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ByteDance-owned TikTok inching toward US security deal to avoid sale

US lawmakers and TikTok are hammering out a plan, under which the short-form video app would make changes to its data security and governance without requiring its parent firm ByteDance to sell it

UK: TikTok may face $29 million fine over children's data protection

TikTok could face a 27 million-pound (USD 29 million) fine in the UK over a possible breach of UK data protection law by failing to protect children's privacy when they are using the video-sharing platform. The UK Information Commissioner's Office said Monday that it has issued the social media company a legal document that precedes a potential fine. It said TikTok may have processed the data of children under 13 without appropriate parental consent, and processed special category data without legal grounds to do so. The commissioner said special category data included ethnic and racial origin, political opinions, religious beliefs and sexual orientation. It also said TikTok may have failed to provide transparent, easily understood information to its users. The legal document covered the period from May 2018 to July 2020. Information Commissioner John Edwards said the body's provisional view was that TikTok fell short of providing proper data privacy protections. The body said its

TikTok sees significant growth in daily news consumption on its platform

Additionally, women make up a greater portion of regular news consumers on Facebook, while the opposite is true for sites like Twitter and Reddit

YouTube takes on TikTok by plugging advertising into Shorts videos

Creators can join "whether they want to be the next big thing or just need help paying the bills," Mohan said at the company's Los Angeles production space

Standalone app of TikTok's BeReal clone is now available outside US

Like BeReal, TikTok Now sends a random push notification every day encouraging users to take a photo or video with their phone's front-facing and outward-facing cameras at the same time

After blocking 23.4 mn websites, Taliban to ban TikTok, Pubg in 3 months

Taliban is going to ban TikTok and Pubg applications in Afghanistan within the next 3 months times, media reports said citing an announcement by the Taliban-led telecommunication department.

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.