In the United States, it seems that it will not be so easy to get rid of the popular Chinese apps, WeChat and TikTok, as the administration of President Donald Trump wanted. First, US judge Laurel Beeler has blocked the US Department of Commerce’s decision to remove the messaging app WeChat from Apple and Google’s app stores. According […]
TikTok’s owner said Thursday it has applied for a Chinese technology export license as it tries to complete a deal with Oracle and Walmart to keep the popular video app operating in the United States. Beijing tightened control over technology exports last month in an effort to gain leverage over Washington’s attempt to force an […]
On Saturday, President Donald Trump has affirmed to terminate the TikTok ban in the U.S following a deal that has allowed the American tech-giant, Oracle Corporation to manage and become the data partner for TikTok. Speaking on this matter, Trump says. I approve the deal in concept… if they get it done that’s OK too […]
Satya Nadella-led Microsoft lost a bid to acquire TikTok in the US after the Chinese owner of the video-sharing platform chose Oracle to be its technology partner for its American operations, ahead of the September 20 deadline set by President Donald Trump that the popular app will be banned in the US if it isn’t […]
Walmart is the latest company to want a piece of TikTok, the popular Chinese-owned video app that has come under fire from the Trump administration. The world’s largest retailer made a joint bid with tech giant Microsoft to buy TikTok’s US business, according to a person close to the deal who isn’t authorised to discuss […]
TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer has quit the company only months after his appointment. Mayer had joined TikTok on June 1 from Disney. The speculations started that Mayer is perhaps trying to jump ship as the Trump government has labeled the app as a threat to the country. President Trump signed an executive order on August […]
TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigned Thursday amid US pressure for its Chinese owner to sell the popular video app, which the White House says is a security risk. In a letter to employees, Mayer said his decision to leave comes after the political environment has sharply changed . His resignation comes after US President Donald […]
ByteDance owned Tiktok, a social media application with a large youth user base has been under scrutiny for its data and privacy violations for a while. In 2017, Tiktok purchased musical.ly, a similar American app. This acquisition has been under investigation last year, and in 2019, the company has levied a fine of $5.7 million […]
TikTok and its US employees are planning to take President Donald Trump’s administration to court over his sweeping order to ban the popular video app, according to a lawyer preparing one of the lawsuits. The employees’ legal challenge to Trump’s executive order will be separate from a pending lawsuit from the company that owns the […]
President Donald Trump’s demand that the US government get a cut from a potential Microsoft purchase of TikTok is the latest unprecedented scenario in an unprecedented situation. Microsoft is in talks to buy parts of TikTok, a forced sale after Trump threatened to ban the Chinese-owned video app, which claims 100 million US users and […]
President Donald Trump has demanded that the US treasury should get a substantial chunk of the TikTok sale proceeds, as he set September 15 as the deadline for the popular Chinese short video app to be out of business in the country unless it is bought by an American company. Trump was speaking to reporters […]
