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TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance has agreed to pay 92 million dollars (£65.

The video-sharing app said it took down more than six million accounts for violating its guidelines, as well as nearly 9.5 million spam accounts

The Biden administration is backing away from Donald Trump’s attempt to ban TikTok, asking a court to postpone a legal dispute over the proposed move as it reviews national security threats posed by Chinese technology companies.

The clip showed a tripod and car set up by a level crossing north of Bolton with the caption “Would you take the risk to get the shot no one else would?”

The accounts of TikTok users under the age of 16 will now be private by default, the company has announced, meaning only people approved by the user can view their videos.

Judge Carl Nichols is the second federal judge to fully block the Trump administration’s economic sanctions against the app as the court cases proceed.

Irish TikTok stars are taking part in challenge to live with their hands bandaged up to raise awareness of the painful skin disease epidermolysis bullosa (EB).

TikTok is tightening its enforcement policies around hateful content by pledging to strengthen its action against coded language linked to hate speech.

Pakistan blocked the Chinese social media app TikTok, saying the company failed to fully comply with the instructions to develop an effective mechanism to control unlawful content.

A US judge has temporarily blocked an order which would have banned the popular video sharing app TikTok from smartphone app stores in the country. The order, from the administration of Donald Trump, was due to take effect at 11. 59pm on Sunday.

Lawyers for TikTok have pleaded with a US federal judge to delay the Trump administration’s ban of the popular video sharing program from app stores set to take effect later on Sunday.

US president's move would remove video app used by 19 million Americans from Apple and Android stores 

TikTok’s owner has applied for a Chinese technology export licence as it tries to complete a deal with Oracle and Walmart to keep the popular video app operating in the US.

TikTok has banned weight loss supplements and fasting apps from advertising on the platform as part of a policy change targeting the weight loss industry.

Video clips of a man taking his own life which spread on TikTok were amplified by a “co-ordinated attack”, the social media site has told UK MPs.

President Donald Trump says he has given his “blessing” to a proposed deal between Oracle and Walmart for the US operations of TikTok, the Chinese-owned app he has targeted for national security and data privacy concerns.

The US Commerce Department will roll out a ban of transactions using TikTok and WeChat starting on Sunday.

TikTok has hit 100 million users in Europe, the app’s bosses have said. The video platform, which allows users to share short clips they have shot on a smartphone, launched in September 2016.

TikTok’s owner has chosen Oracle over Microsoft as its preferred suitor to buy the popular video-sharing app, according to a source familiar with the deal.

The owner of TikTok has chosen Oracle over Microsoft as its preferred suitor to buy the popular video-sharing app, according to a source familiar with the deal.

Microsoft says its bid to buy popular video-sharing app TikTok has been rejected, removing a leading suitor for the Chinese-owned app a week before President Donald Trump promises to follow through with a plan to ban it in the US.

TikTok says it is working to remove videos of a man taking his own life and is banning users who try to share the clip on the platform. The footage was originally live-streamed on Facebook but has since circulated on other social media platforms.

"Let's not publicly shame but redouble our efforts to communicate the dangers of this virus to everyone," said Paul Reid.

The Chinese government is complicating the US government-ordered sale of US TikTok assets.

Two TikTok stars have been charged with violating public health orders after allegedly hosting parties at a Hollywood mansion despite large gatherings being outlawed amid the coronavirus pandemic, prosecutors in Los Angeles said.

Walmart has said it may join Microsoft to buy the US arm of TikTok, the popular Chinese-owned video app that has come under fire from the Trump administration. TikTok, through its fun, goofy videos, has gained hundreds of millions of users globally.

TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer has resigned amid US pressure for its Chinese owner ByteDance to sell the popular video app which the White House calls a security risk.

Video app TikTok said it will wage a legal fight against the US government’s efforts to ban the popular, Chinese-owned service over national-security concerns.

TikTok has announced it will launch a legal challenge against US President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban it.

If you’re the parent of a teenager, you probably already know that TikTok is the next best thing since sliced bread.

US President Donald Trump has given Chinese company ByteDance 90 days to divest itself of any assets used to support TikTok in the United States.

TikTok and its US employees are planning to take Donald Trump’s administration to court over his sweeping order to ban the popular video app.

US President Donald Trump has ordered an unspecified ban on “transactions” with the Chinese owners of the consumer apps TikTok and WeChat.

TikTok must be assessed to see if the company meets the criteria needed to avail of the same One Stop Shop (OSS) data processing mechanism currently given to other tech giants such as Facebook, the Irish Data Protection Commission has said.

Although Donald Trump's actions regarding TikTok could yield a short-term gain, they have introduced severe potential risks to US interests, not to mention to international and domestic rules of commerce. 

TikTok’s parent company has confirmed it is considering the location of its headquarters after reports claimed it was weighing up moving its offices to London.

US President Donald Trump plans to take action on a what he sees as a broad array of national security risks presented by software connected to the Chinese Communist Party, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday.

US President Donald Trump plans to take action on a what he sees as a broad array of national security risks presented by software connected to the Chinese Communist Party, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday.

Microsoft is in advanced talks to buy the US operations of TikTok – the popular Chinese-owned video app that has been a source of national security and censorship concerns, according to reports.

US President Donald Trump said he will take action as soon as Saturday to ban TikTok, a popular Chinese-owned video app that has been a source of national security and censorship concerns.

TikTok has announced a fund to pay European creative users of the video platform for their content.

TikTok’s new boss has hit out at Facebook for launching “maligning attacks” against it “disguised as patriotism”.

Chinese social media giant TikTok has reportedly shelved plans to build a global headquarters in the UK.