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TikTok bans Judicial Watch’s Tom Fitton
“Permanently banned.” “No warning.”
TikTok refuses to give Senator Ted Cruz a straight answer about sending user data to China
Cruz accused the representatives from dodging the question.
TikTok whistleblowers raise alarm over China’s access to US citizens’ data
Employees contradict the given narrative.
TikTok deletes Dr. Fauci impressions
TikTok hasn’t responded why.
TikTok stops downplaying its ties to its Chinese parent company
TikTok has appointed Shouzi Chew, executive at Chinese parent ByteDance, as CEO.
Former ByteDance employee blows the whistle on censorship from TikTok and more
How censorship works across the platforms.
Former Chinese official ran TikTok’s content policy, report says
This was as the app was going global.
ByteDance’s top app accused of being Chinese propaganda tool
Leaked documents reveal the details.
New report finds more evidence of TikTok censorship
As TikTok’s future hangs in the balance, researchers haven’t stopped looking into how it censors content China doesn’t approve of.
If TikTok has no ties to China, why does it need China’s approval on the sale?
TikTok has always tried to distance itself from Beijing and the CCP.
Researchers notice TikTok removed code linking the app to servers in China
Some security analysts raised suspicions.
TikTok lawsuit against the Trump administration expected to fail
It’s a “delaying tactic, at best,” argues U.C. Berkeley Center for Law, Business, and the Economy professor Steven Davidoff Solomon.