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Science & Tech 5 years ago

TikTok apologizes for censoring LGBT+ content

TikTok has apologized for suppressing LGBT+ content in the past, with a director telling British lawmakers on Tuesday that the company now removed LGBT+ images only when required to do so by law enforcement agencies.

Science & Tech 5 years ago

Trump gives blessing to deal to allow TikTok to continue to operate in US

US President Donald Trump said he supports a deal that will allow TikTok to continue to operate in the United States, after threatening to ban the Chinese-owned app in August.

Science & Tech 5 years ago

'Bored by all this drama': TikTok users play it cool over latest US ban threat

Since July, TikTok users have braced for a threatened ban of the ultra-popular short-form video app in the United States, with some opening accounts on rival platforms and encouraging friends to do the same.

Business 5 years ago

US-China investment flows slide to nine year-low as bilateral tensions escalate

Investment, both direct investment by companies and venture capital flows, between the two countries fell 16.2 percent to US$10.9 billion in January-June from the same period a year earlier.

Science & Tech 5 years ago

ByteDance's Chinese version of TikTok hits 600 million daily users

Douyin, the Chinese version of short video app TikTok, hit 600 million daily active users in August.

Science & Tech 5 years ago

ByteDance picks Oracle as partner to try to save TikTok US

Oracle Corp said it would team up with China's ByteDance to keep TikTok operating in the United States, beating Microsoft Corp in a deal structured as a partnership rather than an outright sale.

Science & Tech 5 years ago

TikTok rejects Microsoft buyout offer, Oracle sole remaining bidder

Microsoft said its offer to buy TikTok was rejected, leaving Oracle as the sole remaining bidder ahead of a looming deadline for the Chinese-owned video app to sell or shut down its US operations.

Science & Tech 5 years ago

China would rather see TikTok US close than a forced sale: Sources

Beijing opposes a forced sale of TikTok's US operations by its Chinese owner ByteDance, and would prefer to see the short video app shut down in the United States, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday.

Science & Tech 5 years ago

ByteDance in talks with US to avoid selling TikTok: Report

Chinese internet giant ByteDance is in talks with the US about ways it might avoid having to sell its TikTok operations here, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.