After briefly ‘going dark’, TikTok has returned to the screens of users in the US. But the situation remains slippery.
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China’s version of TikTok, Douyin, and its biggest social media app, WeChat, are transforming reading in China – with more influence than BookTok.
New, tech-driven developments, including new imprints by Microsoft and BookTok’s ByteDance, promise to make book publishing faster and more efficient. But what’s lost in the process?
Canadians are told that they’re free to use the products of a company that has been publicly shamed and accused of representing a serious national security threat. What should the public take away?
The Canadian government has ordered the closure of TikTok’s offices in Canada. The reasons are connected to national security concerns, but they appear tenuous.
Whether the popular video app ends up sold, banned or untouched, the ruling in favor of the government’s national security claims has implications for free speech.
Four Ontario school boards have filed a lawsuit against social media platforms to force them to change practices that harm schoolchildren.
TikTok has come into the spotlight after the US. congress proposed a bill to force it's sale away from Chinese owned company ByteDance. To discuss this we're joined by Cyber expert Lesley Seebeck.
TikTok has mobilised its vast user base to contest a possible US ban, plus it could challenge it in court as an infringement of people’s free speech.
About 26 per cent of Canadians use TikTok. Regulating the app in Canada might be a better approach to avoiding external political influence.
Proposed U.S. legislation banning TikTok and the recently revealed Canadian national security review of the app reveals the insincerity and hypocrisy of politicians.
Many TikTok creators, including creators of pornography, use the platform to promote themselves and their explicit content on other platforms.
TikTok has been banned from UK government devices, but it’s easy for all social media platforms to harvest your data.
It’s pretty common to find people who are apathetic about their data being harvested and funnelled into unknown corners. But that’s usually because they don’t know what’s at stake.
TikTok has admitted its Chinese employees have access to user data collected outside China.
It’s not only Alibaba and Ant Group that are feeling the heat.
Plot twists in the TikTok saga continue to emerge daily, with a proposed deal to secure its future in the US now in doubt. Here’s what it means for TikTok users — and for geopolitics.
If a new deal between Microsoft and ByteDance goes through, the Chinese company may withdraw ownership of its TikTok operations in not only the US – but also Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
TikTok was one of 2018’s most downloaded mobile apps for Apple and Android devices in the US and Europe.
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Professor, Faculty of Law, Thompson Rivers University
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Innovation and Strategy, Cisco Chair in Digital Business Transformation, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
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Senior Lecturer, Information Technology, Murdoch University
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Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Surrey
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Professor of Innovation and Strategy, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
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Assistant Lecturer in Media and Communications, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Technology and Crime, Griffith University
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Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of Technology Sydney
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