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    • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
      News in-depth
      TikTok reshapes ecommerce unit in bid to crack western markets

      Chinese-owned group relocates executives in renewed push of livestream shopping in US and UK

    • Monday, 22 May, 2023
      TikTok sues Montana over first US state ban

      Chinese-owned social media app says newly signed law is an unconstitutional infringement on its rights

    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
      TikTok spied on our reporter

      G7 to impose fresh sanctions on Russian ships, aircraft and diamonds

    • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
      TikTok faces first US state ban in Montana

      Popular video app says move infringes First Amendment rights as it prepares for potential legal fight

    • Monday, 15 May, 2023
      News in-depthChinese business & finance
      Chinese tech entrepreneurs go on global offensive

      Success of TikTok and Shein inspires start-ups to look abroad for growth

    • Friday, 5 May, 2023
      FT Magazine
      TikTok spied on me. Why?

      The FT’s Cristina Criddle on discovering she’d been surveilled by the controversial social media company

    • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
      Style
      Why young shoppers are cool with counterfeits

      On TikTok, guides to buying ‘dupes’ of pricey luxury items are gaining a following

    • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
      News in-depthByteDance
      Cottage industry of Chinese scammers target TikTok

      Parent company ByteDance struggles to police videos promoting dubious products such as ‘enzyme’ weight loss coffee

    • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
      News in-depth
      Dissenting politicians join young activists to oppose TikTok bans

      A small group of lawmakers from across the political divide speak out against restrictions to the Chinese-owned video app

    • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
      The TikTok divide

      Rupert Murdoch’s Fox agrees $787.5mn settlement in Dominion defamation case

    • Friday, 14 April, 2023
      Interiors
      Young design influencers are the new kids on the TikTok block

      The platform’s short, entertaining style has helped create a Gen Z cohort with a passion for interiors

    • Sunday, 9 April, 2023
      ByteDance
      ByteDance posts record profit despite TikTok losses

      Booming 2022 helps it overtake China’s long-reigning tech giants Tencent and Alibaba for first time

    • Thursday, 6 April, 2023
      FT Magazine
      What does it mean to be a boy online in 2023?

      What lessons young men are learning from YouTube, TikTok and influencers like Andrew Tate

    • Thursday, 6 April, 2023
      News in-depth
      Brands increase TikTok spending despite threat of US ban

      Digital advertising on the Chinese-owned video app grew by 11% in March

    • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
      TikTok censured for misusing children’s data

      Fine by UK watchdog comes amid global concerns over conduct of Chinese-owned social media app

    • Monday, 3 April, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      America faces a giant TikTok challenge

      Rather than ban the app, the US should properly regulate it and domestic rivals

    • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
      FT MagazineGillian Tett
      What the fight over TikTok really means

      The tussle over the viral app shows just how entwined American and Chinese business has become

    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      Aerospace & Defence
      European ammunition maker says plant expansion hit by energy-guzzling TikTok site

      Norwegian group Nammo blames ‘storage of cat videos’ for threatening its growth as data centre corners spare electricity

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      FT MagazineRobert Shrimsley
      My 45 seconds on the government’s TikTok ban

      Why worry about TikTok when you’ve still got HanCock and OakShok?

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
      A congressional TikTok smackdown

      Hindenburg Research shorts Jack Dorsey’s payments group Block

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      TikTok chief faces hostile Congress in bid to fight off US ban

      Shou Zi Chew takes tough questions from legislators as China vows to oppose any forced sale

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      UK parliament bans TikTok from official devices

      Concerns mount about security implications of using Chinese-owned social media

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      China says it ‘firmly opposes’ forced sale of TikTok

      Intervention by commerce ministry comes ahead of social media app chief’s appearance at US Congress

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      Lex
      TikTok: time running out for Chinese apps seeking US online growth Premium content

      Ban would set worrying precedent for China tech groups forced to expand overseas by domestic saturation

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      News in-depth
      TikTok caught in US-China battle over its powerful algorithm

      Chinese parent company ByteDance stuck between legal manoeuvres aimed at controlling video app’s future

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