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              • Friday, 10 January, 2025
                TikTok Inc
                TikTok warns it could ‘go dark’ as Supreme Court weighs divest-or-ban law

                Justices question ByteDance-owned platform’s free-speech argument as it tries to halt looming deadline

                A content creator live streams from outside the US Supreme Court as it heard oral arguments on the TikTok law
              • Friday, 27 December, 2024
                TikTok Inc
                Trump asks Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban to enable ‘political solution’

                Legislation would force Chinese-owned ByteDance to divest video app by January 19 or be restricted in the US

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              • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
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                TikTok CEO meets Trump as it seeks to avert US ban

                President-elect has said his incoming administration is looking at how to save popular video app from looming deadline

                TikTok chief executive Shou Zi Chew
              • Saturday, 14 December, 2024
                TikTok Inc
                TikTok loses bid for emergency halt to looming US ‘divest or ban’ law

                Fate of the popular ByteDance-owned app now will be decided by the Supreme Court — or Donald Trump

                TikTok’s office in California
              • Friday, 13 December, 2024
                TikTok-owner ByteDance takes lead in race to capitalise on AI in China

                Beijing-based company has lured top AI talent from local rivals while becoming China’s biggest buyer of Nvidia chips

                Zhang Yiming, ByteDance founder
              • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
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                The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

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              • Friday, 6 December, 2024
                US-China relations
                TikTok fails to halt law that could lead to US ban

                Further appeal expected for bipartisan measure targeting video app owned by China’s ByteDance over security concerns

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              • Friday, 6 December, 2024
                ExplainerTikTok Inc
                Can Donald Trump save TikTok?

                Video app owned by China’s ByteDance is hoping for a lifeline to avoid being sold or shut down in the US

                Montage of US capitol Hill and TikTok’s logo
              • Monday, 18 November, 2024
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                Chinese tech groups build AI teams in Silicon Valley

                Alibaba, ByteDance and Meituan seek to poach top talent from US rivals despite Washington’s chip curbs

                A collage of four images: a Meituan delivery driver on a motorcycle, a view of Silicon Valley from Coyote Peak, visitors at the Alibaba booth at the 2024 Beijing international fair and signage at the ByteDance offices in Singaporefacade.
              • Sunday, 17 November, 2024
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                Tech investor Xavier Niel urges Europe’s AI start-ups not to cash out

                French billionaire warns that if region misses AI boom it will be ‘a very small continent abandoned for a few generations’

                Xavier Niel, owner of the French telecommunication company, Iliad, at head office in Paris
              • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
                Artificial intelligence
                China’s AI start-ups race to crack US market

                MiniMax, ByteDance and 01.ai launch apps overseas to boost revenue growth

                Montage of hands using phone, US flag, logos of 01.ai, Bytedance and MiniMax
              • Monday, 16 September, 2024
                TikTok Inc
                TikTok warns of ‘staggering’ consequences from US divest-or-ban law

                App’s lawyer urges a federal appeals court to throw out rule requiring its Chinese owner to divest it or be shut down

                A TikTok advocate wears a button showing support for the app outside of the courthouse in Washington where the appeal is being hear
              • Monday, 26 August, 2024
                Artificial intelligence
                China’s tech giants splash out on AI despite US restrictions

                Capital spending doubles as Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu buy processors and infrastructure behind the training of large language models

                Logos of Nvidia, Tencent, ByteDance, Baidu, and Alibaba on a grey background. The Nvidia logo is prominent and centrally located, with the other logos surrounding it.
              • Saturday, 27 July, 2024
                TikTok Inc
                US reveals security concerns around TikTok and ByteDance

                Department of Justice alleges sensitive American user data was stored in China

                TikTok app on a phone
              • Sunday, 23 June, 2024
                TikTok Inc
                TikTok advertisers prepare contingency plans as US ban looms

                Agency heads say row over security of ByteDance-owned app has already hit brands’ confidence in the platform

              • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
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                TikTok child privacy complaint referred to US justice department

                Federal Trade Commission also investigating Chinese video app over potential breaches of act outlawing ‘unfair practices’

                The TikTok logo
              • Thursday, 9 May, 2024
                Artificial intelligence
                TikTok to automatically label AI-generated user content in global first

                Social media companies under pressure to identify deepfakes and prevent spread of misinformation

                The TikTok logo
              • Tuesday, 7 May, 2024
                TikTok Inc
                TikTok challenges ‘extreme’ US divest-or-ban bill in court

                Lawsuit including parent company ByteDance claims legislation would breach free speech rights

                A TikTok content creator at the US Capitol in Washington, with a sign reading ‘TikTok changed my life for the better’
              • Thursday, 25 April, 2024
                News in-depthTikTok Inc
                How TikTok’s Chinese owner tightened its grip on the app

                Insiders say ByteDance exerting increasing influence over platform despite US pressure over ownership

                TikTok logo and users with China and US flag
              • Wednesday, 24 April, 2024
                TikTok Inc
                Biden campaign will continue to use TikTok despite divest-or-ban law

                US president’s campaign has posted on Chinese-owned video app in attempt to appeal to younger voters

                The TikTok logo
              • Wednesday, 24 April, 2024
                ExplainerTikTok Inc
                What’s next for TikTok after Biden approves ban

                Video app vows legal battle to prevent effort to separate it from Chinese parent

                A montage of the TikTok logo, the US Capitol building and a woman holding a sign in support of TikTok
              • Wednesday, 24 April, 2024
                TikTok Inc
                US Congress approves bill banning TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform

                Move could lead to obsolescence of video app used by 170mn Americans

                A TikTok content creator holding a placard
              • Wednesday, 24 April, 2024
                News in-depthTikTok Inc
                TikTok fortune of billionaire Republican donor Jeff Yass threatened by Washington

                Investor’s Susquehanna International Group owns estimated $40bn stake in parent company ByteDance as app faces potential ban

                Jeff Yass with TikTok logo in background
              • Monday, 22 April, 2024
                TikTok Inc
                TikTok gears up for legal fight in US to prevent ban

                Company will ‘move to the courts’ after Congress pushes ahead with bill demanding Chinese parent sells viral app

                A TikTok logo is displayed on an iPhone
              • Wednesday, 17 April, 2024
                TikTok Inc
                TikTok ban bill put on faster track through US Congress

                Move to bundle divest-or-ban measure with foreign aid could compel Senate to act against Chinese-owned app

                The TikTok logo
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