EU plans new rules targeting addictive design on TikTok, Meta, to protect childrenThe European Union is creating new regulations to safeguard children from addictive social media platform designs. These rules will target ...
12 May, 2026, 08.11 PM IST
Irish regulator investigates Shein over data transfers to ChinaIreland's Data Protection Commission is investigating Shein. The probe focuses on how the Chinese online retailer transfers European user d...
05 May, 2026, 08.21 PM IST
EU finds Meta failing to keep under-13s off Facebook, InstagramThe European Union has accused Meta of not effectively preventing users under 13 from accessing Facebook and Instagram, which could lead to...
29 Apr, 2026, 02.38 PM IST
EU accuses TikTok of 'addictive design,' seeks changes to protect usersThe European Union has accused TikTok of breaching digital rules over “addictive design” features such as autoplay and infinite scroll. EU ...
06 Feb, 2026, 04.59 PM IST
EU fines X $140 million for breaching online content rules, TikTok settles with concessionsEU tech regulators have fined Elon Musk's social media company X 120 million euros for breaching online content rules under the Digital Ser...
05 Dec, 2025, 04.54 PM IST
EU opens new probe into TikTok data transfer to ChinaAn Irish regulator has initiated an investigation into TikTok regarding the transfer of European users' personal data to servers located in...
10 Jul, 2025, 06.14 PM IST
EU accuses TikTok of violating digital rules over adsThe EU accused TikTok of violating the Digital Services Act (DSA) by failing to provide sufficient transparency about its advertisements. T...
15 May, 2025, 05.27 PM IST
TikTok rewards for watching videos not showing, working? What users should knowTikTok rewards program has been stopped by ByteDance-owned social media platform.
06 Aug, 2024, 12.19 AM IST
TikTok, bowing to EU, withdraws rewards programmeTikTok will permanently remove a feature in a spinoff app in France and Spain that rewards users for watching and liking videos, bowing to ...
05 Aug, 2024, 04.23 PM IST
EU threatens to suspend TikTok Lite app's 'addictive' rewardsThe EU on Monday launched a probe into TikTok's spinoff Lite app and threatened to suspend an "addictive" feature on it that rewards users ...
23 Apr, 2024, 07.07 AM IST
TikTok quizzed by EU on TikTok Lite launch in France, SpainThe move by EU industry chief Thierry Breton under EU tech rules known as the Digital Services Act (DSA) comes two months after he opened a...
17 Apr, 2024, 05.15 PM IST
EU opens formal investigation into TikTok over possible online content breachesThe European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA), which applies to all online platforms since Feb. 17, requires in particular very large onl...
19 Feb, 2024, 11.18 PM IST
EU opens probe into TikTok, YouTube over child protectionThe European Commission said it had sent formal requests for information to TikTok and YouTube respectively, the first step in procedures l...
09 Nov, 2023, 09.29 PM IST
TikTok fined $370 million over handling of children's data in EuropeIt is the first time ByteDance-owned TikTok has been reprimanded by Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner, the lead regulator in the EU fo...
15 Sep, 2023, 05.57 PM IST
UK security minister Tom Tugendhat asks NCSC to investigate TikTok’s securityTom Tugendhat, the UK security minister, says he has not ruled out joining other countries in prohibiting Chinese-owned video-sharing apps ...
14 Mar, 2023, 05.33 PM IST
France fines TikTok $5.4 million for online tracking shortcomingsFrench data protection watchdog CNIL said its investigation only concerned the website tiktok.com and not the service's much more heavily u...
13 Jan, 2023, 08.49 AM IST
12-yr-old London girl can sue TikTok for privacy breach, court grants anonymityTikTok has come under increased scrutiny by several EU data watchdogs over children’s data.
31 Dec, 2020, 06.20 PM IST