Teen drops landmark social media addiction case against Meta, Google, SnapA 15-year-old girl dropped her lawsuit against Meta, Google, and Snap Inc. She had alleged social media addiction and mental health issues....
21 Aug, 2026, 06.42 AM IST
US nears $400 million settlement with TikTok on child-privacy violations: ABC NewsUS government is close to a $400 million deal with TikTok. This settlement addresses claims of child privacy breaches. The funds are report...
09 May, 2026, 08.13 AM 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
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
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
US FTC could bring suit or reach settlement with TikTok over privacy probePolitico earlier reported the potential FTC action on Tuesday citing people with direct knowledge of the matter. The FTC and TikTok decline...
27 Mar, 2024, 08.28 AM IST
Biden administration pursuing TikTok over data practices: reportEarlier in March, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to pass a bill giving ByteDance about six months to sell the U.S. ...
27 Mar, 2024, 08.26 AM IST
Meta-FTC privacy lawsuit: US federal judge rules against social media giantThe FTC proposed changing a settlement reached in 2019 which required Facebook to pay $5 billion. The FTC said it would tighten that to bar...
28 Nov, 2023, 08.28 AM IST
Facebook users, it’s time to claim your share of $725 mn settlement!Meta is paying to settle a lawsuit alleging the world's largest social media platform allowed millions of its users' personal information t...
28 Jul, 2023, 09.38 PM IST
US Facebook users have one month left to apply for a share of $725 million settlementMeta is paying to settle a lawsuit alleging the world's largest social media platform allowed millions of its users' personal information t...
27 Jul, 2023, 12.48 PM IST
Snapchat agrees to pay $35 million over illegal user data collection in USSnapchat will be paying the amount for violating Illinois's biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).
15 Feb, 2023, 04.27 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
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
ByteDance's TikTok hit with $5.7 million fine over child privacyTikTok is now making changes to better accommodate younger users in the US based on guidance from the FTC.
28 Feb, 2019, 10.47 AM IST