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  • Student sues TikTok over alleged data transfer

    Student sues TikTok over alleged data transfer

    A university student in California named Misty Hong, has filed a class-action lawsuit against Chinese-based social media video app TikTok, accusing it of harvesting large amounts of user data and storing it in China, Dawn reported.

    According to the details, the court filing said, “TikTok clandestinely has vacuumed up and transferred to servers in China vast quantities of private and personally-identifiable user data”.

    The lawsuit has alleged, “TikTok also has surreptitiously taken user content, such as draft videos never intended for publication, without user knowledge or consent”.

    “In short, TikTok’s lighthearted fun comes at a heavy cost,” the lawsuit said.

    The social media app which is quiet popular with teenagers around the world, was launched by Chinese company ByteDance in September 2017.

    The suit marks the latest legal battle for the app. Earlier in November, the United States (US) government had opened a national security investigation into TikTok, according to the New York Times, potentially looking into whether the app was sending data to China.

    Misty Hong alleges that the app retrieved her data without permission – including videos that she had created but not shared online with friends – and transferred that data to servers run by companies that cooperate with the Chinese government.

    Hong filed the suit on behalf of the approximately 110 million US residents who have downloaded the app.

    In November, TikTok didnot gave any comment on a possible US investigation but emphasised that the respect of US users and regulators was its highest priority.

    TikTok claimed that it has distanced itself from Chinese authorities, maintaining that its servers are located outside of the country and that its data is therefore not subject to Chinese law.

    In November, the app hit 1.5 billion downloads worldwide, outperforming the photo-sharing app Instagram.

  • TikTok apologises to Feroza, restores controversial video

    TikTok apologises to Feroza, restores controversial video

    After the backlash on Feroza Aziz’s controversial video that went viral on social media, TikTok has now restored her video. Video shows Feroza Aziz talking about eyelash curling but quickly switches to criticize China’s mass detention of minorities in its far northwest.

    She had advised the world to take notice of the sufferings of the minority Muslims in China as they are being tortured, raped, and forced to eat pork. Feroza called it another holocaust but no one is talking about it.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcqfCgCCLDk

    On its official website, Tiktok has issued a public apology for the error on their part. “We would like to apologize to the user for the error on our part this morning”, the statement read, further stating that they have decided to override the ban on Feroza Aziz’s account.

    TikTok has also explained that the same user’s previous account was banned following her post on Osama Bin Laden which violated the company policies.

    As per the community guidelines, “Terrorist organizations and any other criminal organizations are strictly prohibited from using TikTok.

  • TikTok becomes most downloaded social media app in Pakistan

    TikTok becomes most downloaded social media app in Pakistan

    TikTok has become the most downloaded social media app in Pakistan in 2019, according to US-based market intelligence firm Sensor Tower.

    TikTok , a Chinese iOS and Android social media video app for creating and sharing short lip-sync, comedy, and talent videos

    As per reports, WhatsApp is the most downloaded non-gaming app in Pakistan this year with 18.1 million downloads, while TikTok is second on the list with 16.3 million downloads in the past eleven months.

    The data compiled by Mobile Insights Strategist Craig Chapple, shows that TikTok has exceeded 1.5 billion downloads globally on the App Store and Google Play and it continues to be one of the world’s most popular apps.

    Other apps in the list include, Messenger with 15.7 million downloads, Facebook with just over 15 million downloads while Instagram is on the fifth spot with 4.3 million downloads.

    Sensor Tower is the leading provider of market intelligence and insights for the global app economy. TikTok has been downloaded 25.5 million times in Pakistan since its launch, becoming one of the fastest growing social media apps in the country.

  • Everything you need to know about Tiktok star Hareem Shah

    Everything you need to know about Tiktok star Hareem Shah

    The recent video of a TikToker Hareem Shah at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has stirred a major controversy. While we all wonder how she managed to enter the office, many people do not know who this famous TikToker is.


    For those who are completely in the dark, TikTok is a social media video app for creating and sharing short lip-sync, comedy, and music videos.

    Hareem is one of the app’s most famous users with more than a million followers. She mostly makes videos with her friend Sandal Khattak. Other than that, details of Hareem’s private life are tightly under wraps and she refuses to share any details about it.

    What’s interesting is that the Tiktoker has made videos with a plethora of famous personalities including Fayyaz ul Hassan Chohan, Moammar Rana, Iftikhar Thakur, Fiza Ali and Abdul Razaaq.

    Speaking about the MoFA on a morning show, Hareem said that she entered the office like a normal visitor after a complete security check and doesn’t understand why people are overreacting to her video.

    According to latest reports, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has taken notice of the video and an investigation is underway.

  • PM takes notice of Hareem Shah’s viral TikTok video

    The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has taken notice of the video by famous TikTok girl Hareem Shah, who was spotted allegedly at a PM Secretariat conference room earlier in the day.

    Hareem became an internet sensation after her viral videos with influential political leaders started taking the country by storm.

    Earlier in the day, a video doing rounds over the internet showed the girl walking around a conference room as a song plays in the background. She then pulls out a chair and gets seated.

    The controversy began after journalist Adeel Raja claimed that the video was recorded shot at the PM’s Office.

    However, The Current learnt that it was actually recorded at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) — a claim that was later verified by PM’s focal person on digital media, Dr Arslan Khalid, as well.

    With eyebrows being raised over the access provided to Hareem and the internet celebrity’s subsequent actions, the PM office has now taken notice of the episode.

    According to reports, a probe has been launched to figure out how exactly did the girl manage to enter the MoFA building.

  • VIDEO: ‘TikTok girl Hareem Shah spotted at PM Secretariat,’ claims journalist

    VIDEO: ‘TikTok girl Hareem Shah spotted at PM Secretariat,’ claims journalist

    Famous TikTok girl Hareem Shah, who became an internet sensation after her viral videos with influential political leaders took the country by storm, has now been spotted allegedly at the Prime Minister’s (PM) Secretariat.

    A video doing rounds over the internet showed Hareem walking around a conference room as a song plays in the background. She then pulls out a chair and gets seated.

    While journalist Adeel Raja has claimed that the video has been shot at the PM’s Office, The Current has learnt that it was actually recorded at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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    Meanwhile, focal person to the PM, Dr Arslan Khalid, has also rubbished the claims.

    Here’s what Twitterati had to say about the episode:

    https://twitter.com/montecristoo37/status/1186772365998460928

    “I am a big Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporter myself and have been affiliated with the party. This is how I got the unique opportunity to meet and make TikTok videos with party leaders,” Hareem had earlier told a private media outlet while explaining how she gets access to significant people of stature and power.

    She has a massive following of over a million and had recently made headlines for her viral video with PTI leader and former Punjab information minister Fayyazul Hasan Chohan.

  • Meet social media stars of Chohan’s TikTok video fame

    Meet social media stars of Chohan’s TikTok video fame

    A TikTok video of Punjab government’s spokesperson and ex-information minister Fayyazul Hasan Chohan went viral on social media, showing him and two girls laughing while asking him a question.

    Since then, people had been asking who the two girls were as the video was followed by their pictures with Pakistan Terheek-e-Insaf (PTI) stalwarts, including Jehangir Tareen, Shah Mahmood Qureshi and even Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan.

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    To address netizens’ curiosity, Hareem Shah and Sundal Khattak were invited by a private media outlet, speaking to which they shared how they were big fans of the PTI, how they had gone to meet Chohan for an official concern and then recorded the video.

    They also shared how they want to meet Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and record a TikTok video with him as well.

  • Petition to ban Tik Tok filed in Lahore High Court

    Petition to ban Tik Tok filed in Lahore High Court

    We all know one or two friends in our social circle who make videos on Tik Tok or we enjoy watching Tik Tok videos for some entertainment and time pass. But now we may not watch those videos as a petition to ban youngsters’ popular mobile app Tik Tok has been filed in Lahore High Court.

    As per details, petitioner Advocate Nadeem Sarwar said that Tik Tok was spoiling the young generation as they were wasting their time in making the videos.  The app was promoting vulgarity and giving rise to blackmailing and harassment in society.

    The federal government, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) were made parties to the petition calling for a ban on the Tik Tok.

    The petition requested the court to instruct the PTA to ban Tik Tok in the country The court should stop the PEMRA from airing Tik Tok videos, the petition read.

  • The Current’s Favorite TikTok Videos

    The Current’s Favorite TikTok Videos