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TikTok CEO Kevin Mayers resignation comes after US President Donald Trump ordered a ban on TikTok, unless parent company Bytedance sells its US operations to an American company within 90 days. Just days ago, TikTok filed a lawsuit challenging a crackdown by the US government over claims that the wildly popular social media app can be used to spy on Americans. (Photo | Pixabay/AP)

TikTok CEO resigns amid Trump administration's accusations of spying,...

In a letter to employees, Kevin Mayer said that his decision to leave comes after the political environment has sharply...

27 Aug 2020 12:33 PM IST

The lawsuit would argue that President Trumps far-reaching action is unconstitutional because it failed to give the company a chance to respond, NPR reported two weeks ago quoting a source. (Photo | AFP)

Due process not followed, says TikTok, to file suit against Trump...

The US government tried to insert itself into negotiations between private businesses, ByteDance said.

23 Aug 2020 7:06 PM IST

The legal challenge by employees of ByteDances TikTok US operations will be focused on worker rights, not on the national security claims underlying Trumps order. (Photo | AP)

Trump's order on TikTok puts 1,500 jobs at risk, staff get ready to...

As the President's executive order prohibits any transaction by any person with TikTok, its US employees stand to lose...

14 Aug 2020 11:13 AM IST

The TikTok mobile application has been downloaded some 175 million times in the US and more than a billion times around the world, according to the order. (AFP)

Trump passes executive orders to ban Chinese apps TikTok, WeChat

'At this time, the order takes action to address one mobile application in particular, TikTok,' he said.

7 Aug 2020 8:40 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (AFP)

Donald Trump says US will ban Chinese app TikTok

Reports had said Trump would require US operations of the app be divested from its parent firm ByteDance, but the...

1 Aug 2020 10:41 AM IST

TikToks petition speculated that the president was retaliating because of reports the app was used by his critics to snatch up tickets to a Trump rally in Tulsa to which they had no intention of goingan event which belly flopped with significantly fewer people in attendance.

Trump's order banning TikTok could be blocked by judge

Until July 1, when rumours of a ban first began to circulate, TikTok was adding some 424,000 new US users each day.

24 Sept 2020 11:31 PM IST

Many are switching to alternate platform Triller. Even TikToks gold standard, Charli DAmeliowho, with 87.5 million followers at just 16 years old, is the platforms most popular creatorannounced Tuesday a non-exclusive partnership with Triller, a similar platform, where she already has 1.1 million subscribers.(Photo | AFP)

Ahead of ban starting Sunday, US TikTok users switch to other...

Although young users, who make up TikTok'sprimary base, don't seem to have paid attention to the upcoming ban, the...

19 Sept 2020 7:32 PM IST

An announcement by Chinas Ministry of Commerce that came after USs decision to ban WeChat and TikTok did not mention any specific foreign entities that could be targeted. But it said the new system would consider sanctions on entities whose activities harm Chinas national sovereignty, security, and development interests or violate internationally accepted economic and trade rules . (Photo | AFP)

China retaliates for US' TikTok, WeChat ban with new provision to...

Punitive measures may include fines against the foreign entity, banning it from conducting trade and investment in...

19 Sept 2020 4:50 PM IST

The government previously said that using and downloading WeChat to communicate wont be a banned transaction, although messaging on the app could be directly or indirectly impaired by the ban, and people who use it for messaging wont be subject to penalties. (Photo | AP)

TikTok, WeChat banned in US starting Sunday

The order would combat China's malicious collection of American citizens' personal data,

18 Sept 2020 6:27 PM IST

Microsoft and Walmart together were involved in negotiations with ByteDance to buy TikToks US operations in which Oracle too was interested. But a new rule introduced by China recently may not allow for sale of the short-video platform to a foreign company. (Photo | Pixabay - iXimus)

'It'll either be closed up or they'll sell it', Trump says, refusing...

In an executive order last month, Trump had set a September 15 deadline for the Chinese app to either sell to a US...

11 Sept 2020 8:50 PM IST