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Pakistan to block social media app TikTok for "immoral" content: Report

In July, Pakistan's telecommunications regulator issued a "final warning" to the short-form video app over explicit content posted on the platform

TikTok, Snapchat preferred more than Instagram by US teens: Report

Snapchat and TikTok are more popular social media apps than Instagram among US teenagers, said a new report

China says Trump govt's bans on TikTok and WeChat break WTO rules

In the same meeting, the United States defended its actions, saying they are intended to mitigate national security risks

Former Chinese diplomat worked on TikTok content policy, says report

Cai Zheng ran ByteDance's global content policy team in Beijing until early this year. He'd previously worked at China's embassy in Tehran, the FT said, citing a deleted LinkedIn profile

How even a temporary US ban could be a potential disaster for TikTok

The ban will harm the company irreversibly by first stagnating and then declining its user base

Donald Trump's ban on TikTok temporarily blocked by federal judge

Trump has called for bans on both TikTok and WeChat, owned by China's Tencent Holdings Ltd

Relief for TikTok: US judge blocks Trump administration's app store ban

US District Judge Carl Nichols said in a brief order he was issuing a preliminary injunction to prevent the TikTok app store ban from taking effect

TikTok fate in the balance as judge weighs app store ban

Lawyers for TikTok pleaded with a US federal judge to delay the Trump Administration's ban of the popular video sharing programme from app stores set to take effect at the end of the day

TikTok attacks Trump ban as irrational amid talks on stake sale

The prohibition, which is set to begin at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, would remove TikTok from the app stores run by Apple Inc. and Google's Android

Trump says safety will be the dominant factor in his TikTok decision

Trump said his decision on whether to approve a potential deal involving US companies taking a greater ownership share of Chinese social media app TikTok will hinge primarily on the issue of safety

US judge orders Donald Trump admin to defend or postpone ban on TikTok

A US federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to postpone its ban on downloads of TikTok or defend itself in a court hearing this weekend

Now, you can record, trim, share 30 seconds video through Instagram Reels

Launched in India in July this year, Reels is a short-video service from Instagram that lets user create and share short-videos with their followers on their Instagram Feed

Beyond TikTok deal, Walmart looks to transform the broader retail sector

The retailer could, for example, embed advertisements in the user-generated videos with links to the Walmart website or siphon data from the site's tens of millions of users

China threatens to kill TikTok-Oracle deal over Trump's 'dirty' tactics

The quick shift in sentiment shows the complications of concluding an agreement that is about much more than finding a proper valuation for an addictive video app

TikTok-Oracle deal: No, majority ownership doesn't give 'total control'

The first details that surfaced from TikTok's planned deal with Oracle Corp. and Walmart Inc. would put most of the company in American hands

ByteDance applies for tech export licence in China amid TikTok deal talks

The Beijing-based firm submitted the application to Beijing's municipal commerce bureau and is awaiting a decision

TikTok asks judge to block Donald Trump's ban as deadline looms

Chinese-owned TikTok asked a judge to block the Trump administration's attempt to ban its app, suggesting the video-sharing app's forced deal with Oracle and Walmart remains unsettled

TikTok asks judge to block US order from barring new app downloads

A federal judge in San Francisco on Saturday issued a preliminary injunction blocking a similar Commerce Department order from taking effect on Sunday on Tencent Holdings' WeChat app

TikTok purges 37.6 mn videos from India for community guidelines violation

Chinese short video-making app TikTok purged more than 104.5 mn videos from its platform in the first half of this year for violating its community guidelines and majority were from India at 37.68 mn

Math doesn't add up: Differing views create confusion in TikTok-Oracle deal

A key reason for the discrepancy lies in differing views over the eventual distribution of TikTok's shares