TikTok facing fresh lawsuit in US over children’s privacy
The FTC has referred a complaint against TikTok and its parent company ByteDance to the Department of Justice.
Read moreThe FTC has referred a complaint against TikTok and its parent company ByteDance to the Department of Justice.
Read moreThe US Senate has approved a bill that will ban TikTok, unless it finds a new owner, bringing it one step closer to being signed into law.
Read moreCategories: News Categories: Privacy Tags: Yu Tags: TikTok Tags: ByteDance Tags: CCP Tags: influence Tags: data access Tags: loaded gun A former executive at TikTok’s parent company ByteDance has claimed in court documents that the Chinese Community Party (CCP) had access to TikTok data, despite the data being stored in the US. |
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Google says it has suspended the app for the Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo after malware was found in versions of the app. The move comes just weeks after Chinese security researchers published an analysis suggesting the popular e-commerce app sought to seize total control over affected devices by exploiting multiple security vulnerabilities in a variety of Android-based smartphones.
Read moreCategories: News Tags: Facebook Tags: Instagram Tags: Snapchat Tags: TikTok Tags: YouTube Tags: Section 230 Tags: Seattle Public School Tags: SPS Tags: Meta Tags: Alphabet Tags: Snap Tags: ByteDance A whole school district in Seattle is suing social media giants for causing harm to kids and youths. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: TikTok Tags: ban TikTok Tags: states that banned TikTok Tags: Indiana bans TikTok Tags: Maryland bans TikTok Tags: Shou Zi Chew Tags: Brendan Carr Tags: ByteDance Tags: Brooke Oberwetter The State of Indiana has filed two lawsuits against TikTok, Inc, the company behind the same name app, and its parent company, ByteDance. |
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Read moreCategories: A week in security Tags: backdoor Tags: blog recap Tags: bytedance Tags: cookies Tags: data breach Tags: Google Tags: linux Tags: microsoft Tags: ransomware Tags: SQL injection Tags: T-Mobile Tags: tiktok Tags: Uber Tags: week in security The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week. |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2022 09:51:04 +0000
The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.
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