TikTok US deal update: Oracle-led joint venture set to launch in 2026 – what this means for ByteDanceTikTok US deal 2026: TikTok is set to become a US joint venture. Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX will lead the new entity. American investors ...
19 Dec, 2025, 07.31 AM IST
With deadline looming, details of a potential TikTok deal emergeWith a US deadline looming, TikTok’s future is uncertain. VP JD Vance announced a plan by Saturday. Trump, who said that the administration...
04 Apr, 2025, 12.11 PM IST
Another big feather in Elon Musk's cap? Tesla CEO and owner of X erstwhile Twitter may 'buy' TikTok's US businessTikTok's future in the US has come under spotlight as a possible ban looms large.
14 Jan, 2025, 08.37 PM IST
How TikTok saved its ecommerce business in IndonesiaIndonesia was a critical market and the first place where TikTok rolled out this feature. The app, owned by the Chinese tech giant ByteDanc...
14 Nov, 2024, 10.49 AM IST
TikTok violates Indonesian in-app transactions ban, says ministerFollowing the implementation of Indonesian regulations in October 2023 aimed at safeguarding local businesses and user data, TikTok was com...
20 Feb, 2024, 11.06 AM IST
TikTok, YouTube, Meta mulling Indonesia ecommerce licencesIndonesia's trade ministry banned ecommerce transactions on social media a month ago, saying it sought to protect small and midsize offline...
26 Oct, 2023, 03.33 PM IST
TikTok to halt transactions on its app in Indonesia from WednesdayThe Indonesian government has said the ban, imposed last week, is aimed at protecting offline merchants and marketplaces, adding that preda...
03 Oct, 2023, 04.35 PM IST
TikTok in talks to gain Indonesian payments licenceThe news follows an announcement by TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew in June that the short video platform would invest billions of dollars in Indon...
04 Aug, 2023, 02.36 PM 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
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
U.S. Senate passes bill to bar federal employees from using TikTok on government-owned devicesThe bill must still be approved by the U.S. House of Representatives before going to President Joe Biden for approval. The House of Represe...
15 Dec, 2022, 08.29 AM IST
Timeline: ByteDance founder who put TikTok on global map to quit as CEOZhang, 38, turned ByteDance into a social media powerhouse which has also had many brushes with global regulators
20 May, 2021, 04.19 PM IST
TikTok files complaint against Trump administration in an effort to block U.S. banThe U.S. Commerce Department announced a ban on Friday blocking people in the United States from downloading Chinese-owned messaging app We...
19 Sep, 2020, 01.54 PM IST
TikTok says it has 'no choice' but to sue Trump administration over threatened U.S. banIt also said the administration has ignored its "extensive efforts" to address its concerns, and accused Trump of politicizing the dispute ...
24 Aug, 2020, 09.32 PM IST
ByteDance investors seek to use stakes to finance TikTok bid - SourcesByteDance has been in talks to divest TikTok's North America, Australia and New Zealand operations to potential acquirers, including Micros...
24 Aug, 2020, 02.42 PM IST
Microsoft-TikTok deal unlikely to be taxed in India, according to officialsAlthough TikTok had a large subscriber base in India, pegged at 200 million, the value of the business is much below the threshold. The bul...
08 Aug, 2020, 02.12 PM IST
Ecomm calling: Shoppable ads pop up on TikTokTapping on the video advertisement pushes users to a microsite experience where they can browse and shop while still being on the TikTok ap...
19 Oct, 2019, 11.27 AM IST