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TikTok and WeChat expose how US tech giants lack innovation in social media

Despite spending roughly $700 million a year in research and development, the microblogging company's main offering has stayed virtually the same over the past decade

TikTok deal must benefit US and ensure 'total security,' says Trump

Trump made the remarks after issuing an executive order banning transactions with TikTok's Chinese parent Bytedance

ByteDance news app censored 'anti-China' content in Indonesia: Report

Articles from partner media outlets that were perceived as critical of the Chinese government would either not be republished on the BaBe app or would be taken down from the app

Top headlines: PM announces Taxpayers' Charter, US relaxes H-1B visa rules

Here are the top headlines of the day

ByteDance in talks with Reliance for investment in TikTok: Report

The government in June banned 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok and WeChat, for threatening its "sovereignty and integrity" after border tensions with China

Trump's TikTok ban to cut it off from app stores, advertisers: WH document

Trump signed an order last week prohibiting transactions with TikTok if its parent ByteDance does not reach a deal to divest it in 45 days

French data privacy watchdog opens preliminary investigation into TikTok

TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, is already under investigation over privacy concerns by US, European Union and Dutch authorities

Microsoft faces complex technical challenges in TikTok's takeover

Microsoft is negotiating a transition period that will give it time to ringfence TikTok technologically from ByteDance after they agree to a deal, Reuters reported on Aug 2

Twitter keen to buy TikTok ops in US, experts doubt it has money: Report

It isn't certain Twitter would be able to outbid Microsoft and complete such a transformative deal in the 45 days that President Trump has given ByteDance to agree to a sale

TikTok preparing advertisers for possible app ban in the US

Some advertisers are forming contingency plans and considering other apps to move their marketing budgets

TikTok's billionaire founder in dilemma as tug-of-war over app rages on

Zhang, whose ByteDance Ltd owns TikTok, was on the verge of building the world's third truly global advertising and social-media force

'Rupture in digital world' as Trump orders ban on TikTok, WeChat in 45 days

Tiktok has come under fire from US lawmakers and the administration over national security concerning data collection

Donald Trump signs order banning transactions with TikTok parent company

The order says the US "must take aggressive action against the owners of TikTok to protect our national security", BBC reported

TikTok's sale to US-based company may alleviate security concerns: Expert

India has banned as many as 106 Chinese apps, including TikTok, a move welcomed by both the Trump administration and the US lawmakers

Microsoft chasing deal to buy all of TikTok's global business: Report

One person close to ByteDance in India said there was a "deal in the works" with Microsoft for TikTok India but it fell through, according to the report

Why Tiktok is worth buying regardless of its pitfalls, unresolved questions

TikTok could try to lower the risk for an acquirer by striking multiyear exclusive deals with its most popular American creators, the way that platforms like YouTube and Twitch have done

Donald Trump's bid to force TikTok sale follows well-trod legal path

Trump's demand has set off a geopolitical tug-of-war, but it has ample precedent

Microsoft may buy TikTok's India business if ban revoked: Experts

For a deal to work, they say, US firm will have to accept data localisation and keep servers in India

Donald Trump's real goal is to kill off TikTok, says ByteDance CEO

He said a government probe into the company's 2017 purchase of Musical.ly, - TikTok's progenitor - was intended to spur a complete shutout

US wants to ban TikTok rather than force a sale: Internal ByteDance letter

The letter was sent only to ByteDance's Chinese employees after news that ByteDance was in talks to sell parts of TikTok to Microsoft Corp