Plus, Thames Water’s not-so-secure securitised bonds and the FTC tries to curb luxury sector dominance
Investor’s Susquehanna International Group owns estimated $40bn stake in parent company ByteDance as app faces potential ban
Company will ‘move to the courts’ after Congress pushes ahead with bill demanding Chinese parent sells viral app
With a fall in the number of young adults going to church, members of the clergy are creating short videos in a bid to connect
Move to bundle divest-or-ban measure with foreign aid could compel Senate to act against Chinese-owned app
TikTok’s Chinese owner offers nearly $171 a share as US employees grow concerned about tax bill on unsold stock
World’s largest record label had muted her songs on the social media site over a royalties dispute
Chinese control of a powerful ‘persuasive AI’ tool cannot be tolerated
Current and former employees of video app’s Chinese parent ByteDance in outcry over stock award liabilities
The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times
China has been way ahead of the west in seeing the dangers of raising a generation of zombies
Select committee leaders say action needed to combat risk of China influencing UK affairs and democratic elections
Creators of sham content are finding a profitable home on various platforms
Pace of US deglobalisation is accelerating, with sometimes dubious motives
Videos of people resigning or being made redundant are going viral on social media in bid for workplace transparency
US Congress took a first step this week to forcing the app’s Chinese owner to sell it off. Can the company fight back?
A serious bill would restrict the sale of data collected by any social media app, regardless of who owns it
Parent company ByteDance on track to become world’s biggest social media group with $120bn in global sales
One idea under discussion would be to take voting control of the popular video app
From geopolitical risk to capricious US decision-making, investors face uncertain times
Beijing urges Washington to ‘stop unfairly suppressing foreign companies’
Americans account for 14% of users but their revenue contribution will be higher
Measure passes with bipartisan support despite intense lobbying and now heads to Senate
President backs legislation a day after his predecessor Donald Trump came out against it
