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Pakistan on Thursday blocked the popular social media app TikTok after a court order over a complaint that it ran indecent content, a spokesman for the country’s telecoms regulator said. “The court has asked PTA to block access to…
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Football power plays are no longer just confined to the field. The battle has been taken to social media. Clubs in the Arabic-speaking world have increasingly embraced the established platforms of Facebook, Twitter and…
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Italian police on Thursday accused a Sicilian woman of “inciting suicide” for an asphyxiation video she posted on TikTok, a week after a child accidentally died in a so-called blackout challenge. Police said the video, posted without…
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The former couple's 13-year-old daughter - who had 120,000 followers on the viral video platform - has been left "annoyed" by the site's decision to block her account. Princess shared a screenshot on Instagram from TikTok, which read:…
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The US Commerce Department has halted a ban on TikTok that was due to come into effect on Thursday night. The order would have prevented the app from being downloaded in the US. The Commerce Department delayed the ban "pending…
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"It's M to the B, it's M to the B..." If that line's familiar, you've probably seen TikTok's most-watched clip ever. But the story behind the track goes back four years to a foul-mouthed beef on the Blackpool grime scene. Its creator…
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TikTok has avoided a government-ordered block on new downloads in the US after a judge issued a temporary injunction.The video-sharing app had faced being removed from Apple's App Store and Android's Google Play marketplace at midnight…
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Pop star Taio Cruz has opened up about his reasons for quitting TikTok, saying he wanted to preserve his mental health after having "suicidal thoughts". The musician, whose hits include Dynamite and Break Your Heart, said he had been…
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US President Donald Trump has expressed his approval of a deal that would allow Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok to continue operating in the US. Mr Trump told reporters he had given his "blessing" to a partnership between TikTok…
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TikTok and WeChat will be banned from US app stores from Sunday, unless President Donald Trump agrees to a last-minute deal.The Department of Commerce said it would bar people in the US from downloading the messaging and video-sharing apps…
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