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
China weaponises Taiwan’s own voices in escalating information warChina is using social media platforms like Douyin to spread messages from Taiwanese opposition figures. These clips are then shared on plat...
17 Apr, 2026, 12.07 PM IST
TikTok Down outage: What is going on with TikTok right now?TikTok Down: American TikTok users can continue using the same app, according to TikTok. But exactly what American users will see on their ...
25 Jan, 2026, 06.11 PM IST
TikTok stays in America: Trump’s $14B deal with Xi gives U.S. majority control as Oracle and Silver Lake take chargePresident Trump has signed an executive order approving a deal that would transfer TikTok’s U.S. operations to American investors, effectiv...
26 Sep, 2025, 05.33 AM IST
Tiktok to be overseen by Oracle, retrained for US; deal to be signed later this week: White HouseThe White House has announced that the deal to secure TikTok's operations in the US will be signed by President Donald Trump later this wee...
23 Sep, 2025, 09.57 AM IST
Donald Trump is going to save TikTok, the platform instrumental in his campaign and in spreading his message, from being banned; here's what he is planning to doDonald Trump may not let TikTok go down do easily, an application that has ardently helped him during his Presidential election campaign, g...
17 Jan, 2025, 07.44 PM IST
TikTok, Justice Department face off in court over potential US banA three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia will hold oral arguments on a legal challenge filed by TikTok...
16 Sep, 2024, 04.05 PM IST
TikTok says court should reject DOJ secret filings in divestiture suitTikTok said if the court does not agree to reject the evidence it should appoint a district court judge as a special master "to assess the ...
06 Aug, 2024, 08.50 AM IST
TikTok says US House bill that could ban app would 'trample' free speechThe House passed the legislation on Saturday by a margin of 360 to 58. It now moves to the Senate where it could be taken up for a vote in ...
21 Apr, 2024, 11.20 PM 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
TikTok divestment bill would give government stronger legal position: US DOJThe Justice Department gave a classified briefing to members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday before the panel voted ...
10 Mar, 2024, 08.53 AM IST
US lawmakers seek new law to protect TikTok user informationThe bill is the latest in a series of proposals aimed at addressing concerns about the data of Americans using foreign-owned social media a...
14 Jun, 2023, 09.02 PM IST
Can Montana actually ban TikTok despite passing the law?The statewide ban won't take effect until January 2024. It would be void if the social media platform is sold to a company that is not base...
18 May, 2023, 05.46 PM IST
TikTok confirms some China-based employees can access US user dataCurrently, China-based employees who clear a number of internal security protocols can access certain information on TikTok’s US users, inc...
02 Jul, 2022, 07.49 AM IST
TikTok says its U.S. traffic is going through Oracle servers, but it retains backupsIn 2020, President Donald Trump ordered ByteDance to sell TikTok over concerns it could expose the personal information of Americans to Bei...
18 Jun, 2022, 05.07 PM IST
Trump threatens to cut off TikTok if Walmart, Oracle deal doesn't go throughTrump has for weeks threatened to ban TikTok, which is owned by China's ByteDance, on national security grounds unless an American company ...
22 Sep, 2020, 10.36 AM IST