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Indonesia urged to guarantee data security, not ape Western stance on TikTok

On March 30, the United States Congress grilled TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew over China’s allegedly wide-ranging influence over the platform.

Those who enjoyed the film started posting videos on TikTok, and a “Naatu Naatu” trend spread beyond India to the rest of the world.

The company's guidelines compel it to withhold entire accounts in response to a valid legal demand, such as a court order.

From its initial release in 2016, the app’s global popularity massively grew, with over 2 billion mobile downloads worldwide as of Oct 2020.

At least 16 sites are at high risk of spreading disinformation because of a lack of transparent check and balance and absence of accuracy policies.

In my primary school days, one of my classmates pushed me headfirst into the gutter as we lined up for our morning ceremony, the author writes.

A video is claiming the Russian President is conning people by using multiple body doubles for trips he doesn’t want to make.

With the invention of the web, the ranks of influencers have hugely expanded beyond the traditional personalities, says the writer.

South Korea's embassy issued the clarification following reports that people from four provinces had been blacklisted.

She said India is a wonderful country, and that she cannot bring herself to hate it, despite her recent experience there.