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Update: Top EU Bodies Ban TikTok on Staff Phones, Citing Need to Hike Cybersecurity
Feb 23 2023 // The European Union’s two biggest policy-making institutions have banned TikTok from staff phones for cybersecurity reasons, marking growing concerns about the Chinese short video-sharing app and its users’...
FBI Director Says TikTok Poses National Security Concerns
Nov 17 2022 // The U.S. operations of Chinese-owned TikTok raise national security concerns, FBI Director Chris Wray said on Tuesday, flagging the risk that the Chinese government could harness the video-sharing app to influence users or...
TikTok Found Not Liable in Death of Girl in Strangulation Challenge
Oct 28 2022 // Federal communications law shields the video-sharing site TikTok Inc. from responsibility for the death of a 10 year-old girl who died while attempting a challenge on TikTok that encourages viewers to strangle themselves...
Police Think Crash That Killed 4 Teens May Be Linked to TikTok Challenge
Oct 28 2022 // A car crash in Buffalo, N.Y. that left four teenagers dead may have been linked to a TikTok challenge, a police commissioner said. A total of six teenagers were in a speeding Kia that crashed about 6:30 a.m. Monday,...
TikTok Algorithm Steers Violent Videos to More Minority Than White Users: Lawsuit
Jul 21 2022 // TikTok faces a claim that its algorithm steers more violent videos to minority subscribers than to White users in a lawsuit blaming the platform for the death of a 14-year-old African-American girl. The complaint, which...
TikTok Sued After 10-Year-Old Dies in ‘Blackout Challenge’
May 13 2022 // TikTok Inc. was blamed in a lawsuit for the death of a 10-year-old girl who allegedly participated in an online challenge in which people choke themselves until they black out. Nylah Anderson, an intelligent child who...
TikTok Facing Probe by States Over How Platform Markets to Kids
Mar 3 2022 // ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok is being targeted by a group of states seeking to determine whether the social media platform is being improperly marketed to children. The states are investigating how TikTok promotes itself...
Sex Harassment Suit Against Oregon ‘TikTok Doc’ Settled for $585K
Apr 29 2021 // Oregon Health and Science University said it will pay $585,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed by a social worker who accused a former anesthesiology resident of sexually assaulting her and the school of failing to...
TikTok Faces Damages Claim Worth Billions in London Child-Privacy Lawsuit
Apr 21 2021 // LONDON – TikTok, the wildly popular video app, and its Chinese parent ByteDance could face a damages claim worth billions of pounds (dollars) in London’s High Court over allegations they illegally harvested the...
Louisiana Woman Uses TikTok Videos in Storm Claims Fight
Jan 11 2021 // One Lake Charles, La., woman credits the power of social media in getting one step closer to having her hurricane-damaged home repaired after weeks of roadblocks with her insurance claim. Tara Parks recently posted several...
