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TikTok’s parent company reportedly faces a national security review

Post author By Randall
Post date November 1, 2019
Categories In acquisition, business, bytedance, cfius, Entertainment, gear, Internet, musical.ly, Politics, Tech, Tiktok

[ad_1] Recently TikTok’s popularity has exploded worldwide, and so has scrutiny over the app’s parent company ByteDance and its relationship to the Chinese government. Now Reuters reports that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has opened a national security review of the company, because it had not sought approval to make […]

Marco Rubio calls for TikTok review over censorship claims

Post author By Randall
Post date October 9, 2019
Categories In bytedance, censorship, cfius, China, gear, government, Internet, marco rubio, musical.ly, Politics, senate, services, social network, social networking, steven mnuchin, Tech, Tiktok, treasury department

[ad_1] TikTok allegedly asked its moderators to pull mentions of topics like the Tiananmen Square massacre, Tibet’s calls for independence and other content that challenges the Chinese government’s version of events. The service said it had retired the guidelines in May and that it had been using a “blunt approach” to minimizing drama on TikTok […]