Judge grants injunction sought by app’s owner ByteDance to let it remain available for download

Region:

USA

Category:

Technology

The U.S. Commerce Department plans to issue an order Friday that will bar people in the United States from downloading Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok starting on September 20, three officials told Reuters.

Region:

USA

Category:

Politics

Author/s:

By Reuters

President Donald Trump on Thursday issued executive orders that would ban the social media app TikTok and WeChat from operating in the US in 45 days if they are not sold by their Chinese-owned parent companies. TikTok is threatening legal action against the US after Donald Trump ordered firms to stop doing business with the Chinese app within 45 days.

Region:

USA

Category:

Politics

Microsoft is committed to acquiring TikTok subject to a complete security review and providing proper economic benefits to the United States, including the United States Treasury, the company statement said

Region:

World

Category:

Society

Social media firms react to sweeping new national security legislation imposed by China

Region:

Asia

Category:

Society

Author/s:

By The Guardian

Government blacklists more than 59 Chinese-made apps, citing ‘threat to sovereignty’

Region:

India

Category:

Politics

ONE of Pornhub’s most-searched for adult stars Mia Khalifa has begged girls to not go into the industry, slamming it as “toxic.”

Region:

World

Category:

Characters

TikTok users and fans of Korean pop music took partial credit for inflating attendance expectations at a less-than-full arena at President Donald Trump’s first political rally in months, held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday.

Region:

USA

Category:

Society

Author/s:

By Reuters, BBC, CNN