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NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. TikTok users who once saw the app as a haven for free speech say they see signs of censorship after the platform, which is owned by China's ByteDance, was revived by an ...
Despite being a Chinese-made app, the international version of TikTok does not function on local networks in mainland China or Hong Kong, where users are instead encouraged to use the domestic version Douyin, presumably to shield Chinese users from politically sensitive content posted by foreign users.
TikTok's content moderation policies have been criticized as non-transparent (especially Douyin's). Internal guidelines depending on the country against the promotion of violence, separatism, and "demonization of countries" could be used to prohibit content related to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, Falun Gong, Tibet, Taiwan, Chechnya, Northern Ireland, the Cambodian genocide ...
The parent company later explained on Friday that they will cut off services and "go dark" unless the U.S. assures Apple and Google that they won't be penalized for hosting and distributing TikTok.
The Biden administration doesn't plan to take action that forces TikTok to immediately go dark for U.S. users on Sunday, an administration official told ABC News. TikTok could still proactively ...
Small businesses and content creators are bracing for impact if TikTok goes dark this weekend after the Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law banning the app unless it is sold by its China-based ...
The proposed TikTok ban could embolden censorship abroad, experts warn, and shatter the U.S.’s reputation as a free speech champion. ... “If we go forward with this and we ban TikTok, that is ...
The video app TikTok could soon be outlawed in the US, but Donald Trump has asked for a delay. ... a set of instructions that determine the content displayed to users, based on data about how they ...