Football emerges as India’s second-most popular sport after Cricket: NielsenFootball is now India's second-most popular sport among adults, trailing only cricket, according to new Nielsen research. The sport's popul...
27 May, 2026, 02.01 PM IST
'Not fond of Indians': Taiwan candidate Lee Hung-Yi's billboard banning turbaned man, upside-down Indian flag sparks concernTaiwan anti-India billboard: A political candidate in Taiwan Lee Hung-Yi has ignited a social media firestorm with a billboard opposing Ind...
25 May, 2026, 11.00 AM IST
Under blackout threat, Wikimedia reaches compromise with IndonesiaWikimedia Foundation reached a compromise with the Indonesian government, averting a potential Wikipedia block. The foundation secured assu...
25 Apr, 2026, 08.34 AM IST
YouTube complies with Indonesia's social media curbs, minister saysGoogle's YouTube has handed over a "letter of compliance" to Indonesia's communications minister, minister Meutya Hafid said in a press c...
22 Apr, 2026, 05.54 PM IST
EU to soon roll out age-check app for social media where India could be looking to followEuropean Union is launching an age-verification app to shield children online. India's Karnataka state has banned social media for under-16...
15 Apr, 2026, 04.13 PM IST
Social media platforms need to stop never-ending scrolling, UK's Starmer saysSocial media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok need to take action to stop young users wasting hours mindlessly scrolling never-ending...
13 Apr, 2026, 05.43 PM IST
Indonesia summons Meta and Google over non-compliance with child social media curbs, minister saysIn a bold move, Indonesia has called on representatives from Meta and Google due to new regulations targeting social media use among childr...
31 Mar, 2026, 04.02 PM IST
Indonesia's social media curbs for under 16s take set to start, few know how they workIndonesia's social media curbs, which the government says are intended to reduce the risk of cyberbullying and addiction, follow a ban in...
28 Mar, 2026, 07.39 AM IST
In wake of US social media verdicts, look at what limits other countries have imposed for kidsOn Wednesday, a Los Angeles jury found both Meta and YouTube liable for harms to children using their services. A day earlier in New Mexico...
27 Mar, 2026, 05.25 PM IST
YouTube, TikTok engaging with Indonesia government on child social media blockTikTok and video platform YouTube are in discussions with Indonesia's government about its plan to block social media access for children u...
09 Mar, 2026, 06.03 PM IST
Dance moves and deepfakes: Indonesia presidential candidates duke it out on TikTokTo court young voters, candidates in the February 14 race to lead Indonesia have gravitated toward TikTok, which has 125 million users in t...
12 Feb, 2024, 09.57 AM IST
TikTok to invest $1.5 billion in GoTo's Indonesia ecommerce businessThe deal comes after Indonesia in October banned online shopping on social media platforms to protect smaller merchants and users' data, fo...
11 Dec, 2023, 01.43 PM IST
TikTok to obtain Indonesia ecommerce permit after ban: state mediaIn September, Indonesia banned ecommerce transactions on social media, a major blow for TikTok, which had pledged to invest billions of dol...
29 Nov, 2023, 09.26 AM IST
TikTok, YouTube, Meta mulling Indonesia ecommerce licencesIndonesia's trade ministry banned ecommerce transactions on social media a month ago, saying it sought to protect small and midsize offline...
26 Oct, 2023, 03.33 PM IST
TikTok shuts shopping feature in Indonesia following banTikTok, a hugely popular short-form video platform, shut down its Shop apparatus in Indonesia on Wednesday after the country banned commerc...
05 Oct, 2023, 11.59 PM IST
TikTok ends retail business in Indonesia after ban on social media shoppingThe Indonesian government announced the new regulation, which prohibits social media companies from facilitating sales of products on their...
04 Oct, 2023, 02.56 PM IST
TikTok launches subscription-based music service to take on Spotify, AppleThe subscription-only music streaming service called "TikTok Music" has been launched first in Brazil and Indonesia and replaces ByteDance'...
07 Jul, 2023, 11.51 AM IST