TikTok says to add screen time limits for teens in these countriesTikTok said Tuesday it would allow parents to limit the time their teens spend on the app as the Chinese-owned social network confronts pol...
11 Mar, 2025, 08.47 PM IST
TikTok, five other Chinese firms hit by EU privacy complaintsAustrian advocacy group Noyb has filed privacy complaints against six Chinese companies, including TikTok and Shein, for unlawfully transfe...
17 Jan, 2025, 02.53 PM IST
How Musk's interview with German AfD leader squares with EU lawsElon Musk is set to host Alice Weidel, leader of the far-right AfD party, on his X platform. The European Commission is monitoring this eve...
10 Jan, 2025, 03.38 PM IST
EU opens investigation into TikTok over election interferenceThe European Commission launched an investigation into TikTok's potential role in election interference, particularly during Romania's rece...
17 Dec, 2024, 04.50 PM IST
The EU demands TikTok's response to Romanian files suggesting Moscow's role in voteThe EU has requested TikTok address intelligence suggesting Moscow coordinated influencers to promote far-right Romanian presidential candi...
06 Dec, 2024, 06.30 PM IST
EU issues 'retention order' to Tiktok following Romanian electionsThe European Union has issued a "retention order" to TikTok under the Digital Services Act, following Romania's recent elections. This foll...
05 Dec, 2024, 06.03 PM IST
EU requests info from YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok on content algorithmsThe commission said it had requested additional information from TikTok about measures the firm had adopted to keep bad actors from manipul...
02 Oct, 2024, 05.38 PM IST
Big tech told to identify AI deepfakes ahead of EU voteThe EU called on Facebook, TikTok and other tech titans on Tuesday to crack down on deepfakes and other AI-generated content by using clear...
27 Mar, 2024, 04.07 PM IST
EU adopts measures soon to curb election risks on X, TikTok, FacebookEU to implement DSA guidelines next week for Big Tech to address illegal content and election risks or face fines. Meta Platforms already t...
21 Mar, 2024, 09.13 AM IST
EU targets TikTok, other apps over AI risk to electionsThe EU on Thursday wielded a powerful new digital law to press TikTok, Facebook and six other platforms on the risk of AI to elections, inc...
14 Mar, 2024, 05.39 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
TikTok to ramp up fight against fake news, covert influence ahead of EU electionsTiktok said the individual local language "election centres" build on work it first started in 2021, which accelerated last year when Greec...
14 Feb, 2024, 10.50 AM IST
EU sends information request to 17 tech firms including Amazon, Apple, MetaThe EU asked the companies to provide more information by February 9 on measures they have taken to give researchers access to data that co...
18 Jan, 2024, 05.39 PM IST
EU digital chief urges TikTok, X to increase clean-up effortsThe tech giants have faced mounting scrutiny in the past month, with a surge in harmful content and disinformation in the wake of the attac...
08 Nov, 2023, 05.10 PM IST
EU's Breton tells TikTok CEO to ramp up efforts against disinformationBreton last month gave TikTok an Oct. 25 deadline to provide information on its crisis response measures and also ordered the company to pr...
06 Nov, 2023, 04.58 PM IST
Elon Musk's X is the biggest purveyor of disinformation, EU official saysAhead of upcoming elections, Google, TikTok, Microsoft and Meta also have more to do to tackle disinformation, much of it coming from Russi...
26 Sep, 2023, 07.44 PM IST
EU warns Twitter to beef up content moderation as new rules loom"If the technology is not ready they need to have enough resources to match the gap. I spoke on this specific topic with Elon Musk," EU com...
23 Jun, 2023, 08.58 AM IST