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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.

World Coronavirus Dispatch: EU slams China over fake Covid-19 info

Cases in US cross two million as infections rise in at least 20 states, Amazon, Ebay ordered to stop shipping unproven Covid products

TikTok owner ByteDance moves to shift power out of China to US: Report

The short video app's parent company ByteDance has quietly made a series of moves in recent months to transfer global decision-making and research capabilities out of its home country

TikTok owner's valuation exceeds $100 billion in private markets: Report

Stock in world's most valuable start-up has changed hands recently at a price that suggests its value has risen more than 33 per cent from about $75 billion during a major round of funding 2 years ago

Disney's streaming chief Kevin Mayer appointed as TikTok CEO from June 1

Mayer led the successful launch of the Disney+ streaming service in November but in February was passed over as Disney's new chief executive

TikTok hits 2 bn downloads; becomes most installed app amid Covid-19 crisis

In India, the short video making app leads the chart with more than 600 million downloads or about 30.3 per cent of all unique installs