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TikTok Moves to Limit Russian and Chinese Media’s Reach in Big Election Year

23 May 2024 at 06:55
The platform will keep state-affiliated media accounts out of users’ feeds if they “attempt to reach communities outside their home country on current global events and affairs.”

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TikTok began labeling state-affiliated media accounts like those from RT, the global Russian television network, in 2022.

TikTok Sues US Government Over Potential Ban

The social media company and its Chinese parent, ByteDance, sued to challenge the new law, saying it violated users’ First Amendment rights.

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TikTok’s office in Culver City, Calif. The company has said a new U.S. law requiring its sale is essentially a ban.

TikTok CEO Shou Chew’s Path From Quiet Tech Exec to Met Gala Red Carpet

With the company facing a ban in the U.S., Shou Chew is expected to join Zendaya, Bad Bunny and Anna Wintour on the red carpet.

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Shou Chew and his wife, Vivian Kao, at the Met Gala in May 2022, when he was roughly a year into his tenure as the TikTok chief executive.

TikTok, Facing US Ban, Tells Advertisers It Won’t Back Down

3 May 2024 at 14:04
Hundreds of marketers and ad agency types flocked to TikTok’s annual sales presentation after a new law put its future in question.

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Blake Chandlee, TikTok’s president of global business solutions, last June. In Manhattan Thursday, he said: “We believe the facts and the law are clearly on our side and that we will ultimately prevail.”

Biden Signs TikTok Ban Bill Into Law. Here’s What Happens Next.

President Biden has signed the bill to force a sale of the video app or ban it. Now the law faces court challenges, a shortage of qualified buyers and Beijing’s hostility.

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TikTok supporters on Capitol Hill last month. The proposed law would allow TikTok to continue to operate in the United States if its Chinese owner sold it within about nine months.

Biden Signed a Bill That Could Ban TikTok. Here’s What Happens Next.

President Biden has signed the bill to force a sale of the video app or ban it. Now the law faces court challenges, a shortage of qualified buyers and Beijing’s hostility.

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TikTok supporters on Capitol Hill last month. The proposed law would allow TikTok to continue to operate in the United States if its Chinese owner sold it within about nine months.

Ready for a Chatbot Version of Your Favorite Instagram Influencers?

Instagram is testing a program that offers its top influencers the ability to interact with their followers over direct messages using a chatbot.

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The Creator A.I. program expands on Meta’s earlier efforts to incorporate a cast of A.I. avatars built using the likenesses of celebrities.
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