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TikTok collected user data from millions of smartphones using a tactic banned by Google and without notifying users for over a year before the Chinese video-sharing app ended the practice last year. TikTok tracked the unique MAC (media access control) addresses of Androids, which are often used for advertising purposes, and concealed its activity with …

The Trump Administration’s looming ban of TikTok may even make it illegal for US companies to run ads on the wildly popular short-form video app. In a document sent out to supporters last week obtained by Reuters, the government detailed the key aspects of TikTok’s operations and funding that it would target amid concerns over …

Hong Kong-based media firm Next Digital saw its stock price explode Monday after authorities arrested its dissident founder. Next Digital’s shares surged as much as 344 percent as investors showed solidarity with Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy mogul who was cuffed Monday under Hong Kong’s new national security law. The stock initially dipped on news of …

China on Monday sanctioned eleven U.S. citizens, including several U.S. senators, in retaliation for sanctions Washington imposed on Chinese officials and their allies in Hong Kong for their role in stifling political freedoms in Hong Kong. “In response to the erroneous actions of the U.S., China has decided to impose sanctions today on those individuals …

Hong Kong police on Monday arrested pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai on charges of allegedly colluding with foreign forces under the controversial new national security law imposed on the territory by China. Lai, 71, was arrested along with at least six other people connected with him including his two sons and four executives at his …

Move over Microsoft — Twitter is joining the tech giant in pursuing the purchase of TikTok’s US operations after President Trump set a fall deadline for the video-sharing platform to strike a deal with an American company. Twitter approached TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance, to express interest in an acquisition, two sources told Reuters. The …

China, Russia, and Iran are attempting to influence the U.S. general elections via propaganda and other means, according to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. While China and Iran are trying to sway the outcome against President Trump, Russia is attempting to prevent a victory for Joe Biden. The conclusions are based on …

The U.S. will impose sanctions on Hong Kong Leader Carrie Lam as well as Chinese Communist Party officials for their involvement in stifling political freedoms in Hong Kong, the Trump administration announced Friday. The Trump administration announced the new sanctions on 11 individuals including Lam for her efforts in “implementing Beijing’s policies of suppression of freedom and …

TikTok is threatening to sue the Trump administration over an executive order issued Thursday evening banning Americans from transacting with ByteDance, the Chinese technology firm that owns the short-form video app, beginning Sept. 20. “We are shocked by the recent Executive Order, which was issued without any due process,” the company said in a statement. …

TikTok has threatened legal action following President Trump’s late-night executive order banning transactions beginning in 45 days between American firms and the Chinese parent company of the popular social media app. In an unsigned blog posted on its website, TikTok said that it was “shocked” by the president’s order, which it said was “issued without …