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Sunday, May 19

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How China is using AI news anchors to spread its propaganda on social media; Microsoft: some AI anchors were created using ByteDance's video editing app CapCut (The Guardian)

www.techmeme.com

How China is using AI news anchors to spread its propaganda on social media; Microsoft: some AI anchors were created using ByteDance's video editing app CapCut — News avatars are proliferating on social media and experts say they will…

Tuesday, May 14

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NYPD, FDNY, teachers and NYC worker pension funds may have millions sunk in TikTok parent ByteDance

nypost.com

As TikTok's future in the US remains murky, dozens of venture capitalist firms have invested millions of dollars from US pensions funds – including those of New York's police officers and firefighters – into the Chinese company that…

Monday, May 13

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Sources: in recent months, China told ByteDance, Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu, and others to cut back on Nvidia purchases in favor of chips made by local companies (Qianer Liu/The Information)

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Sources: in recent months, China told ByteDance, Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu, and others to cut back on Nvidia purchases in favor of chips made by local companies — Chinese authorities have a message for the local tech industry: Buy Chinese. —…

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SoftBank reports a $4.6B gain on its Vision Fund in the fiscal year to March 2024, the first gain since 2021, after ByteDance and DoorDash rose in value (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)

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SoftBank reports a $4.6B gain on its Vision Fund in the fiscal year to March 2024, the first gain since 2021, after ByteDance and DoorDash rose in value — SoftBank posted a 724.3 billion Japanese yen ($4.6 billion) gain on its Vision Fund…

Thursday, May 9

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Privacy Tip #397 – TikTok and ByteDance File Suit Against the United States

www.jdsupra.com

As threatened, TikTok, Inc. and ByteDance, Ltd., the owner of the TikTok app, filed suit against the United States on May 7, 2024, alleging that the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (“the Act”) is…

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Privacy Tip #397 – TikTok and ByteDance File Suit Against the United States

natlawreview.com

273515 at https://natlawreview.com/article/privacy-tip-397-tiktok-and-bytedance-file-suit-against-united-states

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Many U.S. state pensions have funds tangled up in ByteDance. It’s impossible to know how much

fortune.com

Behind the $9.4 billion of capital that has been poured into ByteDance since 2012 are a series of U.S. state pensions. Read More

Wednesday, May 8

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Who owns TikTok? Chinese-owned ByteDance files lawsuit against US government ban

www.standard.co.uk

TikTok has become a cultural phenomenon, with more than one billion users worldwide, but who owns it and what personal data can it access?

TikTok Sues U.S. to Block Ban, Sale Mandate, Says Divesting From ByteDance 'Not Possible'

TikTok has less than a year to separate from Beijing-based ByteDance or face a U.S. ban.

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TikTok vs. US filing: ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming owns a 21% stake in TikTok's parent company, and is living in Singapore while keeping Chinese citizenship (Zheping Huang/Bloomberg)

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TikTok vs. US filing: ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming owns a 21% stake in TikTok's parent company, and is living in Singapore while keeping Chinese citizenship — - Zhang has a 21% stake in the world's most valuable startup — Chinese tech…

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TikTok, ByteDance Sue US, Call ‘Foreign Adversary’ Law ‘Unconstitutional,’ Wants it Blocked

www.techtimes.com

TikTok and ByteDance go on the attack as it files its lawsuit against the United States. There is no holding back for TikTok and ByteDance as they filed their promised lawsuit against the United States government for the recently approved …

TikTok, ByteDance Sues US Government To Block Potential Ban in Country

www.latestly.com

US President Joe Biden signed a TikTok ban bill into law last month after it was passed by both houses of US Congress.

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TikTok, ByteDance sue to block US law seeking sale or ban of app

www.malaymail.com

WASHINGTON, May 8 ― TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance sued in US federal court yesterday seeking to blo...

TikTok owner ByteDance files lawsuit against US law forcing app’s sale

www.aljazeera.com

In April, President Joe Biden signed a law giving ByteDance nine months to sell US operations over security concerns.

Tuesday, May 7

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US TikTok ban gets challenged in District court by ByteDance

www.tomsguide.com

ByteDance is fighting back against the new law that could ban TikTok in the United States.

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TikTok and ByteDance File Suit Challenging Constitutionality of Ban

www.pymnts.com

TikTok and its parent company ByteDance filed a lawsuit Tuesday (May 7) asking the court to review the constitutionality of a law that requires ByteDance to sell TikTok’s U.S. business or have it shut down. “That law — the Protecting…

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TikTok Sues to Block Law Forcing Divestment from CCP-Linked ByteDance

The law requiring TikTok to divest from its parent company, ByteDance ‘is simply not possible,’ the lawsuit said.

TikTok and ByteDance sue US to block law forcing sale of the app

www.theguardian.com

Joe Biden signed a bill giving ByteDance up to 19 January 2025 to sell TikTok to an approved buyer or risk being banned from the US