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TikToks interim CEO Vanessa Pappas proposed a meeting of safety officers from each company to work out details of a collective approach, which we believe will help us all improve safety for our users . (Photo | Pixabay - iXimus)

Come together to stop spread of suicide content, TikTok urges...

It is proposed that nine social media firms speedily identify violent, graphic content, including suicide, and swiftly...

22 Sept 2020 7:33 PM IST

The deal would make Silicon Valley giant Oracle the data partner for TikTok with retail giant Walmart also taking a stake in a new entity to be called TikTok Global. ByteDance, under pressure in China not to give in to US demands, said it would hold an 80 percent stake in TikTok Global after a public share offering. (Photo | AFP)

Oracle-Walmart deal on shaky ground as Trump vows to block TikTok Deal...

A day earlier, he said he had given his blessing to Oracle and Walmart to make a deal with ByteDance for TikTok, but the...

21 Sept 2020 8:40 PM IST

Oracle could buy a 12.5 percent stake in TikTok before a future IPO, and Walmart a 7.5 percent stake. According to a source close to the matter, ByteDance would keep the rest of the shares. But since the Chinese company is 40 percent owned by American investors, TikTok would eventually be majority American-owned. (Photo | AFP)

Trump okays ByteDance deal with Walmart, Oracle, TikTok may just...

Oracle will host all US user data and manage security, while Walmart will supply its online sales, order management and...

20 Sept 2020 5:26 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

The Financial Times had earlier reported that ByteDance was to place TikToks global business in a new US-headquartered company with Oracle investing as a minority shareholder along with other US investors. Trump says he wont allow that. (Photo | AFP)

Trump still scrutinising Oracle-TikTok deal, regrets that US won't get...

Some Republicans raise concerns that ByteDance would maintain access to information on the 100 million TikTok users in...

17 Sept 2020 9:00 PM IST

YouTube Shorts will be modified based on user feedback before being made more broadly available.

As YouTube Shorts gets rolled out in India, could it dull desi...

YouTube Shorts videos are limited to 15 seconds, according to the Google-owned platform used by some 2 billion people...

15 Sept 2020 6:26 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.

US government considers Oracle's bid for TikTok, but China says deal...

The bid would be handled by a government panel that reviews foreign transactions for national security concerns.

15 Sept 2020 5:32 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

Social short-video platform Bolo Indya said it doesnt host audio or video libraries and any content on their platforms is user generated. If user content is found violating copyright, it is removed when alerted, the social video platforms representatives said. (Representative Image)

Homegrown TikToks get legal notice demanding Rs 3.5 crore each for...

The music distribution company also filed a lawsuit against short-video app Roposo over infringing its copyright.

6 Sept 2020 7:07 PM IST

I said that the United States has to be compensatedwell compensatedbecause we are the ones that are making it possible, and so we should be compensated, President Donald Trump said referring to his demand for a percentage for the government on the possible sale deal of TikTok to an American company. (Photo | AFP)

Trump repeats demand for piece of TikTok sale deal as September 15...

Well, I told them that they have until September 15th to make a deal; after that, we close it up in this country, the...

2 Sept 2020 7:11 PM IST

The move comes as a huge blow to the 33 million active gaming enthusiasts who play PUBG on their mobile phones in India. Youth in India are already nursing soreness from having had to give up TikTok, and now this.

First TikTok, now PUBG: Fresh government orders block popular mobile...

PUBG Mobile among 118 Chinese apps banned amid heightened tension between troops of the two countries on Ladakh border.

2 Sept 2020 6:26 PM IST

After being recently being named number two on the 10 TikTok Accounts You Should be Following, Dr Kim Chronister has turned part of her attention to YouTube and Instagram Reels where she shares mental wellness and relationship tips as a Licensed Clinical Psychologist.

Dr Kim Chronister Finds Unique Way to Share Mental Health Information

People are looking for 'infotainment' in videos which are entertaining and yet packed with research-based information

27 April 2021 9:29 PM IST