The warning from MPs to the UK government that there is an urgent need to support grassroots music venues, calls for SXSW London to shift its planned June 2025 date, and more…
TikTok will start labelling AI-generated content created on third party platforms and uploaded to its app. This expanded commitment to AI transparency responds to demands from copyright owners and lawmakers, and is enabled by its membership of the Coalition For Content Provenance And Authenticity…
TikTok has filed its lawsuit to try to block the sell-or-be-banned law that was recently passed by US Congress. It insists that it is not practical for China-based owner ByteDance to sell TikTok, even just within the US, meaning the new law is a ban. And that ban, it argues, is unconstitutional…
Following the news that Universal Music has agreed a new licensing deal with TikTok, boss man Lucian Grainge has sent a memo out to this staff. He confirms that the new deal addresses the major’s concerns around money and platform safety, and especially AI…
TikTok has filed new legal papers with the Ninth Circuit Appeals Court as part of ongoing efforts to block a TikTok ban that was introduced in the US state of Montana. It sets out some of the arguments TikTok will use in court when trying to block the new US-wide sell-or-be-banned law…
Universal Music has agreed a new licensing deal with TikTok, ending a three month standoff that saw the major’s music removed from the social media platform. Universal says its new deal properly values music, while providing reassurances about TikTok’s ambitions in AI…
TikTok is embarking on a court battle in the US to try to block the recently passed sell-or-be-banned law. FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr predicts those efforts will fail. Meanwhile, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says a possible future EU TikTok ban can’t be entirely ruled out…
The clock is ticking for ByteDance to sell TikTok or face the app being banned in the US following the passing of a sell-or-be-banned law earlier this week. However, sources now say ByteDance would rather see TikTok close in the US than have to split up or sell on its all important algorithm…
The law ordering ByteDance to sell TikTok or see the app banned in the US has been passed by both chambers of Congress. TikTok will now begin work trying to get the law overturned in the courts, while Donald Trump tries to use his opposition to it to connect with younger voters…
TikTok is facing new legal battles in both the EU and the US. EU officials say TikTok may have breached the Digital Services Act by launching TikTok Lite and its rewards programme without the required risk assessment. In the US, TikTok’s lawyers are prepping to fight a proposed ban in the courts…
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