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Viral TikTok videos on how to steal the vehicles led to a surge in crime, says the city’s law department
Chinese-owned group relocates executives in renewed push of livestream shopping in US and UK
Chinese-owned social media app says newly signed law is an unconstitutional infringement on its rights
G7 to impose fresh sanctions on Russian ships, aircraft and diamonds
Popular video app says move infringes First Amendment rights as it prepares for potential legal fight
Success of TikTok and Shein inspires start-ups to look abroad for growth
The FT’s Cristina Criddle on discovering she’d been surveilled by the controversial social media company
On TikTok, guides to buying ‘dupes’ of pricey luxury items are gaining a following
Parent company ByteDance struggles to police videos promoting dubious products such as ‘enzyme’ weight loss coffee
A small group of lawmakers from across the political divide speak out against restrictions to the Chinese-owned video app
Rupert Murdoch’s Fox agrees $787.5mn settlement in Dominion defamation case
The platform’s short, entertaining style has helped create a Gen Z cohort with a passion for interiors
Booming 2022 helps it overtake China’s long-reigning tech giants Tencent and Alibaba for first time
What lessons young men are learning from YouTube, TikTok and influencers like Andrew Tate
Digital advertising on the Chinese-owned video app grew by 11% in March
Fine by UK watchdog comes amid global concerns over conduct of Chinese-owned social media app
Rather than ban the app, the US should properly regulate it and domestic rivals
The tussle over the viral app shows just how entwined American and Chinese business has become
Norwegian group Nammo blames ‘storage of cat videos’ for threatening its growth as data centre corners spare electricity
Why worry about TikTok when you’ve still got HanCock and OakShok?
Hindenburg Research shorts Jack Dorsey’s payments group Block
Shou Zi Chew takes tough questions from legislators as China vows to oppose any forced sale
Concerns mount about security implications of using Chinese-owned social media
Intervention by commerce ministry comes ahead of social media app chief’s appearance at US Congress
Ban would set worrying precedent for China tech groups forced to expand overseas by domestic saturation
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