How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threatTikTok went dark in the United States on Saturday, hours before a federal ban on the Chinese-owned short-video app took effect. The shutdow...
19 Jan, 2025, 04.12 PM IST
How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threatTikTok, originally a merger of ByteDance's Douyin and Musical.ly in 2017, has faced escalating national security concerns in the U.S. due t...
19 Jan, 2025, 11.31 AM IST
How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threatTikTok, a global social video app owned by China-based ByteDance, faces a potential ban in the US unless sold to a US owner. Concerns about...
18 Jan, 2025, 08.37 AM IST
US sues TikTok over 'massive-scale' privacy violations of kids under 13The U.S. Justice Department has sued TikTok and ByteDance, alleging failure to protect children's privacy in violation of the Children's On...
03 Aug, 2024, 07.34 AM IST
US sues TikTok over 'massive-scale' privacy violations of kids under 13The government said TikTok violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act that requires services aimed at children to obtain parenta...
03 Aug, 2024, 12.18 AM IST
How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threatTikTok's tumultuous journey includes growth from a teen app to a global trendsetter, facing national security concerns and ownership disput...
28 Apr, 2024, 05.06 PM 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 House to vote on TikTok crackdown; fate uncertain in SenateThe vote comes just over a week since the bill was proposed and after one public hearing with little debate. The House Energy and Commerce ...
13 Mar, 2024, 09.15 AM IST
Biden says he would sign TikTok crackdown, Trump raises concernsPresident Biden plans to sign ByteDance divestiture bill for TikTok. Republican Donald Trump, expressed objections to banning TikTok
09 Mar, 2024, 11.03 AM IST
Donald Trump raises concerns about US ban on TikTokThe former Republican president seeking a return to the White House wrote late Thursday on social media site Truth Social "if you get rid o...
08 Mar, 2024, 10.59 PM IST
US House to vote next week on TikTok crackdown billThe U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on legislation that would ban TikTok in the U.S. unless China's ByteDance divests from the...
08 Mar, 2024, 10.48 AM IST
New push in Congress to ban TikTok or force Chinese divestiture gains steamCommittee approval would set up a vote by U.S. House of Representatives that represents the first significant momentum for a U.S. crackdown...
07 Mar, 2024, 04.44 PM IST
US lawmakers consider changes to TikTok crackdown billThe legislation endorsed by the White House would grant the Commerce Department new authority to review, block, and address a range of tran...
11 Jul, 2023, 09.08 AM IST
UAE spy chief’s firm buys into ByteDance at $220-billion valueG42, controlled by United Arab Emirates royal Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, acquired a $100 million-plus stake from existing investor...
15 Mar, 2023, 09.30 AM IST
India TikTok ban set important precedent: FCC chief; restaurants, cloud kitchens see 30-35% jump in NYE ordersHappy New Year! Here’s hoping 2023 is kinder to tech firms and startups than 2022 was. Today, we bring you an exclusive interview with US F...
02 Jan, 2023, 07.34 AM IST
India set an important precedent by banning TikTok: FCC commissioner Brendan CarrIn an exclusive interview with ET, US FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said “banning TikTok is a natural next step in our efforts to secure co...
02 Jan, 2023, 07.20 AM 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