TikTok gives teen girls a tick
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Wednesday, 20 October 2021 12:49

TikTok gives teen girls a tick


It is a bit like Tourette's

Doctors around the world are seeing a rise in cases of tic-like behaviors in teen girls, which they believe could be caused by watching TikTok videos about Tourette syndrome.

TikTok sale to Walmart and Oracle shelved
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Thursday, 11 February 2021 11:41

TikTok sale to Walmart and Oracle shelved


Looks like Trump overstepped authority

TikTok's forced sale to Walmart and Oracle has been shelved indefinitely as the Biden administration re-thinks the security approach to Chinese technology companies under former US President Donald Trump.

TikTok will not have to shut down in US
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Friday, 13 November 2020 12:08

TikTok will not have to shut down in US


Trump now worried about something else

The Commerce Department said it won't enforce its order that would have effectively forced the Chinese owned TikTok video-sharing app to shut down.

Trump has forgotten about TikTok
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Thursday, 12 November 2020 12:52

Trump has forgotten about TikTok


Seems to have bigger things to worry about

TikTok has filed a petition in a US Court of Appeals calling for a review of actions by the Trump administration's Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).

China will veto TikTok sale
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Thursday, 24 September 2020 11:33

China will veto TikTok sale


Extortion

China is unlikely to approve the sale of the US operation of Tik Tok.

TikTok chooses Oracle over Microsoft
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Monday, 14 September 2020 11:12

TikTok chooses Oracle over Microsoft


Your 15 year old can expect a comprehensive licencing agreement

The owner of TikTok has chosen Oracle over Microsoft as the American tech partner that could help keep the popular video-sharing app running in the US.

Trump still wants TikTok off
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Friday, 11 September 2020 11:56

Trump still wants TikTok off


Those pesky kids will not mock my rallies any more

 President Donald Trump said on Thursday the deadline set for Chinese company ByteDance to sell its popular short-video app TikTok’s U.S. assets would not be extended.

Chinese might forbid TikTok sale
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Tuesday, 01 September 2020 11:12

Chinese might forbid TikTok sale


Claims US is trying to steal its tech

New export controls on technologies that Beijing deems sensitive are threatening to derail efforts by American companies to acquire TikTok's US operations from its Chinese parent company ByteDance.

Microsoft was not particularly interested in TikTok
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It only wanted to buy enough to take the outfit off Google's Cloud

Software King of the World Microsoft was not particularly interested in TikTok until President Donald Trump made it part of his trade war with China, after Tik Tok users embarrassed him by stuffing up one of his election rallies.

Facebook lobbying might be behind the TikTok ban
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Behind the scenes "lobbying"

Social notworking site Facebook spent a fortune "lobbying" US politicans to close down its rival TikTok.