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A TikTok Ban Would Deal a Blow to Creators, Businesses and the American Economy
Casey Evertsen drove down a suburban Utah street lined with trash bins, speaking into his phone’s...
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Millions of Teens Are Using a Homework App from TikTok's Chinese Parent Company
Gauth is a mobile app, owned by ByteDance, that offers homework help to students.getty Gauth AI,...
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'If they ban TikTok in the US, they will destroy the American dream'
In addition to the usual tribe of lobbyists and other merchants of influence that swarm around...
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Politicians Who Voted to Ban TikTok May Own as Much as $126M in Tech Stocks
Financial disclosures show that members of Congress who voted for the so-called “TikTok ban” last week...
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House Passes Privacy Bill Banning Data Brokers Selling Info to Russia, China
The U.S. House passed a bill that would ban third-party data brokers from selling the user...
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House passes bill that could lead to a TikTok ban; fight shifts to the Senate
The House approved the legislation, dubbed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, that...
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Chinese influencers pay fines to escape livestream contracts
Calligraphy teacher Liu Fengyang thought he was kick-starting his career in entertainment when a livestreaming talent...
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TikTok Is Destroying Itself from the Inside Out
At the beginning of 2023, TikTok was one of the weirdest and most delightful places on...
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iPhone Apps Harvest Data When They Send You Notifications, Researchers Find
iPhone apps including Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, and X/Twitter are skirting Apple’s privacy rules to collect user...
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The Founder of GeoCities on What Killed the 'Old Internet'
Gizmodo is 20 years old! To celebrate the anniversary, we’re looking back at some of the...