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  2. TikTok - Wikipedia

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    TikTok Ltd was incorporated in the Cayman Islands and is based in both Singapore and Los Angeles. [11] It owns four entities that are based respectively in the United States, Australia (which also runs the New Zealand business), United Kingdom (also owns subsidiaries in the European Union ), and Singapore (owns operations in Southeast Asia and ...

  3. How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential ...

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    Starting in 2017, when the Chinese social video app merged with its competitor Musical.ly, TikTok has grown from a niche teen app into a global trendsetter. While, of course, also emerging as a ...

  4. Explainer-What is so special about TikTok's technology

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    A study, which researchers from the U.S. and Germany published last month, found TikTok's algorithm "exploits the user interests in 30% to 50% of the recommendation videos" after examining data ...

  5. Batik - Wikipedia

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    Batik [b] is an Indonesian technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to the whole cloth. [1] [4] [2] [5] [6] This technique originated from the island of Java, Indonesia. [3] Batik is made either by drawing dots and lines of wax with a spouted tool called a canting, [c] or by printing the wax with a copper stamp called a cap.

  6. Restrictions on TikTok in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Restrictions on TikTok in the United States. In April 2024, US president Joe Biden signed into law the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which is an effective ban or forced sale of TikTok from its parent company ByteDance. The video-sharing platform had sparked concerns over potential user data collection ...

  7. Eight TikTok creators sue U.S. government over potential ban

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    Updated May 14, 2024 at 8:20 PM. Eight TikTok creators sued the U.S. government on Tuesday, arguing that a new law forcing a sale or ban of the popular video-sharing app violates their First ...

  8. TikTok’s CEO urges users to ‘protect your constitutional ...

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    The CEO of TikTok is vowing to fight any potential ban of the social media app, urging users to “protect your constitutional rights” and promising to launch a legal battle if the bill that ...

  9. Censorship of TikTok - Wikipedia

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    In November 2018, the Bangladeshi government blocked the TikTok app's Internet access as part of Bangladesh's crackdown on the removal of pornography and gambling sites. "I want to create a safe and secure internet for all Bangladeshis, including children. And this is my war against pornography.