China accused the U.S. on Thursday of spreading disinformation and suppressing TikTok after reports that the Biden administration had called for the popular social media platform’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, Ltd., to sell its stakes in the app. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin
The Government has announced civil servants and government officials will be banned from downloading TikTok to their government phones after the Cabinet Office ordered a mass security review. The review found that government policy on tech security needed tightening up in light
Britain’s National Cyber Security Center is reviewing whether Chinese-owned video app TikTok should be banned from government phones, security minister Tom Tugendhat said on Tuesday. TikTok has come under increasing focus over fears that user data could end up in the hands
A group of Iranian teen girls are being sought by police for posting a TiKTok video of themselves dancing to a Selena Gomez song. The video, being widely shared online, shows five teen girls dancing without headscarves in front of tower blocks
Belgium is banning TikTok from government phones over worries about cybersecurity, privacy and misinformation, the country’s prime minister said Friday, mirroring recent action by other authorities in Europe and the U.S. The Chinese-owned video sharing app will be temporarily prohibited from devices
We dove down the rabbit hole of #CleanTok videos and found some tricks — including for dusting and picking up pet hair — that worked great. Others fell flat. March 9, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EST The author, Kalina Newman, tries out
Criminal smuggling gangs are using social media site TikTok to advertise expensive Channel crossings via speedboat. For £7,000, they claim around a dozen migrants can illegally cross from France to England — with an advertised journey time of only 45 minutes. It
Chinese social media app TikTok is continuing its campaign to convince Western countries that it is not a threat to users’ privacy or cybersecurity. The campaign, sometimes referred to as “Project Clover,” aims to convince European regulators that sufficient oversight exists domestically
A patient shared his harrowing 11-hour wait in A&E at his local London hospital on TikTok, sparking a debate on the social media platform about the state of the NHS. Jon Blower, who works as a DJ, urged people in an emergency
A plastic surgeon from New York took to social media to warn followers that long-distance running accelerates aging. In a viral TikTok video, Dr. Gerald Imber said high impact nature of running could be negatively contributing to the condition of runner’s skin.