The accounts included several Indian journalists, Canadian poet Rupi Kaur and BBC News' Punjab bureau

Cyber experts said the Pinduoduo app has features similar to malicious software with "the ability to spy on its users" and gain access to "a higher level of access to data than it's supposed to"

The Cyberspace Administration of China said the move was aimed at protecting supply chains and national security

"Do we really want to emulate Chinese speech bans?" US Republican Senator Rand Paul said responding to calls for unanimous consent for a TikTok ban bill

China's Foreign Ministry said on Monday that the US has made a presumption of guilt against TikTok without presenting evidence that the popular app threatens its national security

The boss of the Chinese video-sharing app goes before a Washington committee on Thursday with the US pushing to ban it over security fears

Fintech firm Riskified is moving $500 million out of the country after news that business leaders shifted $4 billion abroad amid worry over the Netanyahu regime's contentious judicial reforms

Huawei emerged after three years of Covid restrictions with a grand return to the global stage, Nikkei said

"We'll take the advice of our national security agencies. That hasn't been the advice to date," Treasurer Jim Chalmers said

India accounted for almost half of the world's internet shutdowns last year, while the Russian military also cut online services in Ukraine, internet watchdog group Access Now said

The US and Canada have ramped up efforts to get TikTok off government phones and devices; US agencies were given 30 days to ensure state workers' phones do not have the Chinese app on them

Huawei expanded its footprint at the Mobile World Congress despite escalating tensions between the US and China over TikTok, spy balloons and computers chips, US News said