Justice Department claims TikTok collected US user views on issues like abortion, gun controlGovernment lawyers wrote in a brief filed to the federal appeals court in Washington that TikTok and its Beijing-based parent company ByteD...
27 Jul, 2024, 11.37 AM IST
TikTok CEO expects to defeat US restrictions: 'We aren't going anywhere'TikTok CEO Chew optimistic in legal fight against Biden's TikTok ban. ByteDance has 270 days to sell U.S. assets. Concerns over Chinese own...
25 Apr, 2024, 11.49 AM IST
TikTok parent ByteDance to allow US staff to cash out on shares: reportThe move is aimed at appeasing restless employees who have been waiting for an initial public offering to profit from the shares they have ...
12 Jul, 2023, 12.55 AM IST
Driver's licenses, addresses, photos: Inside how TikTok shares user dataTikTok has downplayed the access that its China-based workers have to US user data. In a congressional hearing in March, TikTok's CEO, Shou...
29 May, 2023, 09.12 AM IST
Driver's licenses, addresses, photos: Inside how TikTok shares user dataTikTok's China-based employees have access to U.S. user data on an internal platform called Lark, according to internal reports and former ...
25 May, 2023, 08.00 PM IST
Five reasons why the US wants to ban TikTokMembers of Congress in March complained that the Chinese government has a "golden share" in ByteDance, giving it power over TikTok.
18 May, 2023, 10.50 AM IST
From India to UK, here are the countries that have ban on TikTokThe company's CEO faced a grilling Thursday from U.S. lawmakers. TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese technology company Bytedance, has lo...
23 Mar, 2023, 09.47 PM IST
Pulling the plug on TikTok will be harder than it looksMaking TikTok safe from Chinese exploitation - as a tool for Chinese officials to surveil Americans' tastes and whereabouts, as an entry po...
22 Mar, 2023, 11.33 AM 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
Why TikTok is being banned on gov't phones in US and beyondThe United States is ratcheting up national security concerns about TikTok, mandating that all federal employees delete the Chinese-owned s...
01 Mar, 2023, 08.33 AM IST
China says TikTok ban reflects US insecuritiesTikTok is used by two-thirds of American teens, but there's concern in Washington that China could use its legal and regulatory powers to o...
28 Feb, 2023, 04.19 PM IST
US lawmakers to include ban on TikTok on government devicesThe Senate last week voted on a bill sponsored by Republican Senator Josh Hawley to bar federal employees from using the ByteDance-owned sh...
20 Dec, 2022, 10.53 AM IST
TikTok employees in China have access to user data of UK, EU. See detailsTikTok has revealed that some employees in China can access the data of users in the United Kingdom and the European Union.
03 Nov, 2022, 06.46 PM IST
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew denies handing over US users' data to ChinaIn a letter addressed to nine Republican Senators, the TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew said that they know "we are among the most scrutinised platf...
03 Jul, 2022, 09.40 AM IST
TikTok confirms some China-based employees can access US user dataCurrently, China-based employees who clear a number of internal security protocols can access certain information on TikTok’s US users, inc...
02 Jul, 2022, 07.49 AM IST
ByteDance owned TikTok working on a comeback strategy for IndiaTikTok has been hunting for partner firms for functions such as legal, policy and advocacy and communications in India and has shortlisted ...
11 Nov, 2020, 08.19 AM IST
TikTok and its employees prepare to fight Donald Trump over app banTikTok and its US employees are planning to take President Donald Trump's administration to court over his sweeping order to ban the popula...
14 Aug, 2020, 09.19 AM IST