First US trial against TikTok to test claims platform fueled teen mental health crisisAn Alabama jury will hear the state's claims that TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance made the platform addictive to young user...
25 Sep, 2026, 03.50 PM IST
Texas judge rules TikTok misled users on child safety featureAccording to the ruling, Texas said TikTok told users it would remove content that violated its Community Guidelines, but internally class...
11 Sep, 2026, 10.47 PM IST
Meta’s $17.1 billion settlement puts Instagram and Facebook on a digital bedtimeMeta has agreed to pay up to $17.1 billion to settle a multistate lawsuit alleging Facebook and Instagram were designed to hook children, w...
27 Aug, 2026, 02.10 PM IST
Meta rejects claims it sought to hook children to Facebook, Instagram as landmark trial beginsFour lead states - California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey - accused Meta of designing Facebook and Instagram to hook young users, fu...
19 Aug, 2026, 12.26 PM IST
Meta rejects allegations it sought to hook children as landmark trial beginsFour lead states - California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey - accuse Meta of designing Facebook and Instagram to hook young users, fue...
19 Aug, 2026, 01.27 AM IST
What's the latest in the trials over claims social media is hurting children?The social media companies have denied allegations that their products have contributed to depression, anxiety, body-image issues and a bro...
12 Aug, 2026, 05.38 PM IST
Meta, YouTube, TikTok face thousands of lawsuits in the US over kids’ mental health: What we knowMajor social media firms face thousands of lawsuits across the United States. These legal actions allege platforms are designed to addict y...
12 Aug, 2026, 04.20 PM IST
Are TikTok, other Chinese apps back in India as tensions subside?While reports of TikTok being accessible to some users in India are doing the rounds amid a thaw in India-China relations, government sourc...
23 Aug, 2025, 01.56 PM IST
TikTok unveils updated community guidelines; to come into force from September 13Per the new guidelines, TikTok will minimise the visibility of commercial content, directing users to buy products off-platform in markets ...
18 Aug, 2025, 09.46 PM IST
TikTok sued by 13 US states and DC, accused of harming younger usersThirteen U.S. states and Washington D.C. have sued TikTok, alleging the platform harms minors by fostering addiction through its content. T...
09 Oct, 2024, 07.39 AM IST
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
TikTok prepares to combat misinfo, AI fakes and influence ops ahead of European Union electionTikTok plans to launch local language in-app "election centers" next month for each of the 27 EU countries so that "people can easily separ...
14 Feb, 2024, 10.39 PM IST
Time ticking for TikTok to review its policyTikTok, the social media video-sharing platform, has faced criticism for failing to remove harmful content during Malaysia's 2022 General E...
26 Jun, 2023, 01.58 PM IST
One billion users, but trouble mounts for TikTokSeveral governments have banned the app from their equipment over fears that data could be viewed by officials in Beijing, and the United S...
16 Mar, 2023, 05.18 PM IST
U.S. House Republicans press TikTok on Chinese data sharing"Some of the information TikTok provided during the staff briefing appears to be untrue or misleading, including that TikTok does not track...
23 Nov, 2022, 06.59 AM IST
TikTok launches new campaign to curb Covid fake news, ropes in Virat Kohli, Sara Ali Khan & Ayushmann Khurrana#MatKarForward will help to raise awareness about sharing of misinformation.
04 May, 2020, 02.06 PM IST
TikTok updates community guidelines, bans ‘misleading’ information, ‘hateful’ ideologiesTikTok said in a blog post on Wednesday that the changes offer clarity around how it defines harmful or unsafe content not permitted on the...
08 Jan, 2020, 05.34 PM IST