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TikTok's Upcoming Music Streaming Could Hurt Spotify's Business

TikTok has revolutionized the landscape of social media -- now it's gaining steam in its battle to be the ultimate music platform.

The Street

New Zealand MPs urged to delete TikTok as ‘data could be accessed by Chinese government’

Recent report had revealed private data from US was accessible to China-based ByteDance employees

The Independent UK

A TikTok Music app could be Spotify's toughest competition yet

A U.S. patent filing suggests ByteDance is interested in creating TikTok Music, a music streaming app to rival the likes of Spotify and Apple Music.

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TikTok refused to host disguised account for Chinese government

Senior figures at social video app pushed back on request deemed ‘sensitive’, according to report

The Guardian - UK

Can Pico's new VR headsets compete with Meta's Quest 2?

Pico, owned by TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, looks like it might try to challenge Meta’s Quest 2 and Quest Pro VR headsets in the U.S.

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What do TikTok, Bunnings, eBay and Netflix have in common? They’re all hyper-collectors

You walk into a shopping centre to buy some groceries. Without your knowledge, an electronic scan of your face is taken by in-store surveillance cameras and stored in an online database. Each time you return to that store, your “faceprint” is compared with those of people wanted for shoplifting or…

The Conversation

Even if TikTok and other apps are collecting your data, what are the actual consequences?

By now, most of us are aware social media companies collect vast amounts of our information. By doing this, they can target us with ads and monetise our attention. The latest chapter in the data-privacy debate concerns one of the world’s most popular apps among young people – TikTok.

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CNBC Amazon Courts More Trouble As Regulators Inspect Its Warehouses

Benzinga

TikTok has been accused of ‘aggressive’ data harvesting. Is your information at risk?

Users of the video app have been warned about its data practices and links to China. Can you keep your details safe?

The Guardian - AU

TikTok app is connecting to Chinese servers, cybersecurity company says

Australians need assurances their data is safe, but ‘TikTok has a history of not being clear about what it does’.

Crikey

Drill or be drilled … the Stoker is wild … coup know who

NSW Police is cracking down on drill rappers for supposedly inciting violence — are John Lennon and Johnny Cash next? Also, Stoker goes op-ed and China can indeed access Australian TikTok data but probably won’t. Plus more tips from the bunker.

Crikey

US senators call for close look at TikTok

San Francisco (AFP) - Leaders of the US Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday called for an investigation into whether Chinese officials are getting access to data about US users of video-snippet sharing sensation TikTok.

AFP

Can the Chinese government access Australians’ TikTok data? Probably

Revelations that Chinese employees working on TikTok can access international data may make you reconsider using the app.

Crikey

Concerns over TikTok feeding user data to Beijing are back – and there's good evidence to support them

When English statesman Sir Francis Bacon famously said “knowledge is power”, he could hardly have foreseen the rise of ubiquitous social media some 500 years later.

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TikTok Says China-Based Employees Can Access US User Data

TikTok, which is owned by China's ByteDance, has confirmed that China-based employees can access U.S. user data under certain circumstances.

Asharq Al-Awsat

TikTok Tells US Senators Data Not Shared with Chinese Communist Party

TikTok sought to reassure US senators this week that it is taking all necessary steps to limit access to users' data from outside the United States, including by employees of its parent company, the Chinese group ByteDance. The social media company responded by letter Thursday to questions from nine Republican…

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TikTok says it's putting new limits on Chinese workers' access to U.S. user data

TikTok addressed Republican senators who have raised concerns that the Chinese-owned app could be sharing Americans' data with the Chinese government. TikTok says this is not happening.

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The Guardian - US

TikTok on defense after report on foreign access of US user data

Republican lawmakers were concerned after a BuzzFeed report showed that non-public US user data was accessed abroad

Benzinga

Khaby Lame, Now The Most Popular TikTok Star, Named Brand Ambassador Of This Crypto Company

A former factory worker is now the most followed person on ByteDance-owned social media platform TikTok. After crossing that milestone, Khaby Lame has landed a deal with cryptocurrency platform Binance.

The Street

TikTok Faces a New Major Threat

Benzinga

Tencent, Other Chinese Companies Follow Western Counterparts In Laying off Staff As Economic Slowdown Weighs

Chinese tech giants like Tencent Holding Ltd (OTC:TCEHY) and TikTok parent ByteDance Ltd implemented fresh layoffs affecting thousands of employees in their latest round of cost-cutting, the Wall Street Journal reports. The job cuts added on to the tens of thousands of employees already axed by Chinese internet companies since late 2021 after the domestic regulatory crackdown crushed the…

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FCC demands TikTok be pulled while domestic data threats persist

Commissioner Brendan Carr wrote a letter to Apple and Google claiming TikTok is an 'unacceptable national security risk.'

Benzinga

Meta's Biggest Rival Posts Visible Success On Gaming Foray Despite Bigger Rivals Like Tencent, NetEase

TikTok parent ByteDance Ltd's gaming foray exudes promise as spending across its mobile titles grew over the past year, according to Sensor Tower. The report highlighted TikTok owner generated $1 billion of player spending across its mobile games as of the year ended June 20, 2022, up 16% year-on-year. ByteDance had set…

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Looks like TikTok was sending U.S. user data to China after all

Leaked calls obtained by 'Buzzfeed News' reveal that engineers in China had access to U.S. data. Now, TikTok claims that all of its data is going to U.S. servers in Texas.

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