TikTok's breakneck rise from niche video-sharing app to global social media behemoth has drawn intense scrutiny, particularly over its links to
TikTok’s breakneck rise from niche video-sharing app to global social media behemoth has drawn intense scrutiny, particularly over its links to China.The European Union suspects it was used to sway Romania’s presidential election in favor of a far-right candidate.
The move came less than a month after a 14-year-old student was killed and another injured in a fight near a school in Tirana.The EU is probing whether far-right presidential candidate Calin Georgescu’s surprise victory in the first round of Romania’s presidential election was aided by Russian meddling and “preferential treatment” by TikTok.
The United States in April passed a law obliging TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance to sell off the platform by January 19 on the grounds it allowed China to access data on US users. To protect data, the US government, the European Commission and Britain’s government had already banned TikTok from their employees’ work devices in 2023.
TikTok said it was “disappointed” by the Australian legislation, claiming it could push young people to the “darker corners of the internet”.In August, the company, under pressure from EU regulators, was forced to ditch a feature in its TikTok Lite spinoff in France and Spain rewarding users for time spent in front of their screens.
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