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TikTok goes offline in the US hours before ban due to come in

19Jan

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TikTok goes offline in the US hours before ban due to come in

TikTok has gone offline in the US, hours before a new law banning the platform was due to come into effect. A message appearing on the app for US users said a law banning TikTok had been enacted, meaning "you can't use TikTok for now". The video-sharing app was banned over concerns about its links to the Chinese government and had been given a deadline of 19 January to be sold to an approved US buyer. President Joe Biden had said he would leave the issue to his successor, Donald Trump. Trump has said he will "most likely" give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a ban once he takes office on Monday. "The 90-day extension is something that will be most likely done, because it's appropriate," Trump told NBC News on Saturday. "If I decide to do that, I'll probably an...

US Treasury says it was hacked by China in ‘major incident’

A Chinese state-sponsored hacker has broken into the US Treasury Department's systems, accessing employee workstations and some unclassified documents, American officials said on Monday. The breach occurred in early December and was made public in a letter penned by the Treasury Department to lawmakers notifying them of the incident. The US agency characterised the breach as a "major incident", and said it had been working with the FBI and other agencies to investigate the impact. The BBC has reached out to the Chinese embassy in Washington, DC for comment. The Treasury Department said in its letter to lawmakers that the China-based actor was able to override security via a key used by a third-party service provider that offers remote technical support to its employees. The ...

US woman jailed for fatally shooting neighbour through door

A Florida woman who fatally shot her neighbour through her front door last year has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Susan Lorincz, 60, opened fire on 35-year-old Ajike "AJ" Owens as she knocked on Lorincz's locked door during a dispute about the victim's children playing outside in the city of Ocala. According to Owens's family and an affidavit, Lorincz, who is white, had shouted racial epithets at the children of Owens, who was black, before the shooting on 2 June 2023. A jury convicted Lorincz in August of one count of manslaughter with a firearm and one count of assault. The trial tested Florida's Stand Your Ground law, which permits use of deadly force in self-defence. The fatal shooting followed a series of quarrels between Lorincz and Owens that resulted ...