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Congress passes a $1.7T spending package including a bill banning TikTok on federal government devices, but fails to pass many aggressive bills targeting tech (Lauren Feiner/CNBC)
Lauren Feiner / CNBC: Congress passes a $1.7T spending package including a bill banning TikTok on federal government devices, but…
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ByteDance fired four employees after finding in a probe they accessed data on US TikTok users, including reporters, while trying to learn the sources of a story (Emily Baker-White/Forbes)
Emily Baker-White / Forbes: ByteDance fired four employees after finding in a probe they accessed data on US TikTok users,…
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An internal ByteDance investigation finds a few employees accessed data on US TikTok users, including two reporters, while trying to find sources for a story (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)
Cecilia Kang / New York Times: An internal ByteDance investigation finds a few employees accessed data on US TikTok users,…
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How ByteDance and TikTok, which owe their existence to intermingled Western and Chinese ideas, capital, and people, became entangled in the US-China rift (Alex W. Palmer/New York Times)
Alex W. Palmer / New York Times: How ByteDance and TikTok, which owe their existence to intermingled Western and Chinese…
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aiming to appease the US government, TikTok offers to operate more of its business at arm’s length and allow more outside scrutiny by Oracle and others (Reuters)
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TikTok begins telling users why a video was recommended in the For You feed, such as previous interactions or followed accounts (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: TikTok begins telling users why a video was recommended in the For You feed, such as…
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TikTok is helping a new class of music business executives break through and circumvent the notoriously exclusive path that the industry usually requires (Kristin Robinson/Billboard)
Kristin Robinson / Billboard: TikTok is helping a new class of music business executives break through and circumvent the notoriously…
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CCDH: when researchers on TikTok in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia liked self-harm and eating disorder videos, the app recommended more similar content (David Klepper/Associated Press)
David Klepper / Associated Press: CCDH: when researchers on TikTok in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia liked self-harm and…
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