TikTok to launch separate app for US users
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TikTok is facing a fresh European Union privacy investigation into user data sent to China, regulators said Thursday. The Data Protection Commission opened the inquiry as a follow up to a previous investigation that ended earlier this year with a 530 million euro ($620 million) fine after it found the video sharing app put users at risk of spying by allowing remote access their data from China.
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It’s looking increasingly likely that any deal to transfer control of TikTok to new owners will mean US users have to download a new TikTok. And that could mean an almost entirely different experience on the app.
TikTok researchers and users say there is yet another type of deception to look out for on the hit video app: Deepfake videos that copy the exact words of a real creator but in a different voice.
The United States has banned TikTok from U.S. app stores if TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance does not divest its shares. But President Donald Trump has repeatedly delayed the deadline, with the latest being Sept.
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Less than a month after extending a deadline to ban TikTok for the third time, President Donald Trump told reporters late Friday night that, “We pretty much have a deal,” on TikTok.
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Reid Rasner, founder and CEO of Rasner Media, says China is playing a shell game with a watered-down application.