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ByteDance eyes Hong Kong or Shanghai listing over Tiktok ban issue: Report

Of the two venues, the company prefers Hong Kong, it says

ByteDance investors value TikTok at about $50 billion in takeover bid

ByteDance was valued at as much as $140 billion earlier this year when one of its shareholders

TikTok suspends UK talks about opening global HQ in London: Report

TikTok needs a new global HQ for its business outside China after security experts flagged its data sharing practices

Clones of banned Chinese apps return to mobile phones in India

After India banned 59 Chinese apps last month, at least three more China-based video apps - Snack Video, Likee Lite, and Zili - have now made it to the list of top 10 downloaded apps in India

Explained: How India's making TikTok alternatives for users in Bharat

The lockdown has also added to the traction that video and audio apps such as Chingari, Roposo, Khabri and Trell are seeing as people are looking at options to earn incentives from home

TikTok could operate as an American company, says White House official

There are reports that TikTok is going to pull out of the holding company, which is China, and operate as an independent American company, White House Economic Advisor Larry Kudlow told reporters

Decision on TikTok in US within weeks; Trump urged to ban Chinese apps

The move to ban TikTok in the US has suddenly gained momentum after India's decision in this regard last month

Govt questions owners of banned Chinese apps over content, practices

The 59 banned apps, which include TikTok and Alibaba's UC Browser, were asked whether they acted at the behest of any foreign government to edit, promote or demote any content

After asking employees to delete TkikTok, Amazon says email was a mistake

The initial internal email, which was disseminated widely online, told employees to delete TikTok, a video app increasingly popular with young people

'Stop interfering': China threatens to retaliate against fresh US sanctions

The Trump administration's move on Thursday marked an escalation in the increasingly tense rivalry between the world's two biggest economies

Amazon makes employees delete TikTok, cites security concerns: Report

"Due to security risk, the TikTok app is no longer permitted on mobile devices that access Amazon email," the company said

At 16.5 million, TikTok removed most number of videos from India: Report

TikTok removed over 49 million videos for content violations between July and December last year

TikTok to exit Hong Kong market within days over new national security law

TikTok has also said previously that it would not comply with any requests made by the Chinese government to censor content or for access to TikTok's user data

Google, Apple remove most of the banned Chinese apps from their stores

Initially, few apps voluntarily delisted themselves in accordance with the government's order but now Google and Apple have blocked access to all other apps too

Banned Chinese apps consider shifting servers to India to allay concerns

The Indian authorities feared that these apps were transferring consumer data to locations outside the country, especially China, in an unauthorised and surreptitious manner.

DoT warns operators of action if banned Chinese apps are not deleted

The order came after the government this week banned several Chinese apps including ByteDance's TikTok, Alibaba's UC News and Tencent's WeChat citing "threat to sovereignty and integrity.

Will ban on TikTok be the final straw that breaks its controversial run?

The video-sharing app is no stranger to controversy, and experts say that the ban is more likely a negotiation tactic between governments and it may do well to just wait and watch

Concerned about India banning Chinese apps: China foreign ministry

India has a responsibility to uphold the rights of Chinese businesses, said Chinese foreign ministry

Apple catches TikTok reading user clipboards; won't do now, says Chinese app

Chinese short-video making app TikTok has announced it will no longer automatically access user clipboards on Apple iPhones after iOS 14 in Beta exposed the app's constant reading of user clipboards

'Boycott Chinese apps' campaign heats up, may have little economic impact

Apart from the boycott campaign, Indian intelligence agencies have red-flagged usage of over 50 China-linked apps as being a threat to national security.