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Its unclear whether the Presidents executive order bars Americans from using TikTok, and even if it does its not enforceable as users will continue using the app over a VPN. (Photo | AP)

Explainer: What does Trump's order mean for TikTok, WeChat in US?

Trump's order appears to formalise his threat to shut down TikTok unless Microsoft or some other American company buys...

7 Aug 2020 1:57 PM IST

TikToks forced sale of its US business to an American company could fuel calls in many nations for local control over internet platforms and data storage within their own national borders.

Forcing TikTok to sell its US business could end up killing the open...

Analysts say the deal could result in data nationalism and have far-reaching effects.

6 Aug 2020 8:19 PM IST

Zhang Yiming finds himself under enormous pressure as he tries to assure the world that TikTok is safe and secure, while also protecting his image at home by not appearing to give in to demands from the West. (Photo | bytedance.com)

ByteDance boss in a predicament over Trump's ultimatum on TikTok

Zhang Yiming has been given just six weeks to find a buyer for the app in the United States or have it banned in its...

6 Aug 2020 7:05 PM IST

Trump said Monday to reporters that the US should get a very large percentage of that price because were making it possible, adding that we want and we think we deserve to have a big percentage of that price coming to America, coming to the Treasury. Theres no legal precedent in antitrust law for such a payment, said Gene Kimmelman, a senior adviser at the advocacy group Public Knowledge and a former antitrust official at the Department of Justice. (Photo | AP)

Trump's talk of government getting a cut of TikTok deal not legally...

The President sometimes floats ideas or actions that get set aside without follow-through.

5 Aug 2020 11:31 PM IST

The TikTok creator fund will be open in August to US applicants 18 years or older who have a platform following, and post original content in line with its community guidelines. (Photo | AP)

Microsoft hopes to gain social media cred with TikTok purchase

Microsoft has had limited success in social media, although it did acquire the business-focused network LinkedIn.

5 Aug 2020 6:13 PM IST

Some Republican leaders, including House Minority Whip, have written to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo saying they suspect that Microsoft, which is in talks to buy the US operations of TikTok, though a US company, may be compromised.

Trump says US should get a 'very large percentage' of TikTok sale...

The US president has set a deadline of September 15 for TikTok to sell its US business or stop operations in the...

4 Aug 2020 8:20 PM IST

Following a conversation between Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and President Donald J Trump, Microsoft is prepared to continue discussions to explore a purchase of TikTok in the United States, the company said in a statement. With TikTok, Microsoft will be making its first foray into social media, a sphere that has grown as people seek to connect amid the restrictions imposed by the pandemic on physical interactions. (Photo | AFP)

Microsoft keen on buying TikTok US, hopes to convince Trump against...

Tech giant says will build on the experience TikTok users love, while adding world-class security, privacy, and digital...

3 Aug 2020 10:54 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

If Microsoft were to buy TikTok, there would be no ban on TikTok in the US. (Photo | AFP)

TikTok's US operations could be bought by Microsoft, say reports

Microsoft a leading buyer, report New York Times and Bloomberg as Trump likely to order ByteDance to sell or face a ban...

1 Aug 2020 2:29 AM IST

The Trump administration order had sought to ban new downloads of TikTok (owned by ByteDance) from midnight (0400 GMT Monday) but would allow use of TikTok until November 12, when all usage would be blocked. The judge denied TikToks request to suspend the November 12 ban. (Photo | AFP)

Temporary relief for TikTok as judge halts Trump's download ban till...

District Judge Carl Nichols has issued a temporary injunction at the request of TikTok.

28 Sept 2020 5:14 PM IST

Chinese authorities have not indicated whether they will agree to a transfer of TikToks technology to Oracle. But official newspapers criticised the proposed deal this week as bullying and extortion.

ByteDance applies for Chinese licence to sell TikTok stake to Oracle

Beijing tightened control over technology exports last month to gain leverage over Washington's bid to force a sale of...

25 Sept 2020 12:03 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