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News Articles: ByteDance

A 2024 file photo of TikTok's offices in Culver City, Calif. The popular social app's fate could be decided in the coming days as it seeks a buyer to comply with a federal law that it divest itself of Chinese ownership.

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  • Technology

As deadline nears, the White House considers leasing TikTok's algorithm from China

Ahead of a self-imposed April 5 deadline, the Trump administration is close to clinching a deal with Oracle to oversee TikTok's U.S. operations.

April 04, 2025
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
TikTok sued the Biden administration in response to a new law that bans the video app in the U.S. unless it is sold in the next 12 months.

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  • Technology

Legal experts say a TikTok ban without specific evidence violates the First Amendment

The Justice Department is expected to argue that its clamp down on TikTok is about national security, but Constitutional lawyers say there is no way around grappling with the free speech implications.

May 17, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
People hold signs in support of TikTok outside the U.S. Capitol building on March 13.

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  • Politics

This senator tells NPR why he's leading a charge against TikTok — and what comes next

The House has voted overwhelmingly to ban TikTok if its Chinese owners don't sell it. So now the future of the wildly popular social media platform is in the hands of the Senate.

March 20, 2024
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By:
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Jordan-Marie Smith,
  • and 1 more
Participants hold signs in support of TikTok at a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on March 12, 2024, in Washington, D.C. House Democrats and TikTok creators and business owners held the news conference to express concerns over House GOP legislation that would force the owners of the popular Chinese social media app to sell the platform or face a ban in the U.S.

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  • Technology

Content creators blast a potential TikTok ban

The House is gearing up for a Wednesday vote on legislation that could lead to a ban on one of the most widely used apps in the world, with an estimated 170 million users in the United States alone.

March 13, 2024
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By:
  • Windsor Johnston
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies before a Senate committee in Washington on Wednesday.

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  • Politics

Tom Cotton grills Singaporean TikTok CEO: Are you a Chinese Communist?

TikTok faced scrutiny Wednesday along with other social media sites over child safety. But its Singaporean CEO was grilled over his nationality when a senator repeatedly asked whether he has CCP ties.

February 01, 2024
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By:
  • Diba Mohtasham
TikTok is the latest technology company to cut staff, as firms reorganize and re-allocate resources, just as the video-sharing app reports strong growth.

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  • Technology

TikTok cuts jobs as tech layoffs continue to mount

The wildly popular video-sharing app is the latest technology firm to reduce staff in response to what executives say are ongoing business challenges.

January 22, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
GPB News NPR

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  • Technology

The Biden administration demands that TikTok be sold, or risk a nationwide ban

TikTok officials say they are "disappointed in the outcome," but will remain focused on implementing a plan to keep the data of Americans safe.

March 16, 2023
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Virginia Republican Glenn Youngkin on Friday became the latest governor to ban the TikTok app from state agency devices.

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  • National Security

Virginia joins several other states in banning TikTok on government devices

Several Republican governors have banned TikTok on their agencies' phones and computers. The U.S. Senate approved a bill that would ban the wildly popular app from devices issued by federal agencies.

December 17, 2022
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward
Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray testifies before the House Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and National Counterterrorism Center Director Christine Abizaid were also there to discuss threats to the U.S.

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  • Technology

The FBI alleges TikTok poses national security concerns

The FBI is concerned that the Chinese government could use TikTok to influence American users or control their devices. The company is working with the U.S. government towards a security agreement.

November 17, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
In a newly public letter, TikTok's top executive, Shou Zi Chew, tried to allay the concerns of several U.S. senators about the Chinese-owned company's data security practices.

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  • Technology

TikTok says it's putting new limits on Chinese workers' access to U.S. user data

TikTok addressed Republican senators who have raised concerns that the Chinese-owned app could be sharing Americans' data with the Chinese government. TikTok says this is not happening.

July 01, 2022
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Two women who reviewed hundreds of TikTok videos each week for violent and graphic content say the company ignored the psychological trauma they suffered on the job and pushed them to meet quotas.

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  • Technology

Former TikTok moderators sue over emotional toll of 'extremely disturbing' videos

Two women who reviewed hundreds of TikTok videos each week for violent and graphic content say the company ignored the psychological trauma they suffered on the job and pushed them to meet quotas.

March 25, 2022
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
A federal judge issued a nationwide injunction Friday blocking a key aspect of President Trump's ban on the video-sharing app TikTok from taking effect on Nov. 12.

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  • Technology

Trump's Ban On TikTok Suffers Another Legal Setback

A federal judge put the brakes on yet another aspect of President Trump's push to ban TikTok, but uncertainty still clouds the future of the viral video app in the U.S.

October 31, 2020
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
The Justice Department lawyers say ByteDance CEO Zhang Yiming has made public statements showing he is "committed to promoting" the agenda of the Chinese Communist Party.

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  • Technology

New DOJ Filing: TikTok's Owner Is 'A Mouthpiece' Of Chinese Communist Party

In a new court filing, the Trump administration offers its most thorough explanation to date of why it considers the hit video-sharing app a national security threat.

September 26, 2020
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
The view outside the Chinese technology company ByteDance in Beijing in August 2020. Trump's executive order outlaws transactions between U.S. citizens and ByteDance. American instructors who work for ByteDance subsidiary GOGOKID said they feel like their jobs are under threat.

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  • Technology

They Teach Chinese Kids English Online. Now They're Caught In Trump's War On TikTok

ByteDance-owned tutoring app GOGOKID employes about 4,000 American teachers. Trump's crack down on TikTok could mean those instructors will lose their jobs.

September 04, 2020
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
President Trump on Friday ordered that ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, divest from the U.S. in 90 days.

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  • Technology

Trump: TikTok Must Be Sold In 90 Days, Cites 'Credible Evidence' Of Security Threat

The move follows a previous executive order from the president that would make "transactions" between U.S. citizens and the Chinese-owned app illegal.

August 14, 2020
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
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