US Stocks: Meta shares drop 7% on fears US verdicts open door to deluge of lawsuitsMeta Platforms shares tumbled 7% after two verdicts found the social media giant liable for harm to young users. These rulings, totaling hu...
26 Mar, 2026, 11.13 PM IST
Meta shares slip after US jury verdicts raise concerns of new legal exposureMeta shares fell 6% to a 10-month low on Thursday after rulings this week found the Facebook parent failed to adequately warn or protect yo...
26 Mar, 2026, 10.10 PM IST
TikTok: key things to know about the video sharing platformVideo-sharing platform TikTok has over a billion users worldwide, including more than 170 million in the United States, it says -- nearly h...
23 Jan, 2026, 08.52 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
TikTok to build 1-billion-euro data centre in FinlandTikTok said Tuesday it was investing 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) to build a data centre in Finland, days after the EU slapped it with a ...
07 May, 2025, 12.24 AM 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
TikTok fined €530 million by EU regulator over data protectionTikTok said it strongly contested the finding and that it has used the EU's own legal framework, specifically so-called standard contractua...
02 May, 2025, 03.49 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
TikTok Creators Take Legal Action Against U.S. Ban: Who’s Leading the Charge?Eight TikTok content creators filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government, aiming to overturn a federal law that could ban the popular soci...
11 Jan, 2025, 12.53 AM IST
What happens next for TikTok after court ruling against it?A US appeals court upheld a law mandating ByteDance to divest TikTok by January 19 or face a ban, citing national security concerns. TikTok...
06 Dec, 2024, 11.19 PM IST
UK fines TikTok over child safety data reportingBritish telecommunications regulator Ofcom said Wednesday it had handed video sharing platform TikTok a 1.9 million pound ($2.4 million) fi...
24 Jul, 2024, 08.54 PM IST
TikTok creators file suit to block US divestment or ban lawThe suit, which seeks injunctive relief, says the law threatens free speech and "promises to shutter a discrete medium of communication tha...
15 May, 2024, 07.12 AM IST
Google, Meta win court fight against Austrian online content ruleThe Austrian law, enacted in 2021 and which obliges Big Tech to publish regular reports of illegal content, comes amid mounting concerns wo...
09 Nov, 2023, 04.43 PM IST
ETtech Explainer: EU’s $1.3 billion fine on Meta is one of many penalties on Big Tech globallyBig Tech companies worldwide have come under the lens of antitrust regulators, policymakers and enforcement agencies amid concerns about pr...
23 May, 2023, 12.51 PM IST
Time runs out for TikTok downloads as Google, Apple remove social media app from storesThe app, popular among teenagers who use it to create and share short videos, was available on app stores of Google and Apple until Tuesday...
18 Apr, 2019, 07.08 AM IST