US gamers getting older as industry reports growthAmerican video game players are aging, with the average now 37. The industry is seeing a comeback, reaching pre-pandemic activity levels. T...
07 Jun, 2026, 10.06 AM IST
More than 50 US lawmakers, 21 states back US DOJ in TikTok lawsuitTwenty-one U.S. states and over 50 lawmakers have supported the Justice Department's push for ByteDance to divest TikTok's U.S. assets by J...
03 Aug, 2024, 07.41 AM IST
US Senator says TikTok divestiture deadline could be extended to one yearThe US House of Representatives voted 352-65 on March 13 to give TikTok's ByteDance, about six months to divest the US assets of the short-...
11 Apr, 2024, 08.48 AM IST
Senate Republican leader backs legislation to force Chinese divestment of TikTokMitch McConnell called TikTok "America's greatest strategic rival is threatening our security right here on U.S. soil in tens of millions o...
09 Apr, 2024, 09.41 AM IST
Chuck Schumer says US Senate can make progress on TikTok billThe Senate is returning to work next week after a two-week recess. The U.S. House of Representatives voted 352-65 on March 13 to give TikTo...
05 Apr, 2024, 11.35 PM IST
US lawmakers urge commerce department to put ByteDance on export control listThe lawmakers, led by Republican representative Dan Crenshaw and Democrat Josh Gottheimer, in a letter to commerce secretary Gina Raimondo ...
09 Feb, 2024, 05.18 PM IST
US lawmakers urge Commerce to put TikTok-parent ByteDance on export control listCFIUS demanded TikTok's Chinese owners sell their shares or risk a ban, but no action has been taken. U.S. courts blocked Donald Trump's at...
09 Feb, 2024, 07.43 AM IST
Virginia, other US states back Montana in TikTok ban: court filingA group of 18 state attorneys general, including Virginia, Georgia, and Alaska, have expressed their support for Montana's ban on TikTok, a...
19 Sep, 2023, 08.58 AM IST
US House Republicans raise 'deep concern' on TikTok content decisionsIn March, US lawmakers questioned TikTok chief executive Shou Zi Chew during a Congressional hearing in what was a rare public appearance f...
11 May, 2023, 10.17 PM IST
In hundreds of TikTok videos, its users defend the appOther TikTok users shared video montages of the app's chief executive, Shou Chew, to the tune of pop songs and applied the "fancam" treatme...
30 Mar, 2023, 04.45 PM IST
TikTok ban had 'side benefit' of getting his kids off platform: Canada PM Justin TrudeauTrudeau, 51, has three children, two of whom are teenagers. His government announced its ban last month, saying the platform has an "unacce...
25 Mar, 2023, 09.09 PM IST
TikTok CEO-US Congressional hearing: five things to knowThe US lawmakers were unconvinced with most of what CEO Shou Zi Chew said as they questioned him on data security and user safety while he ...
24 Mar, 2023, 04.04 PM IST
TikTok attacked for China ties as US lawmakers push for banCEO Shou Zi Chew's testimony before Congress did little to assuage US worries over TikTok's China-based parent company ByteDance and added ...
24 Mar, 2023, 06.51 AM IST
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to face tough questions amid support for US banTikTok, which has more than 150 million Americans users, has faced sharp accusations that its US user data would be shared with the Chinese...
23 Mar, 2023, 06.11 PM IST
TikTok creators, some US Democratic lawmakers oppose ban on appRepresentatives Jamaal Bowman, Mark Pocan and Robert Garcia and TikTok creators called a press conference in Washington for broad-based pri...
23 Mar, 2023, 09.47 AM IST
TikTok to sign deal with TalkShopLive for live shopping platform in US: ReportsShort video app TikTok is in talks with TalkShopLive to launch its live shopping platform in North America.
02 Oct, 2022, 12.56 AM IST
TikTok inching toward US security deal to avoid sale: reportTikTok and the Biden administration have drafted a preliminary agreement to resolve national security concerns but are still deciding on a ...
26 Sep, 2022, 04.14 PM IST