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TikTok row: Microsoft pursues deal as China vows to resist US sanctions
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TikTok: Trump reportedly to order parent company to sell Chinese-owned app
Microsoft is reported to be looking into buying the TikTok’s US operations as the app’s data privacy practices have come under fireDonald Trump will reportedly order the parent company of TikTok to sell the popular video sharing platform because of national-security concerns.Trump on Friday again suggested the US may take action against the Chinese-owned social media platform. Continue reading… More
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How US K-pop fans became a political force to be reckoned with
How US K-pop fans became a political force to be reckoned with Expect more online raids of the kind that drowned out a racist BLM backlash and humiliated Donald Trump, experts say Empty seats at Donald Trump’s rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after K-pop fans registered for tickets with no intention of attending. Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty […] More
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What is Elite TikTok and what has it got to do with Donald Trump?
Matilda, help! I have come across something called Elite/Alt TikTok. Have Elon Musk and Grimes renamed their baby? Ha, no. So, to understand Alt and Elite TikTok you first need to understand how TikTok started. In the beginning, the platform was essentially a bunch of genetically blessed teenagers lip-syncing to popular songs and repeating the […] More
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Trump 'played' by K-pop fans and TikTok users who disrupted Tulsa rally
K-pop fans and users of TikTok claimed tickets to Donald Trump’s Saturday night rally in Tulsa then did not use them, as part of a coordinated effort which helped to leave hundreds of seats empty in a 19,000-capacity venue. As reported by the New York Times, the scheme stemmed from a 11 June tweet from […] More
