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How TikTok’s Parent, ByteDance, Became an A.I. Powerhouse
A set of popular apps helped China’s ByteDance develop a key component of advanced artificial intelligence: information on ...
TikTok staffers say Chinese leadership has been tightening its grip over US operations
At TikTok, a string of recent US executive exits has created a management vacuum that Chinese leaders are filling, current ...
The Economist1d
TikTok’s bizarre sale process gets even weirder
America’s demand that TikTok sever ties with its Chinese parent, ByteDance, started as a principled national-security policy.
Russia Recruited Dozens of Chinese Troops Via TikTok, Zelensky Says
Chinese citizens have been recruited to fight for Russia against Ukraine via social media networks such as TikTok, Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
Is TikTok getting banned? What to know about the latest sale deadline
President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he will again postpone the TikTok sell-or-ban deadline. What is the new ...
The Bulwark2d
What’s the Point in TikTok Ban If Trump Won’t Enforce It?
The TikTok ban passed both chambers of Congress, and then-President Joe Biden signed it into law last year, with widespread ...
Zelensky accuses Russia of recruiting over 150 Chinese fighters via TikTok, releases video evidence
Ukrainian President Zelensky claims over 150 Chinese citizens are fighting for Russia, allegedly recruited via TikTok.
The New Yorker1d
TikTok and the Retreat of Technological Globalization
Global technology companies are becoming table stakes in the struggle to establish whatever new world order is emerging.