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Trump tried to ban TikTok, now he’s joined it: So what changed?

The former president garnered over three million followers in just two days after joining the app on Saturday

The Independent UK

Trump joins TikTok and gains 3 million followers in two days

Trump’s launch video gains 56 million views over the weekend

The Independent UK

Trump Joins TikTok, Which He Once Tried To Ban

Former US president and current White House hopeful Donald Trump has joined TikTok, posting his first video on the wildly popular social media app he once tried to ban while in office.

International Business Times

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Trump Joins TikTok Years After Attempting To Ban The App

Trump's decision to join TikTok aims to connect with potential voters, particularly younger ones, ahead of the November election.

International Business Times

An in-depth look at how TikTok got started and why it gained traction so quickly, as well as its many controversies

We look at the video-sharing app’s contentious history and what’s next in light of its U.S. government-ordered sale.

The Street

Is TikTok getting banned? A look at the fight over its U.S. presence

We look at the video-sharing app’s contentious history and what’s next in light of its U.S. government-ordered sale.

The Street

Frank McCourt, the billionaire bidding to buy U.S. part of TikTok, wants users to control their data

McCourt said tech companies have to become more democratic in a conversation with The Texas Tribune’s CEO.

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US activists worry about ‘losing major asset’ TikTok as potential ban looms

Recent decisions by US gov’t and platforms have made organising on TikTok, Instagram much harder for activists.

Al Jazeera

Some TikTok creators surprisingly support a TikTok ban to protect national security and help people ‘live in the moment again’

A relatively small number of TikTok’s content creators support shutting down the social media platform—even if it would mean one less source of income for them.

Fortune

Biden Administration Rejects Tiktok's Offer For Unprecedented Control

Biden administration rejects TikTok's offer for control, sparking legal battle with ByteDance and creators. National security and data privacy at the foref...

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Should Nvidia Be Worried as an AI Price War Escalates in China?

Chinese tech companies have lowered prices for their AI services, triggering a price war. Will the AI price war in China land on U.S. shores, too - and what could it mean for companies like Nvidia?

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White House rejected offer from TikTok allowing US government to oversee social media app

TikTok’s parent company ByteDance made extraordinary offer to the White House in 2022

The Independent UK

TikTok rolls out new rules to limit the reach of state-affiliated media accounts on its platform

TikTok said Thursday its putting in place new rules to limit the reach of state-affiliated media accounts

The Independent UK

Free Speech Unmuted: Free Speech, TikTok (and Bills of Attainder!), with Prof. Alan Rozenshtein (Minnesota Law)

https://youtu.be/tKWqi-ghGuI Can Congress require China-based ByteDance to divest itself of TikTok as a condition for TikTok continuing to be easily accessible in the US? Prof. Alan Rozenshtein (Minnesota) joins Jane Bambauer and me to discuss this.

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Fortune

The race to lead China's AI sector heats up as ByteDance, Alibaba and Baidu offer their models at rock-bottom prices

China's AI providers are slashing prices after TikTok-owned ByteDance unveiled new AI models that it claimed cost 99% less than the competition.

Reason

TikTok's Got Trouble

It starts with "T' and that rhymes with "B" and that stands for "ban."

Android Central

Canadian intelligence agency advises against TikTok over 'risky' data practices

An interview with Canada's intelligence director sees a stern warning arrive about the usage of TikTok.

Axios

Billionaire Frank McCourt assembles "people's bid" to buy TikTok

McCourt is a vocal critic of tech and social media.

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Legal experts say a TikTok ban without specific evidence violates the First Amendment

The Justice Department is expected to argue that its clamp down on TikTok is about national security, but Constitutional lawyers say there is no way around grappling with the free speech implications.

International Business Times UK

TikTok Boss Investigated For 'Misogyny, Sexual Harassment, and Mansplaining'

Tobias Henning is being investigated by TikTok after numerous complaints were made about him by previous and current female employees at the company.

Android Central

TikTok is suing the US government to stop a law that bans the app

TikTok sues to challenge a new US law that bans the video-sharing app, hoping to reverse it.

PC Gamer

TikTok files a lawsuit to fight the 'extraordinary intrusion on free speech rights' that would result from a nationwide ban

Just another day in Washington DC.

Reason

TikTok Asks Court To Declare Ban Unconstitutional

Congress is "silencing the 170 million Americans who use the platform to communicate," the company argues.

WEKU

TikTok sues federal government over free speech; U.S. pauses an Israel bomb shipment

TikTok is challenging a new law that would ban the app if it doesn't find a buyer, citing free speech supression. The U.S. paused a shipment of bombs to Israel over fears they could be used in Rafah.

Al Jazeera

TikTok owner ByteDance files lawsuit against US law forcing app’s sale

In April, President Joe Biden signed a law giving ByteDance nine months to sell US operations over security concerns.

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