WASHINGTON (Reuters) -TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance sued in U.S. federal court on Tuesday seeking to block a law signed by President Joe Biden that would force the divestiture of the short video app used by 170 million Americans or ban its use. The companies filed their lawsuit in the U.S. Court of…
Feb. 12 (UPI) — President Joe Biden‘s campaign has joined TikTok, in an effort to gain young voters in his re-election bid, despite a Biden-signed law banning the popular video app on federal devices to protect national security. On Sunday, Biden’s campaign posted its first video, captioned “lol hey guys.” It shows the president answering Super Bowl questions…
The Chinese Communist Party “maintained supreme access” to all data held by TikTok parent ByteDance, including information stored in the US, a former top executive at the company alleged in a bombshell lawsuit in California state court. Yintao “Roger” Yu, the former head of engineering for ByteDance’s US operations, alleged he was fired from his…
Reuters US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has outlined the steps he wants US companies to take to deal with “untrusted Chinese apps”. The measures go far beyond President Donald Trump’s current push to force the sale of TikTok to an American firm. Mr. Pompeo says apps like TikTok and WeChat pose “significant threats to…