Brunswick schools increase police presence Friday amid nationwide TikTok threat

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Published
December 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.
Published
August 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.
Published
August 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.
Published
August 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.
Published
August 9, 2020

Why TikTok was destined to land in Trump’s crosshairs

China's Internet industry for the first time attained the triple threat of engineering know-how, marketing sheen and multicultural sensibility to deliver an international hit.
Published
August 9, 2020

TikTok says it will let U.S. skeptics see its code to defray privacy concerns

TikTok pledged it will allow U.S. regulators and privacy skeptics to take a closer look under its digital hood, offering them the ability to "examine" its underlying software code in response to claims it is handing off data to the Chinese government.
Published
August 6, 2020

Trump bans dealings with Chinese owners of TikTok, WeChat

President Donald Trump has ordered an unspecified ban on “transactions” with the Chinese owners of the consumer apps TikTok and WeChat