India is facing a data obesity epidemic—as storage in phones fails to keep up with people’s voracious appetite for visualsIndia’s growing use of smartphones, AI tools and social media is driving a surge in demand for digital storage, with experts warning of a “...
10 May, 2026, 08.15 AM IST
How a TikTok ban would work - and why user workarounds won'tTikTok might face a potential ban in the United States if the Supreme Court appears unlikely to block a law that requires TikTok to either ...
16 Jan, 2025, 05.02 PM IST
What will happen to the app on your phone if TikTok is banned on January 19; here are details you need to keep in mindTikTok Ban on January 19: As the January 19 deadline for a possible TikTok ban approaches, users are left wondering what will happen to the...
15 Jan, 2025, 06.18 PM IST
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
TikTok ban had 'side benefit' of getting his kids off platform: Canada PM Justin TrudeauTrudeau, 51, has three children, two of whom are teenagers. His government announced its ban last month, saying the platform has an "unacce...
25 Mar, 2023, 09.09 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
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
Why TikTok's security risks keep raising fearsTikTok is owned by parent company ByteDance, which has offices in Beijing. The platform has 150 million American users but it's been dogged...
23 Mar, 2023, 08.39 PM IST
ETtech Explainer: is TikTok staring at a potential ban in the US?Regulatory hurdles, breaches of users’ data privacy, and national security concerns are some of the key reasons why TikTok is facing the ir...
16 Mar, 2023, 04.43 PM IST
UK security minister Tom Tugendhat asks NCSC to investigate TikTok’s securityTom Tugendhat, the UK security minister, says he has not ruled out joining other countries in prohibiting Chinese-owned video-sharing apps ...
14 Mar, 2023, 05.33 PM IST
Czech cyber watchdog warns against using TikTokThe NUKIB agency recommended that TikTok should not be installed on phones whose users access critical and other significant infrastructure.
09 Mar, 2023, 10.44 AM IST
European Parliament latest EU body to ban TikTok from staff phonesThe European Commission and the EU Council last week banned TikTok from staff phones due to growing concerns about the company.
01 Mar, 2023, 12.14 PM IST
China says TikTok ban reflects US insecuritiesTikTok is used by two-thirds of American teens, but there's concern in Washington that China could use its legal and regulatory powers to o...
28 Feb, 2023, 04.19 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