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Republican lawmakers reintroduce bill to ban TikTok on federal devices

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Apr

2021

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) led a group of Senate Republicans on Thursday in reintroducing legislation to ban the use of social media app TikTok on federal government devices, citing potential national security concerns. The No TikTok on Government Devices Act would ban all federal employees from using the popular app on government devices. The legislation […]

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TikTok owner ByteDance to pay $92M in US privacy Settlement

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Feb

2021

The federal lawsuit alleged that TikTok broke the Illinois biometric privacy law, which allows suits against companies that harvest consumer data without consent, including via facial and fingerprint scanning. Illinois is the only state with a law that allows people to seek monetary damages for such unauthorized data collection. “While we disagree with the assertions, […]

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TikTok Flaw Lay Bare Phone Numbers, User IDs For Phishing Attacks

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Jan

2021

A vulnerability in the popular TikTok short-form video-sharing platform could have allowed attackers to easily compile users’ phone numbers, unique user IDs and other data ripe for phishing attacks. TikTok, owned by ByteDance, has more than 800 million active users worldwide. The vulnerability, which was reported and patched before its disclosure on Tuesday, existed in […]

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