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<!-- -->He was found dead 12 hours after his broadcastA Chinese social media influencer died less than 12 hours after consuming seven bottles of Baijiu, known as 'Chinese vodka', during a live stream on Douyin, China's version of…

Chinese-owned short video app TikTok faces a “pivotal moment” as a growing number of U.S. lawmakers seek to ban the popular app over national security concerns, CEO Shou Zi Chew said. Chew said in a video posted on TikTok early on…

TikTok is once again facing calls to divest itself from its Chinese-based parent company over national security concerns that are prompting more Western government bans of the popular video-sharing app. But experts say forcing…

TikTok was dismissive Wednesday of reports that the Biden administration was calling for its Chinese owners to sell their stakes in the popular video-sharing app, saying such a move wouldn’t help protect national security. The company…

The U.S. and Canada issued orders this week banning the use of TikTok on government-issued mobile devices as privacy and cybersecurity concerns about the video-sharing app grow. TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company Bytedance,…

The federal government’s move to ban TikTok on its phones should make companies think twice about their data policies and consider blocking the app on its own devices, academics say. Data privacy and technology professors say Ottawa’s…

A Canadian TikTok ban on government devices and ongoing probes into how the video-sharing app uses Canadians’ data have put the spotlight on what individuals can do to protect their data and personal privacy. For many Canadians,…

Canada’s ban on the use of the popular but controversial short-form video application TikTok has come into effect for government-issued mobile devices. And the country’s most popular politician on the app, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, is…

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has suspended his TikTok account — and he’s expecting his MPs to follow suit, according to a spokesperson for his office. As of Monday afternoon, Poilievre’s account on the popular social media…

The Canadian government is banning the use of the popular short-form video application TikTok on all government-issued mobile devices, Treasury Board President Mona Fortier announced on Monday. Effective Tuesday, TikTok “will be…