AI-generated 'Fruit Love Island' takes TikTok by stormMillions of people have been gripped by the juicy twists of an AI-generated TikTok micro-series based on the television hit "Love Island" -...
03 Apr, 2026, 12.20 PM IST
Ahead of Greek social media ban, parents desperate to separate children from phonesAs Greece prepares to impose a ban on social media use for those under 15, the initiative aims to shield youth from potential addiction and...
02 Apr, 2026, 01.42 PM IST
TikTok to build 1-billion-euro data centre in FinlandTikTok said Tuesday it was investing 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) to build a data centre in Finland, days after the EU slapped it with a ...
07 May, 2025, 12.24 AM IST
TikTok plans to build 1 billion euro data centre in Finland, spokesman confirmsTikTok plans to invest 1 billion euros to build its first data center in Finland, moving European user data storage to the continent. This ...
30 Apr, 2025, 08.05 PM IST
TikTok to invest $3.8 billion in Thailand data hosting project, investment board saysThe Chinese firm's investment was made by its Singapore-based unit and would support activities of affiliated companies, with operations sl...
29 Jan, 2025, 03.50 PM IST
TikTok takes first steps in turning on Norwegian data centreThe Norwegian data centre will be in the town of Hamar where TikTok will store data spread over three buildings and the first phase will st...
01 Dec, 2023, 09.29 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
Irish government staff advised to remove TikTok from work devicesA number of Western countries including Britain, the US and other European Union member states have barred TikTok over security concerns.
21 Apr, 2023, 09.57 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
TikTok unveils new European data security regime Project CloverThe European Parliament, European Commission and the EU Council recently banned TikTok from staff phones due to growing concerns about the ...
08 Mar, 2023, 05.44 PM IST
Bytedance looks for a route back to India via partnershipResponding to ET’s query on the development, a senior government official said that “there have been no formal talks with us yet. But, we h...
01 Jun, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
India won't ease ban on TikTok post Oracle deal in the US, say officialsOn Monday, global media reports said Oracle had emerged the winner for TikTok’s US operations, with the company likely to be named TikTok’s...
15 Sep, 2020, 09.41 AM IST
TikTok to open first European data centre in Ireland by investing $499 millionUnder fire from U.S. President Donald Trump over national security risks, TikTok is in talks with Microsoft about selling its U.S. operatio...
06 Aug, 2020, 12.54 PM IST
TikTok to government: Ready to store data locallyTikTok and Helo were among the 59 Chinese apps that were blocked by the government on June 29 over various charges, including for "engaging...
29 Jul, 2020, 08.29 AM IST
TikTok CEO writes to govt to share India expansion plansKevin Mayer, TikTok’s US-based CEO, who wrote to electronics and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad soon after the app along with 58 other Chi...
03 Jul, 2020, 05.00 PM IST
China's ByteDance to store Indian data locally after MPs raise concerns on privacy, national securitySeveral Parliamentarians, including Congress' Shashi Tharoor, BJD's Pinaki Misra and TDP’s Jayadev Galla, have accused short-video app TikT...
22 Jul, 2019, 01.05 PM IST