US House staffers' told to delete WhatsApp; Here’s what happenedThe US House of Representatives has prohibited WhatsApp on government devices. This decision is due to cybersecurity concerns. The Office o...
23 Jun, 2025, 08.55 PM IST
TikTok attacked for China ties as US lawmakers push for banCEO Shou Zi Chew's testimony before Congress did little to assuage US worries over TikTok's China-based parent company ByteDance and added ...
24 Mar, 2023, 06.51 AM IST
ByteDance’s AI policies likely to face scrutiny on re-entryByteDance Group is in talks with Mumbai-based realty major Hiranandani Group to make a comeback in India in an attempt to re-enter one of t...
28 Jul, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
US FCC chief asks Apple, Google to remove TikTok from app storesTikTok, repeatedly accused of harvesting vast troves of data of users from the US, said it aims to remove any doubt about the security of s...
29 Jun, 2022, 02.53 PM IST
China-based employees accessed TikTok users' data in USAccording to BuzzFeed News, citing leaked audio from more than 80 internal TikTok (owned by ByteDance) meetings, engineers in China had acc...
18 Jun, 2022, 10.59 AM IST
ByteDance would be worse than its barkTikTok gathers an immense amount of data with every interaction by a user. This ranges from knowing who your friends are, what you discuss ...
13 Jun, 2022, 12.29 AM IST
Bytedance looks for a route back to India via partnershipResponding to ET’s query on the development, a senior government official said that “there have been no formal talks with us yet. But, we h...
01 Jun, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
TikTok eyes India comeback amid new IT rules, reprieve from US banTikTok parent ByteDance wrote to the IT ministry earlier this month, highlighting that it was compliant with India’s new IT rules despite n...
24 Jun, 2021, 06.30 AM IST
Recurring nightmareIn today's ETtech Morning Dispatch newsletter: BillDesk is expected to enjoy a virtual monopoly in processing recurring payments, RBI has t...
31 Mar, 2021, 08.13 AM IST
TikTok keeps ticking in US as deadline for asset sale passesTalks between TikTok parent ByteDance and government negotiators were continuing despite the missed deadline set by the Committee on Foreig...
05 Dec, 2020, 01.25 PM IST
TikTok files last-minute petition against Donald Trump orderThe company said in a statement that it had asked the government for a 30-day extension because it was "facing continual new requests and n...
11 Nov, 2020, 10.51 AM IST
India to consider fresh responses from TikTokIndia will consider fresh responses from TikTok if it seeks to re-engage with the government over its ban in the country, a senior official...
21 Sep, 2020, 10.48 AM IST
Donald Trump to block U.S. downloads of TikTok, WeChat on Sunday: OfficialsThe Commerce Department order will "deplatform" the two apps in the United States and bar Apple Inc's app store, Alphabet Inc's Google Play...
18 Sep, 2020, 05.19 PM IST
TikTok dials Mukesh Ambani, wants to know if he is willing to tango in IndiaIndia ops of short-video app said to be valued at $2.5-5 billion; RIL terms report ‘speculation’
13 Aug, 2020, 11.26 AM IST
Microsoft faces complex technical challenges in TikTok carveout, risks ire of Trump administrationTrump has given Microsoft until Sept. 15 to put together a blueprint for an acquisition that safeguards the personal data of Americans stor...
10 Aug, 2020, 03.50 PM IST
India asks court to stymie potential challenge to Chinese app banPreviously, China has expressed strong concern about the ban, which could hurt expansion plans and cost jobs, and said it may violate World...
11 Jul, 2020, 08.17 PM IST
China's ByteDance to store Indian data locally after MPs raise concerns on privacy, national securitySeveral Parliamentarians, including Congress' Shashi Tharoor, BJD's Pinaki Misra and TDP’s Jayadev Galla, have accused short-video app TikT...
22 Jul, 2019, 01.05 PM IST