TikTok Controversies

27th February 2019

TikTok Agrees to Pay $5.7 Million to Settle Musical.ly Chidren's Privacy Violations

While TikTok was still Musical.ly, the FTC alleges they illegally collected personal information from children. To settle these charges, TikTok has agreed to pay $5.7 million. This is the largest civil penalty the FTC has ever obtained in a children's privacy case. Video Social Networking App Musical.ly Agrees to Settle FTC Allegations That it Violated Children’s Privacy Law, Federal Trade Commission (Feb. 27, 2019), https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2019/02/video-social-networking-app-musically-agrees-settle-ftc.

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1st May 2019

TikTok Supposedly Stops Hiding Videos that Go Against Beijing Orthodoxy

TikTok has previously hidden videos that go against Beijing orthodoxy. Specifically, it hid videos referencing Taiwan's independence or the Tiananmen Square Massacre. TikTok claims to have changed its policies on this content sometime in May. Alex Hern, TikTok owns up to censoring some users' videos to stop bullying, The Guardian (Dec. 3, 2019), https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/dec/03/tiktok-owns-up-to-censoring-some-users-videos-to-stop-bullying.

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29th June 2019

The Indian Government Bans TikTok Over National Security, Data Privacy Concerns

India banned TikTok over national security and data privacy concerns. Alice MJ, Why Did The Indian Government Ban Tiktok?, Dr.Fone (July 26, 2021), https://drfone.wondershare.com/unban-tiktok/tiktok-ban-in-india.html.

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1st November 2019

U.S. Opens a National Security Investigation into TikTok

The U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States opened a national security investigation into the acquisition of Musical.ly, which eventually became TikTok, by ByteDance Technology Co. in 2017. Greg Roumeliotis, Yingzhi Yang, Echo Wang, & Alexandra Alper, Exclusive: U.S. opens national security investigation into TikTok - sources, Reuters (Nov. 1, 2019), https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tiktok-cfius-exclusive-idUSKBN1XB4IL.

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3rd December 2019

TikTok Artificially Limits Reach of LGBTQ+, Disabled, Fat Video Creators

In a misguided attempt to cut down on bullying, TikTok artifically suppressed the reach of videos created by those it identified as LGBTQ+, fat, and/or disabled. TikTok acknowledged what it was doing, stating it was never meant to be a permanent solution. Alex Hern, TikTok owns up to censoring some users' videos to stop bullying, The Guardian (Dec. 3, 2019), https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/dec/03/tiktok-owns-up-to-censoring-some-users-videos-to-stop-bullying.

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17th Dec 2019 - 3rd Jan 2020

The U.S. Navy Bans TikTok as a Security Threat

The U.S. Navy issued a bulletin stating that TikTok must be deleted from government issued mobile devices, or else those devices would be block from the Navy's intranet.

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30th December 2019

The U.S. Army Bans TikTok

Considering it a security threat, the United States Army has banned soldiers from using TikTok. Mathew Cox, Army Follows Pentagon Guidance, Bans Chinese-Owned TikTok App, Military.com (Dec. 30, 2019), https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/12/30/army-follows-pentagon-guidance-bans-chinese-owned-tiktok-app.html.

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3rd January 2020

The U.S. Marines Ban TikTok

The Marines follow the Army's lead and ban TikTok on government phones. Ariel Zilber & Megan Sheets, Marines join Army in banning all soldiers from using TikTok over worries that Chinese-owned app poses security risk, DailyMail (Jan. 3, 2020), https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7847293/Marines-join-Army-banning-soldiers-using-TikTok-worries-securit.html.

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4th January 2020

The Air Force and Coast Guard Ban TikTok

Sometime in early January, the U.S. Air Force and Coast Guard banned TikTok over security concerns. Mary Meisenzahl, US government agencies are banning TikTok, the social media app teens are obsessed with, over cybersecurity fears — here's the full list, Business Insider (Feb. 25, 2020), https://www.businessinsider.com/us-government-agencies-have-banned-tiktok-app-2020-2?op=1.

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9th January 2020

Security Researchers Discover TikTok Vulnerability, Can Take Control of Accounts

Security Researchers at Check Point found vulnerabilities in TikTok that could allow attacked to takeover TikTok accounts. Additionally, they found that they could send a text to any phone number that looks like it's coming from TikTok. After disclosing these findings to TikTok, TikTok patched the vulnerabilities. Arjun Kharpal, A security flaw in China’s TikTok app was found. It lets hackers use text messages to control accounts, CNBC (Jan. 9, 2020), https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/09/tiktok-security-flaw-found-that-allowed-hackers-to-access-accounts.html.

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22nd February 2020

The Department of Homeland Security has Benned TikTok

In a letter from Chuck Schumer, it is seen that The Department of Homeland Security has banned TikTok over security concerns. Mary Meisenzahl, US government agencies are banning TikTok, the social media app teens are obsessed with, over cybersecurity fears — here's the full list, Business Insider (Feb. 25, 2020), https://www.businessinsider.com/us-government-agencies-have-banned-tiktok-app-2020-2?op=1.

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23rd February 2020

The United States TSA Bans TikTok

Mary Meisenzahl, US government agencies are banning TikTok, the social media app teens are obsessed with, over cybersecurity fears — here's the full list, Business Insider (Feb. 25, 2020), https://www.businessinsider.com/us-government-agencies-have-banned-tiktok-app-2020-2?op=1.

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13th May 2020

A Class Action Complaint Alleges TikTok Violated Children's Privacy Law

A class action complaint was filed by the parents of an underage user for violations of Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. Ashley Cullins, TikTok Hit With Multiple Complaints Over Alleged Children’s Privacy Violations, The Hollywood Reporter (May 14, 2020), https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/tiktok-hit-multiple-complaints-alleged-childrens-privacy-violations-1294604/.

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19th June 2020

TikTok Users Reserve Tickets to Trump Rally, Don't Show Up

TikTok users flocked to reserve seats to a Trump Rally held in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Juneteenth with no intention of going. As a result, the rally had a lower than expected turnout. It is unclear how much of an impact TikTok users had on the turnout. Kalhan Rosenblatt, After Trump rally falls flat, TikTok teens take a victory lap for fake reservation campaign, NBC News (June 21, 2020), https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/after-trump-rally-falls-flat-tiktok-teens-take-victory-lap-n1231675.

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7th July 2020

President Trump's Administration Considers Banning TikTok

President Donald Trump said his administration was "looking at" banning TikTok. Brian Fung, TikTok is a national security threat, US politicians say. Here's what experts think, CNN (July 9, 2020), https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/09/tech/tiktok-security-threat/index.html.

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22nd July 2020

No TikTok on Government Devices Act is Introduced in the Senate

Senator Josh Hawley introduced the No TikTok on Government Devices Act. The Act was passed in the Senate, but never voted on in the House. Josh Hawley, S.3455 - No TikTok on Government Devices Act, Congress.gov, https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3455.

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5th August 2020

TikTok Updates its Community Guidelines to Combat Misinformation Ahead of 2020 Election

Vanessa Pappas, Combating misinformation and election interference on TikTok, TikTok (Aug. 5, 2020), https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/combating-misinformation-and-election-interference-on-tiktok.

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7th August 2020

President Trump Signs and Executive Order Banning TikTok Unless it is Sold by its Parent Company

President Trump signed an executive order that would ban TikTok if, after 45 days, its Chinese parent company has not sold the app. Caroline Kelly, Trump issues orders banning TikTok and WeChat from operating in 45 days if they are not sold by Chinese parent companies, CNN (Aug. 7, 2020), https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/06/politics/trump-executive-order-tiktok/index.html.

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19th August 2020

42 Million TikTok Accounts Affected by Data Breach

An online database was discovered containing information on 235 million users of various social media sites. 42 million of those records came from TikTok. 235 million TikTok, Instagram and YouTube accounts exposed in database breach, Security Magazine (Aug. 24, 2020), https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/93141-million-tiktok-instragram-and-youtube-account-exposed-in-database-breach.

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11th Oct 2020 - 6th Nov 2020

TikTok is Banned in Pakistan Over Content on the App

Pakistan banned TikTok due to the content that was on the app. Shubham Attri, Countries That Have Banned TikTok & 6 Reasons For Its Ban, Deasilex (Aug. 23, 2021), https://deasilex.com/countries-that-have-banned-tiktok/.

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9th November 2020

TikTok Users Troll President Trump's Voter Fraud Hotline

Several TikTok users' videos of them trolling President Trump's voter fraud hotline went viral. They were not alone in this endeavor, as Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch was also posting videos of himself doing the same thing on Twitter. Jade Brenner, TikTok Users Troll Trump's Voter Fraud Hotline in Viral Videos, MSN (Nov. 9, 2020),https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tiktok-users-troll-trumps-voter-fraud-hotline-in-viral-videos/ar-BB1aPQro.

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10th November 2020

Rudy Giuliani Retweets a Satirical Voter Fraud TikTok, Thinks it is Real

TikTok user @bigchoppadoe made a viral TikTok satirically showing evidence of voter fraud. Rudy Giuliani retweeted it as evidence of voter fraud. Rachel E. Greenspan, A TikTok creator says he made a fake voter fraud video that went viral and was shared by Rudy Giuliani, MSN (Nov. 10, 2020), https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-tiktok-creator-says-he-made-a-fake-voter-fraud-video-that-went-viral-and-was-shared-by-rudy-giuliani/ar-BB1aT8eP.

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7th December 2020

A Preliminary Injunction Prevents President Trump from Banning TikTok

A preliminary injunction stopped President Trump's ban on TikTok. The injunction made it so it would not be illegal for infrastructure companies to carry TikTok's network traffic. Bring Fung & Jill Disis, Trump administration appeals court order blocking TikTok restrictions, CNN (Dec. 28, 2020), https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/28/tech/tiktok-federal-appeal-intl-hnk/index.html.

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28th December 2020

President Trump Appeals the December 7 Preliminary Injunction

Bring Fung & Jill Disis, Trump administration appeals court order blocking TikTok restrictions, CNN (Dec. 28, 2020), https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/28/tech/tiktok-federal-appeal-intl-hnk/index.html.

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30th December 2020

Former Children's Commissioner of England Sues TikTok on Behalf of All Children

Former children's commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, sued TikTok on behalf of all children in the UK and Europe who have used TikTok or Musical.ly since May 25, 2018. "The claim alleges that TikTok and ByteDance have violated UK and EU children's data protection law (GDPR), and deceived parents about how exposed their children's private information is when they use the app".

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26th January 2021

Security Researchers Discover Privacy Flaw in TikTok

Security researchers at Check Point Research discover that TikTok's "Find Friends" feature bypassed users' privacy protections, potentially allowing anyone to see otherwise private data. TikTok acknowledged the bug, but stated there was no reason to believe it had been exploited by bad actors. Ryan Lovelace, Cybersecurity researchers find TikTok privacy vulnerability exposes users’ data, The Washington Times (Jan. 26, 2021), https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/26/cybersecurity-researchers-find-tiktok-privacy-vuln/.

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24th February 2021

TikTok Settles a Privacy Class Action for $92 Million

TikTok settled a class action lawsuit against it for $92 million. The class action stemmed from violations of children's privacy law. Specifically, "The plaintiffs’ allegations included that the app doesn’t notify users that its filters and effects use facial scans that capture and store biometric data; that after a user records a video TikTok keeps a copy, even if the user never posts it, and there’s no notification that any such transfer occurs; and that the app collects private and personally identifiable information and device data for the purpose of earning revenue through targeted ads." Ashley Cullins, TikTok Consumer Privacy Class Settlement Includes $92M Payout, The Hollywood Reporter (Feb. 24, 2021), https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/tiktok-consumer-privacy-class-action-settles-4137730/.

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15th April 2021

Senator Hawley Reintroduces the No TikTok on Government Devices Act

Since the House never voted on the original Act, Senator Hawley reintroduced the Act into the Senate again. At the same time, the Act was reintroduced to the House by Rep. Ken Buck. Maggie Miller, Republican lawmakers reintroduce bill to ban TikTok on federal devices, The Hill (Apr. 15, 2021), https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/548347-republican-lawmakers-reintroduce-bill-to-ban-tiktok-on-federal-devices.

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3rd June 2021

TikTok Updates its Privacy Policy, Begins Collecting Voiceprints and Faceprints

TikTok's U.S. privacy policy was updated to allow the app to "collect biometric identifiers and biometric information” such as “faceprints and voiceprints". Sarah Perez, TikTok just gave itself permission to collect biometric data on US users, including ‘faceprints and voiceprints’, TechCrunch (June 3, 2021), https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/03/tiktok-just-gave-itself-permission-to-collect-biometric-data-on-u-s-users-including-faceprints-and-voiceprints/?guccounter=1.

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9th June 2021

President Biden Revokes President Trump's Executive Order Banning TikTok

Despite the fact that TikTok was never banned in the U.S., President Biden revoked President Trump's executive order banning TikTok. President Biden then replaced the order with a more broad one, targeting apps linked to foreign adversaries, including China, instead of TikTok directly. Brian Fung, President Biden revokes Trump executive orders targeting TikTok and WeChat and issues fresh order, CNN (June 9, 2021), https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/09/politics/tiktok-wechat-executive-order/index.html.

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1st July 2021

TikTok Suspends Crypto-TikTokers, Bans Videos

Sometime in July, TikTok updated its branded content guidelines to prohibit the promotion of cryptocurrencies "unless users disclose it through a branded content opinion the app." Promotion apparently also means education, as numerous crypto-TikTokers have had their accounts suspended and videos permanently taken down repeatedly since the update. When asked for comment, TikTok would not specify what part of the guidelines the crypto-TikTokers were violating. Samantha Subin, TikTok changed its policies, now cryptocurrency influencers consider moving to rival platforms, CNBC (Aug. 25, 2021), https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/25/tiktok-policy-change-hurt-cryptocurrency-creators.html.

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22nd July 2021

President Biden and TikTok Agree to Drop Trump-Era Lawsuit

TikTok had filed a lawsuit challenged President Trump's TikTok ban. Since President Biden revoked that executive order in June, both TikTok and the U.S. government agreed to drop the lawsuit. Brian Fung, TikTok, Biden administration agree to drop litigation over Trump-era app store ban, CNN (July 22, 2021), https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/22/tech/tiktok-trump-ban-dismissed/index.html.

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17th September 2021

"Devious Licks" Challenge Trends on TikTok, Promotes Vandalism

The devious licks challenge on TikTok is trending. The challenge involves school children vandalizing their school bathrooms. TikTok does their best to mitigate the challenge, removing content, and redirecting the hashtag to their guidelines that discourage criminal activity. John Hanna & Heather Hollingsworth, ‘Devious licks’ videos of damage, thefts bedevil US schools, AP News (Sep. 17, 2021),https://apnews.com/article/health-media-social-media-coronavirus-pandemic-kansas-72898662363abaae5abf70d5c7b3912e.

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17th December 2021

National Shoot Up Your School Day Supposedly Trends on TikTok

A supposed viral challenge, National Shoot Up Your School day, supposedly trended on TikTok. TikTok responded by stating it would take down any content on its app relating to it, but that thus far it had not managed to find any. The day ended without any schools being shot up. EJ Dickson, TikTok’s School Shooting Hoax Shows How Misinformation on the App Is Out of Control, Rolling Stone (Dec. 17, 2021), https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/tiktok-national-shoot-up-your-school-day-hoax-1275604/.

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Disinformation

National Shoot Up Your School Day Supposedly Trends on TikTok

17th December 2021

A supposed viral challenge, National Shoot Up Your School day, supposedly trended on TikTok. TikTok responded by stating it would take down any...

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Harassment

"Devious Licks" Challenge Trends on TikTok, Promotes Vandalism

17th September 2021

The devious licks challenge on TikTok is trending. The challenge involves school children vandalizing their school bathrooms. TikTok does their best...

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Freedom of Speech

President Biden and TikTok Agree to Drop Trump-Era Lawsuit

22nd July 2021

TikTok had filed a lawsuit challenged President Trump's TikTok ban. Since President Biden revoked that executive order in June, both TikTok and the...

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Freedom of Speech

TikTok Suspends Crypto-TikTokers, Bans Videos

1st July 2021

Sometime in July, TikTok updated its branded content guidelines to prohibit the promotion of cryptocurrencies "unless users disclose it through a...

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Freedom of Speech

President Biden Revokes President Trump's Executive Order Banning TikTok

9th June 2021

Despite the fact that TikTok was never banned in the U.S., President Biden revoked President Trump's executive order banning TikTok. President Biden...

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EULA Concern

TikTok Updates its Privacy Policy, Begins Collecting Voiceprints and...

3rd June 2021

TikTok's U.S. privacy policy was updated to allow the app to "collect biometric identifiers and biometric information” such as “faceprints and...

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Freedom of Speech

Senator Hawley Reintroduces the No TikTok on Government Devices Act

15th April 2021

Since the House never voted on the original Act, Senator Hawley reintroduced the Act into the Senate again. At the same time, the Act was reintroduced...

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Privacy Concern

TikTok Settles a Privacy Class Action for $92 Million

24th February 2021

TikTok settled a class action lawsuit against it for $92 million. The class action stemmed from violations of children's privacy law. Specifically,...

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Security Vulnerability

Security Researchers Discover Privacy Flaw in TikTok

26th January 2021

Security researchers at Check Point Research discover that TikTok's "Find Friends" feature bypassed users' privacy protections, potentially allowing...

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Privacy Concern

Former Children's Commissioner of England Sues TikTok on Behalf of All...

30th December 2020

Former children's commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, sued TikTok on behalf of all children in the UK and Europe who have used TikTok or...

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Freedom of Speech

President Trump Appeals the December 7 Preliminary Injunction

28th December 2020

Bring Fung & Jill Disis, Trump administration appeals court order blocking TikTok restrictions, CNN (Dec. 28, 2020),...

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Freedom of Speech

A Preliminary Injunction Prevents President Trump from Banning TikTok

7th December 2020

A preliminary injunction stopped President Trump's ban on TikTok. The injunction made it so it would not be illegal for infrastructure companies to...

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Disinformation

Rudy Giuliani Retweets a Satirical Voter Fraud TikTok, Thinks it is Real

10th November 2020

TikTok user @bigchoppadoe made a viral TikTok satirically showing evidence of voter fraud. Rudy Giuliani retweeted it as evidence of voter fraud....

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TikTok Users Troll President Trump's Voter Fraud Hotline

9th November 2020

Several TikTok users' videos of them trolling President Trump's voter fraud hotline went viral. They were not alone in this endeavor, as Gravity Falls...

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Freedom of Speech

TikTok is Banned in Pakistan Over Content on the App

11th Oct 2020 - 6th Nov 2020

Pakistan banned TikTok due to the content that was on the app. Shubham Attri, Countries That Have Banned TikTok & 6 Reasons For Its Ban, Deasilex...

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Security Vulnerability

42 Million TikTok Accounts Affected by Data Breach

19th August 2020

An online database was discovered containing information on 235 million users of various social media sites. 42 million of those records came from...

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Freedom of Speech

President Trump Signs and Executive Order Banning TikTok Unless it is Sold...

7th August 2020

President Trump signed an executive order that would ban TikTok if, after 45 days, its Chinese parent company has not sold the app. Caroline Kelly,...

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Disinformation

TikTok Updates its Community Guidelines to Combat Misinformation Ahead of...

5th August 2020

Vanessa Pappas, Combating misinformation and election interference on TikTok, TikTok (Aug. 5, 2020),...

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Freedom of Speech

No TikTok on Government Devices Act is Introduced in the Senate

22nd July 2020

Senator Josh Hawley introduced the No TikTok on Government Devices Act. The Act was passed in the Senate, but never voted on in the House. Josh...

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Freedom of Speech

President Trump's Administration Considers Banning TikTok

7th July 2020

President Donald Trump said his administration was "looking at" banning TikTok. Brian Fung, TikTok is a national security threat, US politicians say....

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Other

TikTok Users Reserve Tickets to Trump Rally, Don't Show Up

19th June 2020

TikTok users flocked to reserve seats to a Trump Rally held in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Juneteenth with no intention of going. As a result, the rally had a...

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Privacy Concern

A Class Action Complaint Alleges TikTok Violated Children's Privacy Law

13th May 2020

A class action complaint was filed by the parents of an underage user for violations of Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. Ashley Cullins,...

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Security Vulnerability

The United States TSA Bans TikTok

23rd February 2020

Mary Meisenzahl, US government agencies are banning TikTok, the social media app teens are obsessed with, over cybersecurity fears — here's the full...

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Security Vulnerability

The Department of Homeland Security has Benned TikTok

22nd February 2020

In a letter from Chuck Schumer, it is seen that The Department of Homeland Security has banned TikTok over security concerns. Mary Meisenzahl, US...

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Security Vulnerability

Security Researchers Discover TikTok Vulnerability, Can Take Control of...

9th January 2020

Security Researchers at Check Point found vulnerabilities in TikTok that could allow attacked to takeover TikTok accounts. Additionally, they found...

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Security Vulnerability

The Air Force and Coast Guard Ban TikTok

4th January 2020

Sometime in early January, the U.S. Air Force and Coast Guard banned TikTok over security concerns. Mary Meisenzahl, US government agencies are...

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Security Vulnerability

The U.S. Marines Ban TikTok

3rd January 2020

The Marines follow the Army's lead and ban TikTok on government phones. Ariel Zilber & Megan Sheets, Marines join Army in banning all soldiers from...

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Security Vulnerability

The U.S. Army Bans TikTok

30th December 2019

Considering it a security threat, the United States Army has banned soldiers from using TikTok. Mathew Cox, Army Follows Pentagon Guidance, Bans...

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Security Vulnerability

The U.S. Navy Bans TikTok as a Security Threat

17th Dec 2019 - 3rd Jan 2020

The U.S. Navy issued a bulletin stating that TikTok must be deleted from government issued mobile devices, or else those devices would be block from...

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Freedom of Speech

TikTok Artificially Limits Reach of LGBTQ+, Disabled, Fat Video Creators

3rd December 2019

In a misguided attempt to cut down on bullying, TikTok artifically suppressed the reach of videos created by those it identified as LGBTQ+, fat,...

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Security Vulnerability

U.S. Opens a National Security Investigation into TikTok

1st November 2019

The U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States opened a national security investigation into the acquisition of Musical.ly, which...

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Privacy Concern

The Indian Government Bans TikTok Over National Security, Data Privacy...

29th June 2019

India banned TikTok over national security and data privacy concerns. Alice MJ, Why Did The Indian Government Ban Tiktok?, Dr.Fone (July 26, 2021),...

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Freedom of Speech

TikTok Supposedly Stops Hiding Videos that Go Against Beijing Orthodoxy

1st May 2019

TikTok has previously hidden videos that go against Beijing orthodoxy. Specifically, it hid videos referencing Taiwan's independence or the Tiananmen...

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Privacy Concern

TikTok Agrees to Pay $5.7 Million to Settle Musical.ly Chidren's Privacy...

27th February 2019

While TikTok was still Musical.ly, the FTC alleges they illegally collected personal information from children. To settle these charges, TikTok has...

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