In one of the most dramatic moments of the hearing, Republican Rep. Kat Cammack played a TikTok video showing a shooting gun with a caption that included the House committee.
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YouTubers takes aim at Waterville mayor over social media posts in recent video tour of City Hall
Two people who run the Accountability For All channel on YouTube conducted a “First Amendment audit” at Waterville city offices last month during stops across Maine, claiming that Mayor Jay Coelho’s videos on TikTok are unprofessional.
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House panel zeroes in on TikTok app over security fear
The implications of this new scrutiny – part of a broadening congressional review of U.S. engagement with China – are unclear.
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TikTok challenge possibly linked to New York teens’ deadly car crash
A police commissioner says a car crash that killed four teenagers in Buffalo, New York, may have been linked to a Tiktok car-theft challenge.
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Social media platforms brace for midterm elections mayhem
Social media platforms like Facebook, TikTok and Twitter say they’re taking steps to prevent the spread of misinformation about voting and elections ahead of next month’s midterms.
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Word on the Street: Waterville mayor dances, twerks in video over ‘weight of carrying’ city
Mayor Jay Coelho has amassed more than 30,000 followers on the social media platform with some 400 videos that include promotions of Waterville.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.