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Four TikTok creators weigh in on what a ban would mean for them

Many have protested the ban the beleaguered app is facing, saying it would affect small businesses, educators and communities

The Guardian - US

As TikTok remains in limbo, it’s time for YouTube Shorts to have a major glow-up

As lawmakers in the U.S. debate whether or not to ban TikTok permanently, Google and Meta should start thinking about how it can capitalize on this moment with Shorts and Reels, analysts suggest.

Android Central

TikTok Reveals The Platform Algorithm Promoting Teen Suicide Using Dark Content

The social media platform was revealed in a study by Eko how it has promoted teen suicide using algorithms and targeted hashtags

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Chris Minns announces TikTok ban on NSW government devices

NSW is following the lead of its Commonwealth counterparts in barring the popular social media platform on devices issued to public servants, citing foreign interference concerns.

ABC News

Can public servants use TikTok on their own phones? It's not banned, but nor it is encouraged

Governments across Australia are banning the social-media app from official phones, and public servants are advised to take precautions if they use it elsewhere.

ABC News

TikTok's parent has a new app: What to know about Lemon8

As lawmakers debate whether to ban TikTok nationwide, its Chinese parent company has stealthily introduced a new app that’s already getting some traction

The Independent UK

TikTok fined £12.7m by ICO for misusing children's data

While an outright ban looms over the Chinese-owned app's future in Western societies, TikTok may have to pay £12.7m in fines to the UK government.

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A U.K. agency has fined TikTok nearly $16 million for handling of children's data

The U.K.'s Information Commissioner's Office said there were up to 1.4 million children under the age of 13 on the app in 2020, despite TikTok's terms of service saying users must be 13 to sign up.

WEKU

TikTok banned from SA government-issued electronic devices as employees told to delete app

A ban on TikTok on electronic devices issued by the SA government is already coming into effect amid a national crackdown, with employees receiving instructions this morning to delete the app.

ABC News

TikTok is to be banned from government devices over security fears. How big is the threat and could it soon be banned for everyone?

It's been announced TikTok is to be banned on government-issued devices. But what's the fuss about and what happens next?

ABC News

TikTok is to be banned from government devices over security fears. How big is the threat and could it soon be banned for everyone?

It's been announced TikTok is to be banned on government-issued devices. But what's the fuss about and what happens next?

ABC News

TikTok’s $16 million fine for putting kids at risk comes at a pretty terrible time

The fine by the U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office is one more unhelpful dent in the Chinese internet company's public image.

Fortune

ABC to review use of TikTok after app banned from Australian government devices

Ban only applies to non-corporate government entities but may have flow-on effects to other agencies and businesses

The Guardian - AU

TikTok fined £12.7m for ‘letting 1.4m underage children in UK use app’

Chinese-owned app ‘should have known better’ says UK information commissioner

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TikTok owner made $80B last year, probably not squirming over £12.7m fine for collecting children's data

ByteDance's revenue explodes as TikTok grows in popularity. But yikes, UK authority announces a fine for failing to protect children.

Irish Mirror

TikTok has been fined €14.5m for failing to protect the privacy of children's data

TikTok allowed up to 1.4 million kids under the age of 13 to use its platform in 2020

Wales Online

TikTok fined £12.7m for letting children under 13 use its service

Up to 1.4 million kids under 13 were given access to the social media platform in 2020, the Information Commissioner’s Office said

The New Daily

Experts divided over TikTok ban

All social media companies pass on data to governments, so why is TikTok being singled out in a game of 'whack-a-mole'?

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The Independent UK

TikTok fined $15.9M by UK watchdog over misuse of kids' data

Britain’s privacy watchdog has hit TikTok with a multimillion-dollar penalty for a slew of data protection breaches, including misusing children’s data

The National (Scotland)

TikTok fined £12.7m after it ‘did not do enough’ to keep under-13s off platform

SOCIAL media platform TikTok has been fined £12.7 million because it “did not do enough” to make sure underage children were not using its…

The Guardian - UK

TikTok fined £12.7m for illegally processing children’s data

Information commissioner says app had done ‘very little, if anything’ to check for underage users

Daily Record

TikTok fined £12.7m for allowing a million children under 13 on app

More than one million children under 13 were using TikTok in 2020, despite its terms of use not allowing that.

Evening Standard

TikTok fined £12.7 million by UK watchdog for mishandling children’s data

TikTok has been fined £12.7 million by a UK watchdog for mishandling children’s data.

Asharq Al-Awsat

TikTok Fined $16 Mln by UK Watchdog for 'Misusing Children's Data'

Britain's data watchdog said on Tuesday it had fined TikTok 12.7 million pounds ($15.88 million) for multiple breaches of data protection law, including using the personal data of children aged under 13 without parental consent. The Chinese-owned video app has not done enough to check who is using the platform…

Bangkok Post

Australia bans TikTok on official devices

CANBERRA: Australia banned TikTok from government-issued devices, joining the growing list of nations concerned about security threats posed by the Chinese-owned social media platform.

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