Overwhelming support for the bill as it is passed with 352 in favour and 65 against; Senate will have to pass it next
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TikTok given ultimatum to divest, or face ban in the US
A new bipartisan bill, to be voted Thursday, would prevent app stores from offering TikTok and provide web-hosting services to ByteDance-owned apps
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TikTok fined $16m over children data violation
The breaches allegedly happened between May 2018 and July 2020
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US government threatens to ban TikTok if Chinese owners don’t sell their stake
The Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States, which oversees national security risks, unanimously recommended the divestment
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UAE’s G42 invests over $100mn in TikTok parent company: Report
G42 is controlled by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan
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White House nudges US Congress to pass bill to ban TikTok
Under the new proposal, if the Commerce secretary determines that a transaction poses “undue or unacceptable risk” to US national security, it can be referred to the President for action, up to and including forced divestment
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TikTok may face US ban in upcoming bill: Senator
A TikTok official said the company was disappointed to see this rushed piece of legislation move forward in Congress
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TikTok fires entire India staff as ban hurts
The move comes after TikTok was banned by the Indian government three year ago
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ByteDance fires four staff for using TikTok data to track two US journalists
Four staff members fired after review; Timing is bad for the company as it comes just before House votes on a bill to ban TikTok for Federal employees
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ByteDance backs Dubai start-up building logistics chain to China
Company’s series A financing round is one of the Middle East’s largest by a female founder to date, raising $40 million and valuing iMile at $350m
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TikTok owner ByteDance is a $75bn Chinese tech giant – how will it approach the Middle East?
The Middle East region, with its young, tech-savvy population, is high on the list of ByteDance’s expansion plans