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 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
Irish media regulator opens investigations into TikTok, LinkedInThe probes were opened by the regulator in its new role supervising the compliance of platforms established in Ireland with the European Un...
03 Dec, 2025, 08.23 AM IST
EU finds Meta, TikTok in breach of transparency obligationsThe European Commission has preliminarily found that Meta and TikTok breached their legal obligations to provide researchers with adequate ...
24 Oct, 2025, 08.18 PM IST
Five EU states to test age verification app to protect childrenThe setup for the age verification app is built on the same technical specifications as the European Digital Identity Wallet which will be ...
14 Jul, 2025, 08.35 PM IST
What is #SkinnyTok and why was it banned on TikTok?TikTok has globally blocked the #SkinnyTok hashtag following mounting criticism from European regulators, particularly in France, over its ...
04 Jun, 2025, 01.37 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
Shein to face tough EU online content rules as users in region soarThe new rules, known as the Digital Services Act (DSA), classify companies with more than 45 million users as very large online platforms (...
10 Mar, 2024, 08.57 AM 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 formal proceedings against TikTok under Digital Services ActThis marks the second DSA investigation after Elon Musk's social media platform X.
19 Feb, 2024, 04.55 PM IST
Meta and Snap must detail child protection measures by Dec. 1, EU saysFacebook owner Meta Platforms and social media company Snap have been given a Dec. 1 deadline by the EU to give more information on how the...
10 Nov, 2023, 05.22 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
EU's Breton tells TikTok CEO to ramp up efforts against disinformationBreton last month gave TikTok an Oct. 25 deadline to provide information on its crisis response measures and also ordered the company to pr...
06 Nov, 2023, 04.58 PM IST