US states accuse TikTok of harming young usersA group of 14 US states on Tuesday filed lawsuits accusing TikTok of ensnaring young users with addictive features, then harming their mind...
08 Oct, 2024, 10.58 PM IST
Texas sues TikTok for violating children's privacyPaxton said TikTok, whose parent is China's ByteDance, does not provide tools to restrict children's privacy and account settings, even all...
04 Oct, 2024, 10.30 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
US sues TikTok over 'massive-scale' privacy violations of kids under 13The U.S. Justice Department has sued TikTok and ByteDance, alleging failure to protect children's privacy in violation of the Children's On...
03 Aug, 2024, 07.34 AM IST
US sues TikTok over 'massive-scale' privacy violations of kids under 13The government said TikTok violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act that requires services aimed at children to obtain parenta...
03 Aug, 2024, 12.18 AM IST
US lawsuit against TikTok to focus on childrens' privacyTikTok faces challenges from Congress over data access concerns by the Chinese government and a divestiture law requiring ByteDance to sell...
21 Jun, 2024, 10.51 PM IST
US regulator says TikTok may be violating child privacy lawThe US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Tuesday that it had referred a complaint against TikTok to the Justice Department, saying t...
19 Jun, 2024, 06.48 PM IST
US tech groups back TikTok in challenge to Montana state banTwo tech groups on Monday backed TikTok in its lawsuit seeking to block enforcement of a Montana state ban on use of the short video sharin...
08 Aug, 2023, 08.31 AM IST
TikTok asks US judge to block Montana ban before January 1 effective dateTikTok, which is owned by China's ByteDance and filed suit in May, asked US District Judge Donald W. Molloy to issue a preliminary injuncti...
06 Jul, 2023, 09.42 AM IST
Montana is banning TikTok. But can the state enforce the law and fend off lawsuits?TikTok is challenging Montana's first-of-its kind law that makes it illegal for people to use the social media app in the state. It's the s...
23 May, 2023, 09.16 AM IST
TikTok faces ban in universities in US. Here's why, check full listSeveral universities in the US have announced restrictions on access to TikTok, citing concerns about national security and data privacy.
19 Jan, 2023, 10.33 PM IST
US state sues TikTok over safety and security breachesThe US state of Indiana has sued popular social media app TikTok over safety and security breaches.
11 Dec, 2022, 05.16 PM IST
TikTok says to address European concerns by opening up about how it worksThe social media app said on Tuesday it would open a European Transparency and Accountability Centre, at first virtually and later at a fac...
27 Apr, 2021, 06.09 PM IST
ByteDance to pay $92 million in US privacy settlementThe federal lawsuit alleged that TikTok broke the Illinois biometric privacy law, which allows suits against companies that harvest consume...
27 Feb, 2021, 12.05 AM IST
TikTok agrees to pay $92 million in privacy lawsuit in USIn 2019, TikTok settled a $1.1 million lawsuit over alleged children's privacy allegations.
26 Feb, 2021, 10.04 AM IST
India won't ease ban on TikTok post Oracle deal in the US, say officialsOn Monday, global media reports said Oracle had emerged the winner for TikTok’s US operations, with the company likely to be named TikTok’s...
15 Sep, 2020, 09.41 AM IST
TikTok poised for deal to avoid millions in privacy damagesTikTok's Chinese owner is proposing to settle consumer privacy litigation that has exposed it to hundreds of millions of dollars in damages...
20 Aug, 2020, 08.49 AM IST