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    US House passes bill that could lead to total TikTok ban

    Bill – with updated language that extends deadline to a year for ByteDance to divest of...

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    House Moves Toward Bundling TikTok Bill With Aid to Ukraine and Israel

    A new measure attempts to force the Senate’s hand on passing legislation to ban TikTok or...

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    Threads is giving Taiwanese users a safe space to talk about politics

    This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology in China. Sign up to...

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    China’s Advancing Efforts to Influence the U.S. Election Raise Alarms

    China has adopted some of the same misinformation tactics that Russia used ahead of the 2016...

  • TikTok Bill Would Complicate ByteDance Investments if Passed

    Major U.S. investment firms such as General Atlantic, Susquehanna and Sequoia Capital own stakes in ByteDance,...

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    Chinese platforms are cracking down on influencers selling AI lessons

    This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology in China. Sign up to...

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    TikTok Is Its Own Worst Enemy

    The video-sharing app has received unfair treatment in Washington. But the company’s biggest wounds are self-inflicted.

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    Is the US really preparing to ban TikTok?

    A bill passed Wednesday by the House requiring TikTok owner ByteDance to sell or face a...

  • What to Know About the TikTok Ban Legislation

    The bill, which would force TikTok’s Chinese parent to sell the popular social media app, faces...

  • Despite Trump’s Opposition to TikTok Ban, House Moves Ahead With Bill

    With both parties eager to demonstrate a willingness to be tough on China, bipartisan legislation to...

  • Biden the President Wants to Curb TikTok. Biden the Candidate Embraces Its Stars.

    At a party for social media influencers at the White House this week, President Biden’s political...

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    Comments on Weibo giraffe post bemoan state of Chinese economy

    Social media users get around government crackdown on negativity via US embassy conservation updateA social media...