TikTok CEO slams Mark Zuckerberg and 'copycat' Facebook; says 'we aren't the enemy'

As US lawmakers grilled tech giants, TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer accused Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg of running a campaign in name of patriotism that actually aimed at maligning his video-sharing app. Before Zuckerberg testified in front of US Congress, Mayer h published a blog post in accusing former of running 'maligning attacks' on TikTok, and slammed it on issues related to transparency, ding that Facebook should inste focus on amping up ir 'accountability'. 

Facebook's Instagram launched a feature called Reels within days of TikTok ban in India. Criticising Facebook, Mayer said: "Facebook is even launching ar copycat product, Reels after ir or copycat Lasso failed quickly. On criticism of company for allegedly sharing data with Communist government of China, TikTok CEO said: "We have received even more… due to company's Chinese origins. TikTok has become latest target, but we are t enemy".

Google, Apple, Amazon, Facebook CEOs face US Congress on competition, antitrust laws

On Wednesday, four big Tech CEOs -- Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Google's Sundar Pichai, and Apple's Tim Cook -- faced  US Congress over ir organizations' practices as House caps its yearlong investigation on market dominance in tech sector. According to reports, four CEOs faced US lawmakers virtually in Washington and answered questions involving accusations, data scoop, and unfair market vant.

TikTok to be banned in Australia? Legislators state app being 'used & abused' by China

TikTok faces heat 

Indian government has recently banned TikTok and or mobile application which have Chinese origin and has given m 3 weeks time to respond to security questions. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a TV interview earlier this month said that Trump ministration is certainly looking to ban app. Pompeo said government remained concerned about TikTok and referred to ministration's crackdown on Chinese telecom firms Huawei and ZTE. A U.S. national-security ncy has been reviewing ByteDance's purchase of TikTok's precursor, Musical.ly. Moreover, Australia is also considering a ban on TikTok app by Chinese developers over security concerns. Several Australian legislators have expressed ir concern over privacy issues and possibility of Chinese government having access to users' data.

Amazon employees asked to remove TikTok from phones over 'security risks' concerns

After suffering losses that could be as high as $6 billion due to ban in India, TikTok also suspended its operations in Hong Kong. TikTok's parent ByteDance reportedly has taken action in view of Hong Kong National security law, which imposes Chinese laws in Hong Kong. Thus, companies in Hong Kong might have to share ir information with China, thus undermining user privacy and security.  

Amazon backtracks hours after banning TikTok for employees, calls email on ban a 'mistake'