Qatar-based news broadcaster Al Jazeera has been obliged to register its online digital news service AJ+ as a “foreign agent” by the US Department of Justice (DoJ). It means that AJ+ is now subject to the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The DoJ, in a letter to the Al Jazeera Media Network, alleges the broadcaster […]
TikTok has until September 15th to find an American buyer for its US operations, and that will not change. “There will be no extension of the TikTok deadline,” US President Donald Trump stated. Trump has previously given ByteDance, the Chinese owner of the video-sharing app, 45 days to sell it. If ByteDance doesn’t sell the […]
TikTok’s future may be uncertain in the US, but its UK operations continue to grow robustly despite security concerns. According to eMarketer’s latest UK social network forecast, the Chinese-owned video-sharing platform will have several milestone moments this year and next. TikTok will grow its UK user base by 75.2 per cent this year, reaching 8.5 […]
Walmart, the US retail giant, has confirmed it will partner with Microsoft to make a bid for the US operations of social media app TikTok. TikTok, owned by China-based ByteDance, has been ordered to sell its US arm to an American firm or face a ban in the country. US President Donald Trump has alleged […]
Video-sharing app TikTok is preparing to launch legal action to challenge a ban imposed by US President Donald Trump. Trump’s executive order prohibits transactions with TikTok’s owner ByteDance from mid-September. Officials in Washington are concerned that the Chinese-owned company could pass data on US users to its own government – something ByteDance has denied doing. […]
Oracle has joined the race to acquire the US operations of Chinese-owned social media app TikTok. Microsoft had been the clear favourite to purchase the operations – valued in excess of $20 billion – whilst Twitter has also been touted as a potential buyer. But now Oracle, the software multinational, has emerged as a serious […]
Haystack News, the US ad-supported streaming service that connects viewers with local, national and global TV news, has announces pland for upcoming dedicated streaming channels for the Democratic National Convention (August 17th – 21st) and Republican National Convention (August 24th – 28th), as part of its ongoing Decision 2020 news programming. The streaming channels for […]
Twitter has reportedly approached ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, with regards to purchasing its US operations. Social media video-sharing app TikTok has been at the centre of debate recently. Last week US President Donald Trump ordered firms to stop doing business with the company within 45 days over security concerns. Microsoft is also front-runner […]
TikTok has launched an app on the Amazon Fire TV platform, just as US President Donald Trump threatens a ban and while Microsoft negotiate to buy the company’s US operations. TikTok has until mid-September to conclude a deal to sell the app in the US to beat the ban, though an Executive Order is already […]
Microsoft has confirmed that it is in advanced talks to purchase the US operations of Chinese-owned TikTok. A number of US politicians and regulators are concerned that the app’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, poses a risk to national security because it could be used to collect Americans’ personal data. Last week, President Donald Trump told reporters […]