co/jfyy7AV5OZ
TikTok Unleashes Desperate ‘Youth Council’ Amid Ban Threats Under pressure after the passage of bipartisan House legislation, toxic and anti-free speech TikTok has a strange new strategy: turn teenagers into decision-makers. TikTok has come under fire for its ties to the… https://t.co/Iqzi4TzW4b
Biden-allied lawmaker’s charity scored cash from TikTok’s Chinese parent company before key vote https://t.co/j5MVMYqVTP https://t.co/j5MVMYqVTP
Trying to ban TikTok “is a form of security theater” -- @Iwillleavenow https://t.co/7eQSWzpZuX by @lauren_leffer on @sciam
TikTok Owner Is Paying Influencers To Push New Instagram-Like App In US, Here's Why https://t.co/2yIcrUBfvp https://t.co/U4dPaP5Xd8
🕰️ TikTok faces a looming deadline in the US as lawmakers push for a sale of its assets due to concerns over Chinese influence. But what could this mean for ByteDance and its IPO dreams? Let's break it down. https://t.co/Oa46NRPmZA
TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance paying influencers to push its other app Lemon8 as ban looms https://t.co/85p0fXxqvo via @nypost
“Few people are honestly arguing that TikTok is inherently damaging — or at least no more damaging than social media generally … For lawmakers, the problem is that ByteDance is operating social networks in both China and the United States.” https://t.co/yR5pHiefzB
TikTok's strategy for surviving challenges to its current business arrangement bears an ominous resemblance to totalitarian tactics, both fictional and real. | @jackbutler4815 https://t.co/MDWKgWoSRY
TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance paying influencers to push its other app Lemon8 as ban looms https://t.co/vJwc21IdVJ https://t.co/g4R3W8qCGW
There has been a palpable shift in public sentiment toward the social-media giants, especially when it comes to the effects that their addictive products have on children. Still, the effort to bar TikTok is unconstitutional, Jay Caspian Kang writes. https://t.co/bnPRONAh8y
TikTok’s owner, ByteDance, has no plans to sell the short-video platform despite the threat of a US ban, and even if it did, the company says there is not enough time to meet an expected 180-day deadline for sale to a non-Chinese owner. https://t.co/b9GjO6ATe2
TikTok has a strong case to challenge the buy-or-sell bill now before the Senate, lawyers say, particularly if its users mount a First Amendment case. https://t.co/qNMbg6w5XG By @erinkwoo & @JuroOsawa
David Greene of @EFF talks on #WeThePeoplePodcast about the similarities between #MurthyVMissouri and the House’s TikTok ban. Listen now: https://t.co/wYoCKYabkn https://t.co/qtXJnurY0O
TikTok's prospects of defeating a Congressional ban look pretty good actually, @erinkwoo and @JuroOsawa report. https://t.co/aMQ6767GI9 https://t.co/xKhr85Xb5r
TikTok’s seemingly had a rough few months. Marketers are making contingency plans as the platform faces a ban in the U.S. (again). Meanwhile, TikTok lost U.S. users for the first time in Q4, according to a report from Business Insider. https://t.co/RfdFPqxD4V
TikTok has launched its global council of young people to advise the social media giant on how to make the platform safer by design ✍️: @MartynLandi https://t.co/rFsVtZeNs4