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TikTok Begins Removing Universal Music Publishing Songs

The bruising battle over royalties between Universal Music Group and TikTok entered a new and more severe stage in the early hours of Tuesday as songs published by UMG began to be removed from the platform, Variety reported. The standoff,…

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U.S. Lawmakers Unveil Bill To Ban TikTok In The U.S.

U.S. Lawmakers Unveil Bill To Ban TikTok In The U.S.

A new bill from a bipartisan group of lawmakers, if passed, would ban TikTok in the U.S. after years of broad concern across the Trump and Biden administrations about potential Chinese government influence on the company, CNBC reported. TikTok, owned…

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Oracle Confirms Deal with ByteDance

Yesterday, Microsoft announced that its bid to buy TikTok from ByteDance had been rejected. It had been reported that ByteDance selected Oracle to be its technology partner for U.S. operations, but it was hard to confirm. Today, Oracle provided a…

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