Temu, Xiaomi, AliExpress, Shein, WeChat, and TikTok are in breach of EU laws, say experts. Here's what we know so far.
The possibility of the U.S. outlawing TikTok kept influencers and users in anxious limbo during the four-plus years that lawmakers and judges debated the fate of the video-sharing app. Now, the moment its fans dreaded is here,
The messaging app is dominant among users in the Chinese diaspora, and it features heavy censorship and surveillance.
RedNote has been thrust into the limelight after more than half a million TikTok users recently joined the platform in protest against a likely imminent ban on the short video app in the United States.
TikTok’s time in the United States is counting down. But Washington is only the latest government to impose restrictions on the video app.
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TikTok ban live: App will shut down on Sunday unless it is sold or saved by Trump after Supreme Court decision
Will TikTok be banned this weekend? What to know after Supreme Court's decision
Update: Supreme Court upholds law that could ban TikTok in the U.S. Read more. The start of the weekend marks two days until the social media platform TikTok could be banned in the United States. TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance has until Sunday to sell the platform under federal legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden last spring.
In a statement tonight, TikTok says it's ready "to go dark" on Jan. 19th if President Joseph Biden doesn't offer a "definitive statement."
EU privacy complaints have been lodged against TikTok and five other Chinese companies, raising concerns over data protection practices.
Non-profit privacy advocacy group "None of Your Business" (noyb) has filed six complaints against TikTok, AliExpress, SHEIN, Temu, WeChat, and Xiaomi, for unlawfully transferring European user's data to China and infringing European Union's general data protection regulation (GDPR).
As the fate of widely popular short-form video app TikTok hung in the balance this week, creators, users and social media experts lamented the cultural and economic losses U.S. users could experience if the app is banned this weekend.
Noyb, the Austria-based European Center for Digital Rights, has filed complaints against six Chinese companies over alleged violations of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The accused firms include AliExpress, Shein, Temu, TikTok, WeChat and Xiaomi.
Chinese social media app RedNote welcomed "TikTok refugees" from the United States on Wednesday, as Beijing said it encouraged stronger cultural ties
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