TikTok

Explained | What is so special about TikTok's technology

TikTok showed that an algorithm, driven by the understanding of a user's interest, could be more powerful. Rather than building their algorithm on 'social graph' like Meta has, TikTok executives including CEO Shou Zi Chew have said that their algorithm is based on 'interest signals'.

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Explained | What is so special about TikTok's technology

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Explained | What happens now that US TikTok bill has been passed

TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, has about nine months to divest the US assets of the short-video app, or face a nationwide ban.

24 April 2024, 03:18 IST

Explained | What happens now that US TikTok bill has been passed

24 April 2024, 03:18 IST

TikTok set to remove executive tasked with fending off US claims

Those efforts failed to win over an interagency government panel conducting a security review of the app and lawmakers in Washington weighing legislation that would force its divestiture.

21 April 2024, 09:13 IST

TikTok set to remove executive tasked with fending off US claims

21 April 2024, 09:13 IST

What happened when India pulled the plug on TikTok

The app disappeared from Google and Apple stores, and its website was blocked. By then, the country was well practiced in blocking objectionable websites and even shutting down mobile data across whole regions, in the name of maintaining public order.

22 March 2024, 07:51 IST

What happened when India pulled the plug on TikTok

22 March 2024, 07:51 IST

Explained | Will TikTok be banned in the US and what is next for the bill?

Here is a look at the effort to ban the app, its chances in the US Senate and what that would actually mean.

14 March 2024, 22:23 IST

Explained | Will TikTok be banned in the US and what is next for the bill?

14 March 2024, 22:23 IST

TikTok turns to creators to fight possible US ban

So far, the efforts have not panned out. The House passed the bill Wednesday with broad bipartisan support. But it may face an uphill battle in the Senate, where TikTok creators are already setting their sights.

14 March 2024, 14:05 IST

TikTok turns to creators to fight possible US ban

14 March 2024, 14:05 IST

Proposed US TikTok ban 'not fair', China's foreign ministry says

Wednesday's bill, overwhelmingly passed by the US House of Representatives, would give TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest the US assets of the short-video app, or face a ban.

14 March 2024, 10:06 IST

Proposed US TikTok ban 'not fair', China's foreign ministry says

14 March 2024, 10:06 IST

TikTok’s security threats go beyond the scope of house legislation

Those algorithms, which guide how TikTok watches its users and feeds them more of what they want, are the magic sauce of an app that 170 million Americans now have on their phones. That’s half the country.

14 March 2024, 03:04 IST

TikTok’s security threats go beyond the scope of house legislation

14 March 2024, 03:04 IST

US House passes bill to force ByteDance to divest TikTok or face ban

The bill passed 352-65 in a lopsided bipartisan vote, but it faces a more uncertain path in the Senate where some favor a different approach to regulating foreign-owned apps posing security concerns.

13 March 2024, 19:08 IST

US House passes bill to force ByteDance to divest TikTok or face ban

13 March 2024, 19:08 IST

US House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner or ban the app

TikTok has been under threat since 2020, with lawmakers increasingly arguing that China’s relationship with TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, raises national security risks.

13 March 2024, 15:46 IST

US House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner or ban the app

13 March 2024, 15:46 IST