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France forbids officials from downloading TikTok, Netflix |
The French government is asking its civil servants to remove any social media or gaming apps from work phones, citing cybersecurity and privacy concerns. |
France has joined a growing list of countries that have decided to ban TikTok on government-issued phones. The ban, which is effective immediately, also includes Netflix and video game app Candy Crush. French Minister for Transformation and Public Administration Stanislas Guerini's office told The Associated Press that Instagram, Twitter and some dating and gaming apps were also banned. The French government maintained that "recreational" apps do not have enough security to be on state devices. This comes as several nations and institutions have banned TikTok from government-issued devices, including the U.S., the U.K., the E.U., Australia and New Zealand. It also follows Thursday's hearing where TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before Congress on ways his company plans to address the security concerns raised about the app, amid vocal lawmaker criticism. The U.S. government is also contemplating banning the app nationwide if TikTok's Chinese-based parent company, ByteDance, doesn't sell its stake to an American company, a request the Chinese government is strongly against. On Thursday, Chinese officials said they would "resolutely oppose" the force sale of TikTok, adding that such as deal "would seriously damage investors from multiple countries including China" and hurt the country's "confidence to invest in the United States." |
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Fox News contributor and former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway came out against calls to ban TikTok in the U.S., as the company's CEO was grilled by Congress on Thursday. Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle have called for banning the app, citing national security and data privacy concerns. TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, is Chinese. "I believe that the gentleman from TikTok gave some statistics that maybe the … |
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| Most Generation Z voters in a new poll say that while they are concerned about the Chinese government's potential influence over the popular video-sharing app TikTok, they oppose a full federal ban on the platform. A new poll from SocialSphere found 51 percent of Gen Z voters — defined as ages 18-26 — are concerned that TikTok is owned by China-based parent company ByteDance, which has been reported to have close ties to the … |
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A blockbuster House committee hearing with the CEO of TikTok was met with a wave of influencers and creators from both sides of the online culture wars coming to Capitol Hill. |
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TikTok restores NBA player's account |
The account of former NBA player Enes Freedom was restored the same day TikTok's CEO testified before Congress regarding security concerns surrounding the app. Enes's account was banned for 12 days but a company's spokesperson said that the ban was an error made by U.S. moderators, The Washington Post reported. |
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Musk threatens to remove blue checks if users don't pay |
Twitter said users have until April 1 to subscribe if they don't want lose their blue checkmarks, CNN reported. |
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Ford's Tenn. plant could make 500K electric pickups a year |
STANTON, Tenn. (AP) — Ford said Friday that its assembly plant under construction in western Tennessee will be able to build up to 500,000 electric pickup trucks a year at full output, part of the automaker’s drive to produce 2 million electric vehicles worldwide annually by late 2026. The … |
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