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Chinese app TikTok is facing ban in US after President Joe Biden signed law on Wednesday. Washington: Erich Andersen, general counsel for TikTok and Chinese parent company ByteDance, said on Friday he will step down from the role in June, according to a company statement. Andersen will become special counsel to the company to focus…
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Tiktok says it will fight the law in the US courts, saying that it grossly violates free speech rights. Washington: TikTok on Wednesday said it will fight a new US law that orders the popular video sharing app to break away from its Chinese owners or face an outright ban in the United States. Here…
Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: AFP China blasted Washington’s “bandit” mentality after the U.S. House passed a bill that would ban TikTok unless it splits from its Chinese owner, and vowed to “take all necessary measures” to protect the interests of its companies overseas. The short-video app has soared in popularity…
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ByteDance operates a China-only version of the TikTok called Douyin in China (Representational) As some of the harshest Republican critics of TikTok soften their stance on the China-backed social media app, one billionaire donor’s name is ricocheting around Washington. The prospect that the app will be banned has thrust Jeff Yass, the trading mastermind behind…
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