U.S. Senate votes to ban TikTok app on government devices https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tiktok-senate/u-s-senate-bans-tiktok-on-government-devices-idUSKCN2522ON
Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok’s US operations https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-tiktok-donald-trump-bytedance-2020-7
Trump says he’s banning TikTok in the U.S. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/trump-may-force-tiktok-sell-its-u-s-operations-n1235525
South Korea Fines TikTok 186 Million For Selling Children’s Data https://dgs.com.np/scienceandtech/south-korea-fines-tiktok-186-million-for-selling-childrens-data/
Facebook readies global launch of its TikTok competitor https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/facebook-readies-global-launch-its-tiktok-competitor-n1234013
Amazon Backtracks From Demand That Employees Delete TikTok https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/technology/tiktok-amazon-security-risk.html
Pompeo says U.S. looking at banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok -Fox https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-tiktok-china-pompeo/pompeo-says-u-s-looking-at-banning-chinese-social-media-apps-including-tiktok-fox-idUSFWN2ED0KL
TikTok may be ‘data collection service disguised as social media’, Liberal senator says https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jul/06/tiktok-may-be-data-collection-service-disguised-as-social-media-liberal-senator-says
Anonymous Hackers Target TikTok: ‘Delete This Chinese Spyware Now’ https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2020/07/01/anonymous-targets-tiktok-delete-this-chinese-spyware-now/
TikTok and 53 other iOS apps still snoop your sensitive clipboard data https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/06/tiktok-and-53-other-ios-apps-still-snoop-your-sensitive-clipboard-data/
TikTok App to Stop Accessing User Clipboards After Being Caught in the Act by iOS 14 https://www.macrumors.com/2020/06/25/tiktok-clipboard-access-ios-14-caught/
Advocacy group says TikTok violated FTC consent decree and children’s privacy rules https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tiktok-privacy-children-ftc/advocacy-group-says-tiktok-violated-ftc-consent-decree-and-childrens-privacy-rules-idUSKBN22Q0E2
TikTok’s handling of child privacy gets another watchdog’s attention https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2020/05/13/tiktoks-handling-of-child-privacy-gets-another-watchdogs-attention/
A mistake at Facebook broke Spotify, Venmo, TikTok, and other iPhone apps https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/05/a-mistake-at-facebook-broke-spotify-venmo-tiktok-and-other-iphone-apps/