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TikTok’s CEO Is Set to Enter a Washington Fight He Can’t Win
23Mar By adminNo Comments
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TikTok’s CEO Is Set to Enter a Washington Fight He Can’t Win

[ad_1] TikTok's ownership by a Chinese company, and the national security risk that could pose to the viral video app's users, have drawn most of the attention ahead of the CEO's testimony to Congress. But Chief Executive Officer Shou Chew is prepared for a variety of questions, including about kids' mental health, from a House committee Thursday.The mobile app's 150 million users in the US and the strength of its content-recommendation engine mean any infraction is viewed as a potential societal threat. Lawmakers have spent the better part of this year warning about the risks posed by a platform intended for short, often silly videos. In Thursday's US House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing, they'll have one person at whom they can direct those fears. Here's what you need to know....
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U.S. lawmaker wants TikTok CEO to detail actions to protect kids
17Mar By adminNo Comments
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U.S. lawmaker wants TikTok CEO to detail actions to protect kids

[ad_1] The chair of a U.S. House of Representatives panel wants TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to address questions next week about the popular Chinese-owned video app's efforts to protect children from inappropriate content and potential exploitation.Chew will be appearing for the first time before Congress when he testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on March 23. Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a Republican, said Thursday lawmakers "need to know what actions the company is taking to keep our kids safe from online and offline harms." McMorris Rodgers and other Republicans in December wrote TikTok saying said "many children are exposed to non-stop offerings of inappropriate content that TikTok's algorithm force-feeds to them." They also raised concerns that TikTok ...
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TikTok seeks to calm Europe’s fears over data privacy
9Mar By adminNo Comments
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TikTok seeks to calm Europe’s fears over data privacy

[ad_1] TikTok launched a new effort to assuage European leaders' worries over data security on Wednesday, as Western governments consider further bans on the video-sharing app.Their initiative came as the Czech cyber watchdog issued its own warning, describing the Chinese-owned video-sharing app a security threat. Western powers, including the European Union and the United States, have taken a tough approach to the app, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance. They are worried that Beijing could access sensitive user data from around the world.TikTok executives said the company was working with a third-party European security company to oversee and check how it handles European users' data, which will be stored at three centres in Dublin and Norway from 2023 onwards.TikTok insisted...
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US Lawmakers Step Up Push to Ban TikTok With Bill This Week
6Mar By adminNo Comments
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US Lawmakers Step Up Push to Ban TikTok With Bill This Week

[ad_1] US Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner plans to introduce a bill this week to allow the US to systematically ban Chinese technology, including services like TikTok, he told Fox News on Sunday. Calling it “a broad bipartisan bill” that will be co-sponsored by Republican John Thune of South Dakota, Warner said the law will give the US the power to ban or prohibit foreign technology where necessary. When asked if that would implicate ByteDance Ltd.'s TikTok, he confirmed and elaborated on his reasoning. “You have 100 million Americans on TikTok for 90 minutes every day,” the Democrat from Virginia said. “They are taking data from Americans, not keeping it safe. But what worries me more with TikTok is that this can be a propaganda tool.” TikTok's commercial suc...
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TikTok CEO to testify before U.S. Congress over security concerns
31Jan By adminNo Comments
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TikTok CEO to testify before U.S. Congress over security concerns

[ad_1] TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew will appear before the U.S. Energy and Commerce Committee in March, as lawmakers scrutinize the Chinese-owned video-sharing app. TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew will appear before the U.S. Energy and Commerce Committee in March, as lawmakers scrutinize the Chinese-owned video-sharing app. Chew will testify before the committee on March 23, which will be his first appearance before a congressional committee, said Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the Republican chair of the panel, in a statement on Monday. The news comes as the House Foreign Affairs Committee plans to hold a vote next month on a bill aimed at blocking the use of TikTok in the United States over national security concerns. "ByteDance-owned TikTok has knowingly a...
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Seattle schools sue tech giants over social media harm
9Jan By adminNo Comments
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Seattle schools sue tech giants over social media harm

[ad_1] The public school district in Seattle has filed a novel lawsuit against the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat. The public school district in Seattle has filed a novel lawsuit against the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for the mental health crisis among youth.Seattle Public Schools filed the lawsuit Friday in U.S. District Court. The 91-page complaint says the social media companies have created a public nuisance by targeting their products to children. It blames them for worsening mental health and behavioral disorders including anxiety, depression, disordered eating and cyberbullying; making it more difficult to educate students; and forcing schools to take steps such as ...
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