The US government has decided to hold off its ban on Chinese-owned social media sensation TikTok to comply with a federal court ruling issued in the national security case. According to a Thursday reports from Wall Street Journal, the US Commerce Department has decided against enforcing a Trump administration order to ban the video-sharing app owned by Chinese-based ByteDance.…
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Dakore Egbuson-Akande is sending some birthday love! On Sunday September 20, the Nollywood actress celebrated her eldest child, Ayomide Zoia Akande, as she marked her special day. “Last Sunday 20th of September was the 9th birthday of my first fruit, my first love ❤️ my Amazing, Beautiful, Incredibly Smart, Compassionate and Talented Ayomide Zoia and…
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Starting Sunday, downloads of the massively popular video app TikTok and the messaging app WeChat will be banned in the United States, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced Friday September 18. The department said in a press release that the move was necessary to “safeguard the national security of the United States.” President Donald Trump issued twin executive orders in August, saying the apps, which…
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According to Microsoft, its offer to buy the US operations of TikTok has been declined amid the September 15th deadline given by President Donald Trump for the popular Chinese-owned app to sell or shut down due to national security threats. The Wall Street Journal reported Microsoft led the race to buy the video-sharing app from Chinese company ByteDance, and their failed bid paves…
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TikTok has said its filing a lawsuit against the U.S. government challenging President Donald Trump administration’s plan to ban the short-form video app from operating in the country. The suit, which was filed on Monday August 24, in the Federal District Court for the Central District of California, alleges that Trump’s order violates due process protections and offers no evidence to…
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Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg has become the newest member of the centibillionaire club as his net worth crossed $100 billion on Thursday. The American media magnate joins other tech titans, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Microsoft’s Bill Gates in that milestone. According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Facebook’s shares surged by 6% on investor optimism over the news the company plans…
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President Donald Trump has issued executive orders that would ban the social media apps TikTok and WeChat from conducting business transactions with other US groups in 45 days if they are not sold by their Chinese-owned parent companies. According to Yahoo News, the orders come after the Trump administration deemed apps from Chinese software companies national…
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After days of whiplash over the future of TikTok, President Donald Trump has said that he would allow the popular Chinese-owned video app to sell its US operations to an American company. According to local reports, the President on Monday gave the social media company 6 weeks ultimatum or it would be “out of business” otherwise, and that…
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According to Forbes, there’s still a chance that Microsoft might save TikTok in the United States after President Donald Trump announced that he’ll be banning the video app over fears that the Chinese government uses it to spy on Americans. In a blog post, the tech giant said its CEO Satya Nadella has continued to…
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President Donald Trump has threatened that he will ban fast-growing video app TikTok from the United States as the country’s authorities have raised concerns the service could be a tool for Chinese intelligence. US officials and lawmakers in recent weeks have voiced fears of the popular social media platform being used by Beijing for nefarious purposes, but the company…
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