China

• TikTok’s Parent Agrees To $92 Million Settlement For Class-Action Data Privacy Suit
• Insights: What TikTok’s Debacle Means For The World’s Fastest-Growing Social Media Site, And Everyone Else

  TikTok has been sold to Oracle, whose chairman and CEO are big donors to the president. The hugely political process suggests new strategies for tech companies and for influencers trying to build and keep an audience.

  
• Insights: What Will It Take For Livestreamed Shopping To Take Off In U.S.?

  Livestreamed shopping is a $129 billion business in China, but a fragmented business in the U.S. What will it take to thrive here? Influencers you trust.

  
• Secretary Of State Mike Pompeo Says U.S. Is “Certainly Looking At” A TikTok Ban

  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an interview on Fox News yesterday evening that the United States government is looking into a ban of buzzy micro-video app TikTok amid ongoing concerns that the China-owned platform has been suspected to be a tool of surveillance and propaganda for the Chinese government.

  
• Amid Security Concerns, TSA Bans Employee Usage Of TikTok For Social Posts
• China’s New Digital Stars Are Construction Vehicles–And They Have 40 Million Viewers
• U.S. Army Bans TikTok On Government Phones, Calling App A “Cyber Threat”
• TikTok’s Parent Company Piloting Spotify Competitor ‘Resso’ In Emerging Markets
• TikTok CEO Cancels Capitol Hill Meetings Amid Investigation Into Chinese Surveillance, Censorship
• As Mark Zuckerberg Blasts TikTok, Instagram Is Testing A Copycat Product, ‘Reels’, In Brazil
• Insights: Doing Business In China Vexes Companies That Depend On Creators — And Creators Themselves
• TikTok Says It No Longer Uses Guidelines That Could Censor Content Criticizing Chinese Government