Privacy group files complaint against AliExpress, TikTok, WeChatAustrian advocacy group noyb has filed data privacy complaints against AliExpress, TikTok, and WeChat, alleging non-compliance with EU laws...
17 Jul, 2025, 10.42 AM IST
Chinese apps including TikTok hit by privacy complaints in EuropeOnline privacy campaigners said Thursday they had filed complaints in several European countries against six Chinese companies including Ti...
16 Jan, 2025, 04.41 PM IST
TikTok to label AI-generated content from OpenAI and elsewhereTikTok introduces Content Credentials to label AI content amid U.S. election concerns. Tech coalition fights AI misuse. TikTok expands labe...
09 May, 2024, 09.49 PM IST
TikTok-owner tests ChatGPT-style bot after joining China AI raceTikTok’s owner has code-named the project “Grace,” a ByteDance spokesperson said without revealing more details. Employees using the servic...
09 Jun, 2023, 02.44 PM IST
Driver's licenses, addresses, photos: Inside how TikTok shares user dataTikTok has downplayed the access that its China-based workers have to US user data. In a congressional hearing in March, TikTok's CEO, Shou...
29 May, 2023, 09.12 AM IST
Driver's licenses, addresses, photos: Inside how TikTok shares user dataTikTok's China-based employees have access to U.S. user data on an internal platform called Lark, according to internal reports and former ...
25 May, 2023, 08.00 PM IST
ShareChat parent raises $255 million from Google, Times Group, others; valuation jumps to $5 billionExisting backers like Temasek also participated in the latest round, which comes at a time when investors have become skittish amid a fundi...
17 Jun, 2022, 03.53 PM IST
TikTok tops Facebook as the world's most downloaded app of 2020TikTok, owned by China-based ByteDance, is believed to have one billion users worldwide.
11 Aug, 2021, 06.20 PM IST
TikTok considers introducing group chat feature this yearGroup messaging is part of owner ByteDance Inc.'s plan to develop TikTok into more of a "social interactions app" but the service is likely...
18 Mar, 2021, 01.38 AM IST
America distances itself from Trump attempts to ban WeChatThe Commerce Department is reviewing recent actions, such as the rules undermining TikTok and WeChat, to ensure that efforts by the Trump a...
11 Feb, 2021, 10.17 PM IST
TikTok owner ByteDance launches Douyin Pay, its mobile payment service for China"The set-up of Douyin Pay is to supplement the existing major payment options, and to ultimately enhance user experience on Douyin," Douyin...
19 Jan, 2021, 04.10 PM IST
WeChat and TikTok taking Chinese censorship global, says Australian studyByteDance’s TikTok often buries or hides words that reflect political movements, gender and sexual orientation or religion in most countrie...
08 Sep, 2020, 04.47 PM IST
WeChat users sue to block Donald Trump’s ban of messaging appTikTok is also preparing to mount a legal challenge as early as Monday to President Donald Trump’s executive order prohibiting transactions...
22 Aug, 2020, 09.46 PM IST
Google in talks with ShareChat as latter scouts for $150-200 millionShareChat owns a regional language social media platform that competed with ByteDance's recently banned Helo and a new short-video app Moj,...
17 Aug, 2020, 07.56 AM IST
Trump orders ByteDance to divest interest in U.S. TikTok operations within 90 daysTikTok has come under fire from U.S. lawmakers over national security concerns surrounding data collection. Last week, Trump issued an exec...
15 Aug, 2020, 06.53 AM IST
Microsoft's foray in Indian social media is long due, say expertsUnder CEO Satya Nadella’s leadership, Microsoft has refocused business to the Cloud and led an aggressive acquisition strategy using cash t...
07 Aug, 2020, 10.16 PM IST
ShareChat Moj, Flipkart's 2GudSocial see a big slotFlipkart is piloting a new social commerce platform - 2GudSocial - with influencer-led video commerce, aimed at consumers from small towns ...
02 Jul, 2020, 07.55 AM IST