From Australia to Europe, countries move to curb children's social media accessNations worldwide are enacting strict rules for social media access by children. Australia has banned platforms for those under 16. Britain...
08 Jun, 2026, 09.55 PM IST
Big tech firms must stop young people circulating nude images, says UK PM StarmerUnder the new plans, companies like Apple and Google should build or activate technical solutions on smartphones and tablets to detect and...
08 Jun, 2026, 05.39 PM IST
Meta lashes Australia's bid to make tech giants pay for newsTech giant Meta on Thursday attacked Australia's "grossly unfair" bid to make social media companies pay for news, saying it is vehemently ...
04 Jun, 2026, 07.16 AM IST
Malaysia Bans Under-16s From Social Media: New Age Verification Rules EnforcedMalaysia has begun enforcing new rules. Children under 16 are now banned from social media accounts. Platforms must implement age verificat...
01 Jun, 2026, 09.59 AM IST
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
China denies accessing data after TikTok hit with huge EU fineTikTok was fined 530 million euros ($600 million) on Friday for transferring user data from Europe to China without ensuring it was protect...
04 May, 2025, 07.23 PM IST
Families sue TikTok in France over teen suicides they say are linked to harmful contentFamilies are suing TikTok, claiming the platform pushed harmful content that contributed to their children's suicides. They argue the app's...
23 Jan, 2025, 01.42 PM IST
TikTok is facing legal backlash around the worldTikTok is increasingly facing global scrutiny due to concerns over its ties to China and its influence on politics, misinformation, and men...
09 Jan, 2025, 11.55 AM IST
From India to US, here’s a list of countries that have banned TikTokCanada on Wednesday directed the video app TikTok, which is owned by a Chinese tech giant, to close its offices in the country because of n...
08 Nov, 2024, 08.52 AM IST
Canada shuts TikTok's offices over national security risksThe app, hugely popular around the world, will still be available for people to use in Canada, according to François-Philippe Champagne, th...
08 Nov, 2024, 07.55 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
French MPs urge TikTok ban ultimatumA Senate commission of inquiry set up to probe TikTok's handling of data and "influence strategy" said in its final report that the firm sh...
06 Jul, 2023, 08.59 PM IST
UK fined TikTok nearly USD 16 million for misusing children's personal dataTikTok has been fined almost $16m by the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for breaching data protection laws, including misusing ...
07 Apr, 2023, 08.24 AM IST
Josh Hawley fails to fast track his bill to ban TikTok despite growing support in Congress against the appThe attempt to outlaw TikTok has not been fulfilled as Josh Hawley failed to fast track his bill against the app on Wednesday.
30 Mar, 2023, 01.59 PM IST
France bans TikTok on the staff phones of civil servants over cybersecurity concernsFrance has banned the use of TikTok on work phones of civil servants due to cybersecurity concerns.
25 Mar, 2023, 04.27 PM IST
France to ban TikTok on work phones of civil servantsFrance will ban the use of Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok on the work phones of civil servants, Civil Service Minister Stanislas Gu...
24 Mar, 2023, 06.24 PM IST
TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer quits after three months, just as firm challenges US banMayer was Walt Disney Co's top streaming executive before becoming chief executive officer of TikTok and chief operating officer of parent ...
27 Aug, 2020, 07.20 PM IST