More corporate chiefs fall in line behind Napoleonic Trump
Former Trump critic Sam Altman of OpenAI suddenly reckons the US president ‘will be incredible for the country in many ways’
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TikTok restores service in US after Donald Trump pledges a reprieve
President-elect says he will give Chinese-owned app more time to find a buyer hours after TikTok pulls plug on 170m users
Is TikTok’s US shutdown any more than a game of musical chairs among Chinese apps?
After the US supreme court upheld a ban on the video app unless it sheds its Chinese owners, a final decision on action rests with politicians
Advertising revenues set to hit $1tn in market dominated by technology companies
Omnicom and Interpublic in talks to merge in $30bn-plus deal to create the world’s largest advertising agency
US court upholds law that could ban TikTok
Further appeal expected for bipartisan measure targeting ByteDance-owned video app over security concerns
TikTok, ByteDance sue to block US law seeking sale or ban of app
Chinese firm says divestiture ‘is simply not possible: not commercially, not technologically, not legally’
TikTok: Social media platform faces potential US ban if parent company does not sell it
Bill passed by Senate gives China-based ByteDance up to one year to divest Tiktok before facing deletion from US app stores
TikTok revenues hit $16bn in US where it faces ban
Owner ByteDance is on track to overtake Facebook owner Meta as the world’s largest social media company by sales
ByteDance’s US investors weigh options as bill to ban TikTok advances
One idea under discussion would be to take voting control of the popular video app
Will Big Tech agree to play by Europe’s new digital rules?
Large online platforms now have to comply with new EU regulations on competition. Too little too late, say some
TikTok takes over Indonesia’s Tokopedia in bid to overcome ecommerce rules
ByteDance’s social media company to invest $1.5bn for controlling stake in GoTo unit
TikTok ruling raises more questions about Chinese company’s safety standards
Irish Data Protection Commissioner’s €345 million fine of TikTok shows Beijing-owned video-sharing app is firmly in sights of data regulators
TikTok begins moving European data to Dublin centre
Project Clover migration to ringfence personal information
TikTok seeks to axe planned public access to cafe at new Dublin HQ
Social media giant says security concerns mean it cannot accommodate public access provided for under current planning permission
TikTok spied on me. Why?
What happened when a reporter learned she had been surveilled by the controversial social media company
TikTok exists in two parallel worlds and only one is worried about China
Ownership of social media app puts it at centre of rising geopolitical alarm, but you wouldn’t always know it
Jingles fall silent as Brussels bans TikTok
Several European governments are either restricting the app for civil servants or ordering security assessments
Video game developers eye Ireland for new tax incentive plan
Programme will offer a refundable corporation tax of €8m for expenditures on qualifying projects
TikTok plans second data centre for Ireland
Chinese social media company’s plan at ‘advanced stage’ as it aims to expand its European data storage
TikTok reports average 5% hourly gender pay gap at Irish operations
Social media company employs more than 2,000 people in State
‘TikTok is eating the world’: short-video app building itself into an advertising juggernaut
Reach among young adults overcomes advertisers’ concerns about group’s Chinese owners, content quality and problems with bot traffic
Alphabet misses on revenue as YouTube ad business slowed by Ukraine war
Investors rattled as global economy sputters
Caveat: Ireland needs to be careful it doesn’t end up dancing to TikTok’s tune
The Chinese-controlled social media giant potentially could be even more troublesome for the State than its US Silicon Valley peers
TikTok signs on as Eurovision partner
Social media video app will livestream Eurovision finals next month alongside ‘behind the scenes’ content and playlists of entrants
US stocks snap gains to fall sharply after downbeat tech earnings
Disappointing updates from tech giants reverberate through the sector
Alphabet, Google beat sales estimates for Christmas quarter
Pandemic-driven trend to e-commerce and hybrid work helps advertising revenue jump 32.5%
China to order cybersecurity reviews for some firms seeking overseas listings
New rules will boost oversight over how companies make plans to list abroad
SpaceX could make Elon Musk world’s first trillionaire, says Morgan Stanley
Most of Musk’s money so far has come from Tesla
TikTok to be scrutinised over use of personal data
DPC to look at platform’s processing of children’s information and data transfer to China
Stripe ‘in early discussions with investment banks about going public’
Company considering market debut through direct listing or initial public offering as soon as next year
Payments company Stripe takes first step toward listing – reports
Company has reportedly hired a law firm to help with early-stage preparations to list
TikTok names ByteDance CFO Shouzi Chew as CEO
Vanessa Pappas, who has served as interim head named chief operating officer
TikTok to open transparency centre in Ireland
Accountability unit will initially operate virtually, offering tours from June 2021
TikTok facing London lawsuit over child privacy concerns
Action accuses video app of violating UK, European data protection laws
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