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Technology, China

TikTok to develop parental-control tool to block teens from toxic content

A graphic photo showing Chinese-owned video-snippet sharing app TikTok on a mobile phone.

TikTok announced on Wednesday that it is creating a tool that will enable parents to prevent their teens from viewing material on the short-form video app that contains specific words or hashtags.

RosGwen24 News
March 1, 2023

Technology, Business

TikTok denies establishing a subsidiary firm in Taiwan to run ‘illegal operations’

TikTok owner Zhang Yiming, founder and global CEO of ByteDance delivering a speech at a tech seminar.

TikTok's Chinese owner on Monday denied establishing a subsidiary firm in Taiwan after the state's authorities announced they were looking into the social media app for running "illegal operations".