Tag Archives: Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd

The New York Times 7:00 am on June 2, 2021
Tags: Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues ( 199 ), Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd, China ( 1,720 ), Computers and the Internet ( 1,237 ), e-commerce ( 579 ), entrepreneurship ( 477 ), Fines (Penalties) ( 75 ), Instant Messaging ( 53 ), Meituan ( 12 ), Mobile Applications ( 456 ), Politics and Government ( 2,620 ), Regulation and Deregulation of Industry ( 390 ), Social Media ( 1,781 ), Tencent Holdings Ltd ( 14 ), venture capital ( 1,838 )   

How China’s Tencent Avoided an Antitrust Push, For Now.

Tencent’s popularity may help it avoid trouble with Beijing. But its vast power could still squelch innovation in the world’s largest online market.

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The New York Times 2:52 am on May 20, 2021
Tags: Appointments and Executive Changes ( 689 ), Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd, China ( 1,720 ), Corporate Social Responsibility ( 147 ), TikTok (ByteDance) ( 219 ), Workplace Environment ( 219 ), Zhang Yiming (1983- ) ( 6 )   

TikTok’s Owner, ByteDance, Says C.E.O. Zhang Yiming Will Resign

Zhang Yiming steered ByteDance to become China’s first truly globally successful internet company.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on April 20, 2021
Tags: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd ( 31 ), Amazon.com Inc ( 341 ), Ant Financial Services Group ( 16 ), Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues ( 199 ), Apple Inc ( 355 ), Artificial Intelligence ( 1,199 ), Australia ( 384 ), Baidu Inc ( 2 ), Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd, Censorship ( 164 ), China ( 1,720 ), Computers and the Internet ( 1,237 ), Data-Mining and Database Marketing ( 98 ), e-commerce ( 579 ), Europe ( 2,153 ), european commission ( 136 ), Facebook Inc ( 447 ), Law and Legislation ( 844 ), Lobbying and Lobbyists ( 101 ), Mobile Applications ( 456 ), Mobile Commerce and Payments ( 36 ), Politics and Government ( 2,620 ), Privacy ( 731 ), Regulation and Deregulation of Industry ( 390 ), Rumors and Misinformation ( 579 ), Search Engines ( 40 ), Social Media ( 1,781 ), United States ( 2,969 )   

A Global Tipping Point for Reining In Tech Has Arrived

Never before have so many countries, including China, moved with such vigor at the same time to limit the power of a single industry.

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The New York Times 12:39 am on September 28, 2020
Tags: Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd, China ( 1,720 ), Commerce Department ( 53 ), Decisions and Verdicts ( 285 ), Executive Orders and Memorandums ( 182 ), Instant Messaging ( 53 ), Mobile Applications ( 456 ), Politics and Government ( 2,620 ), Social Media ( 1,781 ), TikTok (ByteDance) ( 219 ), Trump, Donald J ( 5,541 )   

TikTok Wins Reprieve From U.S. Ban

A federal judge’s preliminary injunction means the app stores can continue offering the video app for downloads for now.

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The New York Times 8:11 pm on September 23, 2020
Tags: Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd, Commerce Department ( 53 ), Computers and the Internet ( 1,237 ), Executive Orders and Memorandums ( 182 ), Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures ( 207 ), Mobile Applications ( 456 ), Oracle Corporation ( 27 ), Social Media ( 1,781 ), TikTok (ByteDance) ( 219 ), Trump, Donald J ( 5,541 ), Walmart Stores Inc ( 47 )   

TikTok Files for Injunction to Stop Ban of App

While President Trump has blessed a deal for TikTok, the video app filed to stop a ban of its service that is set to go into effect on Sunday.

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The New York Times 7:28 pm on September 21, 2020
Tags: Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd, China ( 1,720 ), Computers and the Internet ( 1,237 ), Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures ( 207 ), Mobile Applications ( 456 ), Oracle Corporation ( 27 ), Politics and Government ( 2,620 ), Social Media ( 1,781 ), Stocks and Bonds ( 332 ), TikTok (ByteDance) ( 219 ), Trump, Donald J ( 5,541 ), United States Politics and Government ( 6,535 )   

TikTok Deal with Oracle, Walmart Trips Over U.S.-China Feud

Companies involved in a deal to resolve TikTok’s future publicly clashed over the arrangement, while President Trump threatened to block any deal that left the service in Chinese hands.

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The New York Times 1:10 pm on September 21, 2020
Tags: Barrett, Amy Coney ( 172 ), Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd, Ellison, Lawrence J ( 7 ), Ginsburg, Ruth Bader ( 144 ), Lagoa, Barbara ( 4 ), Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures ( 207 ), TikTok (ByteDance) ( 219 ), United States Politics and Government ( 6,535 ), WeChat (Mobile App) ( 34 )   

DealBook: How Ginsburg’s Successor Could Remake Business

Leading candidates to fill her seat on the Supreme Court are likely to rule in favor of conservative causes that could affect Corporate America.

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The New York Times 12:09 am on September 21, 2020
Tags: Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd, Computers and the Internet ( 1,237 ), Executive Orders and Memorandums ( 182 ), Federal Bureau of Investigation ( 309 ), Industrial Espionage ( 15 ), Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures ( 207 ), Microsoft Corp ( 100 ), Mobile Applications ( 456 ), Social Media ( 1,781 ), TikTok (ByteDance) ( 219 ), United States Politics and Government ( 6,535 ), WeChat (Mobile App) ( 34 )   

TikTok Deal Exposes a Security Gap, and a Missing China Strategy

Technological progress has outpaced the political debate again. What will happen when the next TikTok arrives in the United States?

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The New York Times 10:21 pm on September 20, 2020
Tags: Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd, China ( 1,720 ), computer security ( 326 ), Computers and the Internet ( 1,237 ), Executive Orders and Memorandums ( 182 ), Mobile Applications ( 456 ), Oracle Corporation ( 27 ), Social Media ( 1,781 ), Suits and Litigation (Civil) ( 672 ), TikTok (ByteDance) ( 219 ), Trump, Donald J ( 5,541 ), United States Politics and Government ( 6,535 ), Walmart Stores Inc ( 47 )   

‘There’s No There There’: What the TikTok Deal Achieved

The agreement for the social media app falls short of President Trump’s promises.

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The New York Times 2:37 am on September 20, 2020
Tags: Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd, Executive Orders and Memorandums ( 182 ), Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures ( 207 ), Microsoft Corp ( 100 ), Mobile Applications ( 456 ), Social Media ( 1,781 ), TikTok (ByteDance) ( 219 ), Trump, Donald J ( 5,541 ), United States Politics and Government ( 6,535 )   

Trump Approves Deal Between Oracle and TikTok

The approval delays President Trump’s threat to block a popular Chinese-owned social media app from the United States until it receives investment from American partners.

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The New York Times 2:30 am on September 19, 2020
Tags: Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd, Chinese-Americans ( 68 ), Commerce Department ( 53 ), Computers and the Internet ( 1,237 ), Instant Messaging ( 53 ), Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures ( 207 ), Mobile Applications ( 456 ), Mobile Commerce and Payments ( 36 ), Politics and Government ( 2,620 ), Ross, Wilbur L Jr ( 17 ), Social Media ( 1,781 ), TikTok (ByteDance) ( 219 ), Trump, Donald J ( 5,541 ), WeChat (Mobile App) ( 34 )   

Trump Wants to Cripple TikTok and WeChat. Why?

He says that they are a security threat. If so, it is time to show the world the evidence.

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The New York Times 10:01 pm on September 18, 2020
Tags: Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd, Commerce Department ( 53 ), Instant Messaging ( 53 ), Mobile Commerce and Payments ( 36 ), Politics and Government ( 2,620 ), Social Media ( 1,781 ), Tencent Holdings Ltd ( 14 ), TikTok (ByteDance) ( 219 ), Videophones and Videoconferencing ( 118 ), WeChat (Mobile App) ( 34 )   

‘It’s So Essential’: WeChat Ban Makes U.S.-China Standoff Personal

When downloads of the Chinese-owned messaging service are barred in the U.S. starting at midnight on Sunday, the feud between the countries will hit home for millions of people.

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The New York Times 11:33 am on September 18, 2020
Tags: Airlines and Airplanes ( 251 ), Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) ( 11,473 ), Goldman Sachs Group Inc ( 46 ), JPMorgan Chase&Company ( 46 ), Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures ( 207 ), Oracle Corporation ( 27 ), TikTok (ByteDance) ( 219 ), Walmart Stores Inc ( 47 )   

Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus On What Makes Their SPAC Different

Silicon Valley stars Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus explain what makes their blank-check company different.

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The New York Times 4:30 am on September 18, 2020
Tags: Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd, China ( 1,720 ), computer security ( 326 ), Computers and the Internet ( 1,237 ), Executive Orders and Memorandums ( 182 ), Mobile Applications ( 456 ), Presidential Election of 2020 ( 3,597 ), Social Media ( 1,781 ), Systrom, Kevin ( 2 ), TikTok (ByteDance) ( 219 ), Trump, Donald J ( 5,541 ), United States Politics and Government ( 6,535 )   

TikTok Accepts Deal Revisions as Trump Prepares to Review Proposal

The video app is also looking for a new chief executive and has talked to candidates including a founder of Instagram.

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The New York Times 2:50 pm on September 17, 2020
Tags: Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) ( 11,473 ), Initial Public Offerings ( 54 ), Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures ( 207 ), Oracle Corporation ( 27 ), TikTok (ByteDance) ( 219 ), Trump, Donald J ( 5,541 )   

TikTok Deal Latest: ‘Who the Hell Knows?’

Deal makers involved in the talks to sell TikTok are exasperated.

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The New York Times 9:01 am on September 17, 2020
Tags: 5G (Wireless Communications) ( 28 ), Australia ( 384 ), Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd, Blacklisting ( 10 ), Chiang Kai-shek, China ( 1,720 ), Communist Party of China ( 238 ), Computers and the Internet ( 1,237 ), Confucius Institutes ( 3 ), Darwin (Australia), Embargoes and Sanctions ( 252 ), Espionage and Intelligence Services ( 282 ), Huawei Technologies Co Ltd ( 46 ), india ( 885 ), Indian Ocean ( 9 ), kenya ( 111 ), Kiribati, Maldives ( 7 ), Mao Zedong ( 9 ), Military Bases and Installations ( 43 ), Mobile Applications ( 456 ), Myanmar ( 122 ), Pakistan ( 104 ), Panama Canal and Canal Zone ( 2 ), Propaganda ( 87 ), Solomon Islands ( 2 ), Sri Lanka ( 16 ), The Art of War (Book), The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Book), TikTok (ByteDance) ( 219 ), United States ( 2,969 ), United States International Relations ( 1,118 ), United States Politics and Government ( 6,535 ), Xi Jinping ( 204 )   

Trump Is Wrong about TikTok. China’s Plans Are Much More Sinister.

The West still doesn’t understand the scale of Beijing’s soft-power ambitions.

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The New York Times 10:52 pm on September 16, 2020
Tags: Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd, Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) ( 8 ), Computers and the Internet ( 1,237 ), Ellison, Lawrence J ( 7 ), Executive Orders and Memorandums ( 182 ), Foreign Investments ( 36 ), Oracle Corporation ( 27 ), Social Media ( 1,781 ), TikTok (ByteDance) ( 219 ), Trump, Donald J ( 5,541 ), United States Politics and Government ( 6,535 )   

Backlash Grows to TikTok-Oracle Deal

Senate Republicans and others criticized the latest plan to allow TikTok to continue operating in the United States, citing national security concerns.

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The New York Times 12:06 am on September 16, 2020
Tags: Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd, China ( 1,720 ), Ellison, Lawrence J ( 7 ), Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures ( 207 ), Oracle Corporation ( 27 ), Propaganda ( 87 ), Social Media ( 1,781 ), TikTok (ByteDance) ( 219 ), Trump, Donald J ( 5,541 ), United States Politics and Government ( 6,535 )   

Will Oracle Solve Trump’s TikTok Problem?

Forcing the unspooling of a complex global company is not as easy as yelling about the “China menace.”

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The New York Times 12:07 am on August 3, 2020
Tags: Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd, Byte (Mobile App) ( 2 ), e-commerce ( 579 ), Instagram Inc ( 142 ), Mobile Applications ( 456 ), Social Media ( 1,781 ), TikTok (ByteDance) ( 219 ), United States Politics and Government ( 6,535 ), your-feed-selfcare ( 180 )   

TikTok Ban: Creators Respond to Trump

The uncertainty over the future of the wildly popular video app has brought chaos to its user community — and to the entertainment and advertising industries as well.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on July 26, 2020
Tags: Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd, Censorship ( 164 ), Computers and the Internet ( 1,237 ), Data-Mining and Database Marketing ( 98 ), Politics and Government ( 2,620 ), Regulation and Deregulation of Industry ( 390 ), Social Media ( 1,781 ), Surveillance of Citizens by Government ( 96 ), TikTok (ByteDance) ( 219 ), United States Politics and Government ( 6,535 )   

Don’t Ban TikTok. Make an Example of It.

There is plenty the U.S. government could do to ensure that TikTok acts responsibly without getting rid of it altogether.

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The New York Times 11:47 pm on July 15, 2020
Tags: Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd, Defense and Military Forces ( 549 ), Lobbying and Lobbyists ( 101 ), Social Media ( 1,781 ), Surveillance of Citizens by Government ( 96 ), TikTok (ByteDance) ( 219 ), United States Economy ( 1,390 ), United States Politics and Government ( 6,535 )   

TikTok Enlists Army of Lobbyists as Suspicions Over China Ties Grow

The viral social media app has beefed up its lobbying operation to counter several potential actions in Washington that could threaten the company’s future.

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