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TikTok faces major legal challenge
Next week, a court will consider arguments about whether the US government can ban TikTok, based on evidence it doesn’t want anyone — including the social media company — to see. On September 16, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear oral arguments in TikTok v. Garland, TikTok’s First Amendment […]
TikTok separates source code, develops its own algorithm for the US market?
The Reuters article said TikTok is building a separate version of the algorithm, independent of Douyin (the Chinese version) operated by parent company ByteDance. This project could take more than a year to complete and aims to demonstrate to US lawmakers that TikTok’s US operations are independent of its parent company in Beijing. According to […]
Canada’s intelligence chief warns people not to use TikTok
Canada’s security agency is trying to prevent people from using TikTok, saying their data is “accessible” to the Chinese government. In an interview with CBC News scheduled to air on Saturday, David Vigneault, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, said “the Chinese government has a very clear strategy for collecting personal information from around […]
TikTok tested allowing video uploads of up to 60 minutes, competing directly with YouTube
TikTok is testing a feature that allows users to upload 60-minute videos. The feature is currently only available to certain users in some markets, and TikTok said it has no plans to expand the feature in the near future. This is a significant change from TikTok’s original format. At launch, the app only allowed users […]
TikTok automatically labels AI content from platforms like DALL·E 3
TikTok begins automatically labeling AI-generated content from other platforms. Any video/photo posted to TikTok, if using a service like OpenAI’s DALL·E 3, will automatically have an “AI-generated” label to notify viewers. This video platform uses Content Credentials, a technology from the Content Provenance and Authenticity Alliance (C2PA) – an organization co-founded by Microsoft and Adobe. […]