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ByteDance to buy back $3-billion shares after IPO stalls, says report

The offered price per share of just under $177 gave the company an implied valuation of $300 billion

Meta, TikTok, YouTube, Twitter grilled for privacy, moderation failures

The US Senate Homeland Security Committee grilled executives from Meta, TikTok, YouTube and Twitter over privacy and moderation failures on their respective platforms in recent years

Meta Platforms seeks out secrets from 132 companies to win antitrust suit

Meta's request is "overbroad and abusive," Snap said in court filings

Instagram's Reels struggles to compete with TikTok in short-form video game

Meta-owned Instagram is struggling to woo creators as its short-video making Reels engagement falls against a formidable competition that is coming from its Chinese rival TikTok

US lawmaker introduces bill to ban Chinese app TikTok on govt devices

The bill also looks to prohibit the installation and use of TikTok at military installations and national security agencies CIA, NSA, FBI, etc

TikTok hacked, over 2 bn user database records stolen: Security researchers

Cyber-security researchers on Monday discovered a potential data breach in Chinese short-form video app TikTok, allegedly involving up to 2 billion user database records

Microsoft spots TikTok bug that could expose private videos of millions

The vulnerability, which would have required several issues to be chained together to exploit, has now been fixed by the Chinese company

Top Headlines: CBDC rollout this FY, banks deal with sanctioned entities

The Reserve Bank of India is planning to introduce its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) this fiscal year in a phased manner

Three trends suggest India is adding short to its video-first market

Three trends are making short video apps the YouTube of internet

Website InAppBrowser.com, reveals how TikTok, Instagram may track data

As the debate grows about tech companies and apps tracking your data, here comes a website that can reveal how platforms like TikTok and Instagram may potentially see your sensitive data

TikTok's in-app browser may monitor your keystrokes, taps: Report

Amid concerns over data privacy, latest research has revealed that the web browser used within China's TikTok app can track every keystroke made by its users.

Instagram, YouTube discourage users from sharing videos to TikTok

Threatened by the meteoric rise of Chinese short-form video platform TikTok, Instagram and YouTube have introduced new features to discourage their short-video app users from cross-platform sharing

Alibaba, ByteDance share 'prized algorithms' with Beijing for first time

The algorithms that decide which TikTok videos, WeChat posts and Instagram photos users see are considered the secret sauce of many online services

300 TikTok, ByteDance employees worked for Chinese state media: Report

At least 300 employees of TikTok and its parent company ByteDance employees worked for the Chinese state media publications, and more than a dozen still do, the media reported.

Short-video leader TikTok now plans own music streaming service

After dominating the short-video format market andAgiving jitters to Meta (formerly Facebook), TikTok parent company ByteDance is now eyeing the music streaming market with launching 'TikTok Music'

China govt asked TikTok for stealth propaganda account, says report

The attempt, which met with push-back from TikTok executives, highlights the internal tensions within the fast-growing social media app, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance Inc

Instagram to roll back its recent changes amid strong criticism

After experiencing strong criticism, Meta-owned Instagram has decided to roll back some recent changes to the product, including a full-screen home feed and temporarily reduce recommended posts

Instagram to become more video-focused over time: Platform head Mosseri

After Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner criticised Instagram for trying to be like TikTok, Adam Mosseri shared a video saying the platform will become more video-focused over time

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's biggest bet on WhatsApp might not pay off

Analysts have curbed their estimates for Meta Platforms Inc's , and Zuckerberg's own foreboding comments to staff suggest the numbers won't be good

Facebook shifts focus from news to creator economy amid TikTok threat

Threatened by the surge in TikTok user base, Meta is changing its focus from news to building a creator economy and has reportedly reallocated resources from Facebook News