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
Born and died on same date: Kerala man killed in Sharjah after TikTok dispute turns into fatal attackAn Indian expat's tragic death in Sharjah, allegedly after a TikTok dispute, is marked by a haunting coincidence: his death date, May 31, w...
05 Jun, 2026, 10.12 AM IST
Inside an African hotel where asylum seekers deported by the US are imprisonedAsylum seekers deported from the United States are being held against their will in Equatorial Guinea. The Trump administration struck a de...
28 May, 2026, 05.45 PM IST
Football emerges as India’s second-most popular sport after Cricket: NielsenFootball is now India's second-most popular sport among adults, trailing only cricket, according to new Nielsen research. The sport's popul...
27 May, 2026, 02.01 PM IST
'Not fond of Indians': Taiwan candidate Lee Hung-Yi's billboard banning turbaned man, upside-down Indian flag sparks concernTaiwan anti-India billboard: A political candidate in Taiwan Lee Hung-Yi has ignited a social media firestorm with a billboard opposing Ind...
25 May, 2026, 11.00 AM IST
Are TikTok, other Chinese apps back in India as tensions subside?While reports of TikTok being accessible to some users in India are doing the rounds amid a thaw in India-China relations, government sourc...
23 Aug, 2025, 01.56 PM IST
TikTok ban not lifted: OfficialsIndia maintains its ban on TikTok. Government officials deny reports of the app's return. The TikTok website's landing page changed, but co...
22 Aug, 2025, 11.19 PM IST
TikTok web goes live for some users in IndiaTikTok has gone live on the Internet after nearly five years in India. This comes after the White House launched an official TikTok account...
22 Aug, 2025, 08.22 PM IST
How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threatTikTok went dark in the United States on Saturday, hours before a federal ban on the Chinese-owned short-video app took effect. The shutdow...
19 Jan, 2025, 04.12 PM IST
How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threatTikTok, originally a merger of ByteDance's Douyin and Musical.ly in 2017, has faced escalating national security concerns in the U.S. due t...
19 Jan, 2025, 11.31 AM IST
How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threatTikTok, a global social video app owned by China-based ByteDance, faces a potential ban in the US unless sold to a US owner. Concerns about...
18 Jan, 2025, 08.37 AM IST
How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threatTikTok's tumultuous journey includes growth from a teen app to a global trendsetter, facing national security concerns and ownership disput...
28 Apr, 2024, 05.06 PM IST
One billion users, but trouble mounts for TikTokSeveral governments have banned the app from their equipment over fears that data could be viewed by officials in Beijing, and the United S...
16 Mar, 2023, 05.18 PM IST
TikTok India social handles active but losing followersThe higher activity levels come at a time when there have been media reports that Oracle Corp has ousted Microsoft to emerge as the preferr...
25 May, 2021, 02.10 PM IST
ByteDance may move TikTok headquarters out of China as India bans appSenior executives are discussing options such as creating a new management board for TikTok or establishing a headquarters for the app outs...
10 Jul, 2020, 01.12 PM IST
TikTok asks users to showcase creativity on platform; refrain from videos violating community normsThe statement comes in the wake of a recent incident where a teenager was shot dead "accidentally" when he and his relatives were posing fo...
14 Jun, 2019, 04.37 PM IST
TikTok’s relentless growth in India is hitting FacebookByteDance, the world’s most valuable startup, is banking on its global product approach and user-generated content to win over the Indian m...
21 May, 2019, 12.29 PM IST