TikTok says US threatens ban if Chinese owners don’t sell stakes
ECHO WANG and DAVID SHEPARDSON THE Biden administration has demanded that TikTok’s Chinese owners divest their stakes in the popular
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TikTok a potential target in upcoming US bill to ban some foreign tech – Senator
TWO U.S. senators plan to introduce legislation this week aimed at letting the government “ban or prohibit” foreign technology products
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Exclusive: White House sets deadline for purging TikTok from federal devices
DAVID SHEPARDSON The White House gave government agencies 30 days to ensure they do not have the Chinese-owned app TikTok
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TikTok awards top creators in Africa
CONTENT creators from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa dominated the inaugural TikTok Top Content Creators Awards 2022.
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U.S. lawmakers include ban on TikTok on government devices in spending proposal
DAVID SHEPARDSON U.S. lawmakers included a proposal to bar federal government employees from using the Chinese app TikTok on government-owned devices in
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U.S. lawmakers unveil bipartisan bid to ban China’s TikTok
REPUBLICAN Senator Marco Rubio announced bipartisan legislation to ban China’s popular social media app TikTok, ratcheting up pressure on owner
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Nigeria to require social media platforms to open local offices
ONLINE platforms like Twitter, Facebook and Tiktok will be required to register and open offices in Nigeria and appoint contact
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AFCON on its way to a billion views on TikTok
THE ongoing Africa Cup of Nations 2021 (#AFCON2021) is on course to break the record set by its predecessor in 2019 as the tournament’s most-watched edition in its 65-year history –– thanks in part to a deal between social media behemoth TikTok and the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
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Africa’s superstar is building the next unicorn
TIKTOK made huge waves when it announced its sponsorship of the African Cup of Nations, the continent’s biggest football tournament. Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph who helped lead TikTok’s entry into Africa, was no longer with the company for that moment of triumph. Instead, he was grinding away at a new startup. Big mistake? Maybe not.
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Young Nigerians are flocking to TikTok – why it’s a double-edged sword
Authors SILAS UDENZE, Ph.D Research Trainee, UOC – Universitat Oberta de Catalunya CHINWE ELIZABETH UZOCHUKWU, Head of Department, Mass Communication,
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