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PublishedMarch 23, 2023
Skeptical U.S. lawmakers grill TikTok CEO over safety, content
In one of the most dramatic moments of the hearing, Republican Rep. Kat Cammack played a TikTok video showing a shooting gun with a caption that included the House committee.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2023
YouTubers takes aim at Waterville mayor over social media posts in recent video tour of City Hall
Two people who run the Accountability For All channel on YouTube conducted a "First Amendment audit" at Waterville city offices last month during stops across Maine, claiming that Mayor Jay Coelho's videos on TikTok are unprofessional.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2023
House panel zeroes in on TikTok app over security fear
The implications of this new scrutiny – part of a broadening congressional review of U.S. engagement with China – are unclear.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2022
TikTok challenge possibly linked to New York teens’ deadly car crash
A police commissioner says a car crash that killed four teenagers in Buffalo, New York, may have been linked to a Tiktok car-theft challenge.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2022
Social media platforms brace for midterm elections mayhem
Social media platforms like Facebook, TikTok and Twitter say they're taking steps to prevent the spread of misinformation about voting and elections ahead of next month's midterms.
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PublishedAugust 23, 2022
Word on the Street: Waterville mayor dances, twerks in video over ‘weight of carrying’ city
Mayor Jay Coelho has amassed more than 30,000 followers on the social media platform with some 400 videos that include promotions of Waterville.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2021
Brunswick schools increase police presence Friday amid nationwide TikTok threat
"This threat is nonspecific, and there is no credible information that it would involve schools in Maine or in Brunswick," Superintendent Phil Potenziano wrote in a community message Thursday.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2020
TikTok sues Trump over his pending order to ban its app
The video app is fighting the administration’s efforts to ban the Chinese-owned service over national-security concerns.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2020
TikTok’s videos could fuel Microsoft’s artificial-intelligence ambitions
More than merely appealing to the young users of TikTok, Microsoft could use the data culled from its videos to better compete against its AI rivals.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2020
How much of your data does TikTok harvest?
TikTok has become one of the world's most popular apps by serving up a steady beat of lip-syncing videos and viral memes.
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