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Italian Town Overwhelmed By Migrants Following TikTok Videos

Italian Town Overwhelmed By Migrants Following TikTok Videos

November 18, 2025 2:37 pm

Italian town of L’Aquila faces a sudden migrant surge after TikTok videos by Afghan creators promoted the town as an asylum destination in central Italy.

Authorities in the central Italian town of L’Aquila are investigating a sudden surge of migrants, reportedly drawn by social media videos suggesting the town as a promising place to seek asylum.

Nestled among the Apennine Mountains, roughly 70 miles northeast of Rome, L’Aquila is known for its 11th-century historic walls, vibrant university culture, and proximity to ski resorts. While these attributes make the town appealing, recent weeks have seen an unexpected influx of migrants primarily …

Online Safety: Meta, TikTok To Enforce Australia’s Under-16 Ban

Online Safety: Meta, TikTok To Enforce Australia’s Under-16 Ban

November 2, 2025 8:38 am

Starting December 10, 2025, Meta, TikTok, and Snap will deactivate accounts of users under 16 in Australia, complying with the country’s new safety law.

Major social media companies, including Meta, TikTok, and Snap Inc., have confirmed they will comply with Australia’s new law banning users under 16 from accessing their platforms. The move marks one of the country’s most sweeping efforts yet to regulate how minors use the internet.

Under the Online Safety Amendment Act, which takes effect on December 10, 2025, social media companies will be required to block and deactivate accounts belonging to users below the age threshold.

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Trump Names Ellison, Dell, Murdochs In TikTok Takeover Group

Trump Names Ellison, Dell, Murdochs In TikTok Takeover Group

September 26, 2025 7:56 am

Trump has named Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell, and media executives Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch as part of a group seeking to acquire TikTok’s US operations.

Speaking on Fox News’ Sunday Briefing, the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump said the well-known business figures would be involved in taking control of the video-sharing app’s algorithm — the key asset in the deal. “Larry Ellison is involved. Michael Dell is involved. Lachlan is involved, and Rupert Murdoch is probably going to be in the group,” Trump said.

The remarks mark a shift from the …

Frustrate Father's 2025 Election: Brenda Rallies Cameroonians

Block My Father’s 2025 Re-Election: Brenda Tells Cameroonians

September 24, 2025 2:59 am

Brenda Biya, daughter of Cameroon’s long-serving president, Paul Biya, has publicly called on citizens to vote against her father in the country’s upcoming presidential election.

Speaking during a TikTok Live session, Brenda, known on social media as “King Nasty,” criticized her father’s leadership over the past 43 years. She accused the 92-year-old president of dragging Cameroon into economic stagnation, widespread unemployment, and persistent poverty. “Cameroon deserves a new direction,” she said, urging voters to reject his candidacy.

The appeal marks a historic moment, as it is believed to be the first time a sitting African president’s child has openly opposed …

China Uses TikTok As Leverage In US Talks

China Uses TikTok As Leverage In US Talks

September 23, 2025 8:35 am

For years, Beijing bristled at Washington’s demands that TikTok be sold off, dismissing the push as “robbers’ logic.” The video app, wildly popular with young Americans, became another front in the larger battle over technology, influence, and national security.

Now, China is signaling something different. Officials have begun floating the possibility that ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, could part with its U.S. operations — a shift that has stirred speculation about what Beijing hopes to gain in return.

TikTok’s value lies not just in its audience of more than 170 million Americans, but in its algorithm — the recommendation engine credited …

US, China Reach ‘Framework’ Deal On TikTok Ownership Talks

US, China Reach ‘Framework’ Deal On TikTok Ownership Talks

September 16, 2025 7:26 am

The United States and China have reached a “framework agreement” over TikTok’s U.S. operations, potentially paving the way for American ownership of the popular video-sharing app. The deal was confirmed Monday after two days of trade negotiations in Madrid, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, adding that President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expected to finalize details on Friday.

The talks come ahead of a critical September 17 deadline requiring TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell its U.S. division or face a nationwide ban. The deadline, originally set for earlier this year, has already been extended …

EU Moves Against TikTok Over Child-Targeted Ads

EU Moves Against TikTok Over Child-Targeted Ads

May 29, 2021 3:58 am

The EU has stated that TikTok must address concerns of aggressive advertising methods targeting children in a case launched by consumer authorities in several member states.

The European Commission said the popular video-sharing app had one month to respond, saying ‘hidden marketing, aggressive advertising techniques targeted at children, and certain contractual terms in TikTok’s policies’ were of ‘specific concern’.

TikTok has faced many such cases globally, and the EU claim comes a month after Britain accused the video-sharing app of illegally collecting personal data from millions of children in Europe.

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Trump Vows To Block Any TikTok Deal Allowing Chinese Control

September 21, 2020 6:02 pm

President Donald Trump on Monday threw into doubt a deal to restructure ownership of the popular video app TikTok, vowing to block any deal that allows its Chinese parent firm to retain any control.

The comments raised fresh concerns over a weekend deal that appeared to avert a US-ordered ban of TikTok, which the Trump administration has called a national security risk.

The deal would make Silicon Valley giant Oracle the data partner for TikTok with retail giant Walmart also taking a stake in a new entity to be called TikTok Global.

But details of the plan remained unclear, amid …

US Bans TikTok, WeChat

US Bans TikTok, WeChat

September 18, 2020 5:42 pm

The United States on Friday ordered a ban on downloads of popular Chinese-owned video app TikTok and use of the messaging and payment platform WeChat, saying they threaten national security.

The move, to be implemented Sunday night, comes amid rising US-China tensions and efforts by the Trump administration to engineer a sale of TikTok to American investors.

“The Chinese Communist Party has demonstrated the means and motives to use these apps to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and the economy of the US,” Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said in a statement.

The initiative would ban WeChat, an app with …

No Deal: TikTok USA Rejects Microsoft Offer

TikTok CEO, Mayer Resigns Amid US Pressure

August 27, 2020 2:54 pm

Kevin Mayer, the Chief Executive Officer of the Chinese-owned video app, TikTok, has resigned from his position amid pressure from the US.

Mayer announced his decision in a letter to employees, saying his decision to leave comes after the “political environment has sharply changed.”

President Donald Trump had announced that he was ready to sign an executive order banning the app.

China, reacting, warned the United States over its demand that TikTok must be sold to a U.S corporation.

Read Also: Trump Backs Oracle In Reported TikTok Bid

Its Foreign Ministry’s spokesman, Wang Wenbin urged the US to refrain from …

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Trump Backs Oracle In Reported TikTok Bid

August 19, 2020 10:43 am

President Donald Trump has voiced approval of Oracle Corp’s reported bid for TikTok, the Chinese video-sharing sensation that could also be bought by Microsoft.

Reports said Oracle — whose chairman Larry Ellison has raised millions in campaign funds for Trump — was weighing a bid for TikTok’s operations in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

The Trump administration has given TikTok’s parent company ByteDance a 90-day deadline to divest the app before it is banned in the United States, citing national security concerns.

Taking questions after a speech on Tuesday in Yuma, Arizona, Trump said: “I think Oracle is …

Banned From Facebook, Twitter, UK Far-Right Hits TikTok

Banned From Facebook, Twitter, UK Far-Right Hits TikTok

April 16, 2020 1:24 pm

Far-right groups and figures in the UK who have been banned from sites such as Facebook and Twitter have started posting on TikTok, a Chinese social media app which is popular among young people and used to share short videos.

Britain First, a fascist political organisation, began using the application at the start of April.

Many of its TikTok posts are anti-immigration, with one depicting leader of the group Paul Golding telling two Black men in Calais, France: “We don’t want any more migrants coming to our country … don’t come to England, we’re full up, we’re a small country.

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