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TikTok Parent Cements Presence In Healthcare With Latest Acquisition: Report
Tuesday, August 9, 2022 - 7:57am | 417TikTok parent ByteDance Ltd has scooped up one of China’s largest private hospital chains Amcare Healthcare for ~$1.5 billion, deepening a foray into health care, Bloomberg reports. Amcare Healthcare runs women’s and children’s hospitals in cities from...
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TikTok, The Chinese Social Media Giant That Spent Record Sum On US Lobbying
Friday, July 22, 2022 - 1:33pm | 493TikTok parent ByteDance has doled over $2.1 million in the second quarter to lobby the U.S.. government. The spend represents a 130% increase quarter-on-quarter and marks the first time it has topped $2 million in a single quarter since it first registered lobbying...
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Facebook Intensifies TikTok War With Latest Strategy - Read To Know
Wednesday, July 20, 2022 - 7:42am | 574Meta Platforms Inc's (NASDAQ: META) Facebook migrated resources from its Facebook News tab and newsletter platform Bulletin, focusing more on the creator economy, the Wall Street Journal reports based on senior executive Campbell Brown. Migrating resources from News and Bulletin...
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TikTok Parent Treads On Alibaba's Path To Reduce Dependence On Foreign Tech
Tuesday, July 19, 2022 - 7:39am | 473TikTok owner ByteDance looks to hire dozens of new semiconductor jobs, insinuating its in-house chip design unit, the SCMP reports. ByteDance borrowed a leaf from Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA) and Tencent Holding Ltd's (OTC: TCEHY) initiatives to...
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TikTok Says China-Based Employees Can Access US User Data
Saturday, July 2, 2022 - 9:14am | 374TikTok, which is owned by China's ByteDance, has confirmed that China-based employees can access U.S. user data under certain circumstances. Responding to U.S. Republican senators' inquires, TikTok has said in a letter that China-based employees who clear internal security protocols...