Are you affected? Millions could lose social media access under new rules this summerMillions of Americans could soon face social media bans. California is moving to prohibit children under 16 from using platforms like TikTo...
24 Apr, 2026, 07.21 PM IST
EU accuses TikTok of 'addictive design,' seeks changes to protect usersThe European Union has accused TikTok of breaching digital rules over “addictive design” features such as autoplay and infinite scroll. EU ...
06 Feb, 2026, 04.59 PM IST
China says it will work with US to resolve issues related to TikTokPresident Trump and China's Xi Jinping met to ease trade tensions. Decisions were made to reduce trade friction. However, no agreement was ...
30 Oct, 2025, 03.30 PM IST
Chair of a House committee on China demands urgent White House briefing on TikTok dealIn a statement released Friday, Rep. John Moolenaar, the chairman of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, praised the propo...
26 Sep, 2025, 11.01 PM IST
Billionaire Frank McCourt says he is open to teaming up on a TikTok bidFrank McCourt is open to partnering with others for a bid to take over the US operations of TikTok, provided he maintains control. The pote...
24 Jan, 2025, 09.47 AM IST
EU opens investigation into TikTok over election interferenceThe European Commission launched an investigation into TikTok's potential role in election interference, particularly during Romania's rece...
17 Dec, 2024, 04.50 PM IST
EU requests info from YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok on content algorithmsThe commission said it had requested additional information from TikTok about measures the firm had adopted to keep bad actors from manipul...
02 Oct, 2024, 05.38 PM IST
TikTok preparing a US copy of the app's core algorithmTikTok is developing a clone of its recommendation algorithm for its U.S. users to operate independently from its Chinese parent, ByteDance...
31 May, 2024, 07.06 AM IST
TikTok needs to do more to comply with Europe's new digital rules, official saysTikTok needs to do more to get ready for new European Union digital rules designed to keep users safe online, a top official said Tuesday.
18 Jul, 2023, 11.13 PM IST
US threatens ban if Chinese owners don't sell stakes, says TikTokIt is the first time under the administration of Biden that a potential ban on TikTok has been threatened. Biden's predecessor, Republican ...
16 Mar, 2023, 04.45 PM IST
Czech cyber watchdog warns against using TikTokThe NUKIB agency recommended that TikTok should not be installed on phones whose users access critical and other significant infrastructure.
09 Mar, 2023, 10.44 AM IST
White House backs Senate Bill to boost US ability to ban TikTokThe endorsement boosts efforts by a number of lawmakers to ban the popular app, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance and used by mor...
08 Mar, 2023, 04.26 PM IST
White House backs Senate bill to boost US ability to ban TikTokThe bill would give the Commerce Department the ability impose restrictions up to and including banning TikTok and other technologies that ...
08 Mar, 2023, 08.33 AM IST
US House panel approves Bill giving Joe Biden power to ban TikTokLawmakers voted 24 to 16 to approve the measure to grant the administration new powers to ban the ByteDance-owned app - which is used by ov...
02 Mar, 2023, 10.08 AM IST
Kylie Jenner & Kim Kardashian – Instagram’s two biggest stars – urge Meta-owned app to ‘stop trying to be like TikTok’. Could this create trouble?In 2018, when Jenner shared her disappointment over Snapchat's new layout, it tumbled its stock value.
26 Jul, 2022, 03.25 PM IST
Plike X Vlike + Pcomment: This TikTok equation keeps users hooked to videosA recent report demonstrated how TikTok relies on your time spent on each video to steer you toward more videos that will keep you scrollin...
06 Dec, 2021, 10.39 AM IST
TikTok owner picks Oracle over Microsoft as United States technology partner"We did get a proposal over the weekend that includes Oracle as the trusted technology partner with Oracle making many representations for ...
14 Sep, 2020, 09.58 PM IST