But even as ByteDance, a Chinese company, pleads its case in court, the company does seem to have a backup plan. The government says TikTok is a national security risk for the U.S. and a privacy ...

TikTok's parent company ByteDance has reportedly ordered 100,000 of Huawei's Ascend 910B chips in 2024 to train an AI model, with 30,000 already delivered. ByteDance has not commented on these ...

As required by Chinese law, ByteDance has a media license that involves “an entity affiliated with the Chinese government” owning 1% of Douyin Information Service Co., Ltd. Per China’s 2017 ...

Three major federal agencies on Friday issued an interim rule to implement a controversial ban on the use of TikTok on the devices of government ... by ByteDance Limited (“covered application”),” the ...

Tech companies have for years sought refuge from regulation by portraying ... Ghosted By The Government: When The Deal Really Went South TikTok/ByteDance paint a dramatic picture of CFIUS ghosting ...

Chief Justice John Roberts asked whether the government was saying “ByteDance through TikTok ... time we really see a whole lot of, like, regulation on social media,” Swaney said.

They focus largely on the potential that the Chinese government could compel ByteDance to hand over the data of US users — or that it could coerce the company into using TikTok’s algorithm to ...

"ByteDance has been in discussion with the U.S. Government regarding a potential solution for TikTok U.S.," A ByteDance spokesperson said. "An agreement has not been executed. There are key ...

The Chinese government also indicated it would not approve any TikTok deal under Trump's reciprocal tariff threat. Earlier this month, a spokesperson for ByteDance told Seeking Alpha that the ...