From India to US, here’s a list of countries that have banned TikTokCanada on Wednesday directed the video app TikTok, which is owned by a Chinese tech giant, to close its offices in the country because of n...
08 Nov, 2024, 08.52 AM IST
TikTok hires Britain's NCC for auditing data securitySeveral government bodies have banned TikTok from staff phones due to growing concerns about the company, which is owned by Chinese firm By...
05 Sep, 2023, 11.31 PM IST
TikTok hires British firm NCC for auditing data securitySeveral government bodies have banned TikTok from staff phones due to growing concerns about the company, which is owned by Chinese firm By...
05 Sep, 2023, 05.05 PM IST
Montana is banning TikTok. But can the state enforce the law and fend off lawsuits?TikTok is challenging Montana's first-of-its kind law that makes it illegal for people to use the social media app in the state. It's the s...
23 May, 2023, 09.16 AM 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
China aiming for 'global technological supremacy': British cyber chiefLindy Cameron, director of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of Britain's GCHQ eavesdropping spy agency, said Britain had a "...
19 Apr, 2023, 05.17 PM IST
France bans TikTok on the staff phones of civil servants over cybersecurity concernsFrance has banned the use of TikTok on work phones of civil servants due to cybersecurity concerns.
25 Mar, 2023, 04.27 PM IST
France to ban TikTok on work phones of civil servantsFrance will ban the use of Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok on the work phones of civil servants, Civil Service Minister Stanislas Gu...
24 Mar, 2023, 06.24 PM IST
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew faces off with Congress over security fearsTikTok and its parent company ByteDance have been swept up in a wider geopolitical battle between Beijing and Washington over trade and tec...
24 Mar, 2023, 03.46 PM IST
From India to UK, here are the countries that have ban on TikTokThe company's CEO faced a grilling Thursday from U.S. lawmakers. TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese technology company Bytedance, has lo...
23 Mar, 2023, 09.47 PM IST
TikTok is banned in New Zealand on parliamentarians' phonesTikTok said that the company wasn’t consulted or notified of the ban by New Zealand.
17 Mar, 2023, 08.36 PM IST
New Zealand to ban TikTok on devices with access to parliamentary networkTikTok will be banned on all devices with access to New Zealand's parliamentary network by the end of March, said Parliamentary Service Chi...
17 Mar, 2023, 08.44 AM IST
Belgium bans TikTok from government phones after US, EUTikTok unveiled new measures this week to ease concerns about protecting user data in Europe. But the European Union's three main instituti...
10 Mar, 2023, 11.16 PM IST
TikTok accuses EU of keeping it in the dark over staff phone banThe app, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, is facing growing scrutiny from Western authorities over concerns that China's governmen...
24 Feb, 2023, 07.53 PM IST
New Jersey, Ohio join other US states in banning TikTok from state devicesNew Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, a Democrat, said in addition to banning the short-video app owned by Chinese technology conglomerate ByteD...
10 Jan, 2023, 03.42 PM IST
Why TikTok is seen as threat to US national securityTikTok -- like its rivals Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube -- thrives on data and there seems to be no limit to how much young users are wil...
21 Dec, 2022, 09.38 AM IST
TikTok hacked, over 2 bn user database records stolen: Security researchersCyber-security researchers on Monday discovered a potential data breach in Chinese short-form video app TikTok, allegedly involving up to 2...
06 Sep, 2022, 03.36 PM IST