Fervent and fake: High-glam AI avatars boost Trump ahead of midtermsClad in swimsuits or military fatigues, the blonde women lavish praise on President Donald Trump and tear into his rivals -- but these infl...
10 May, 2026, 10.23 PM IST
China weaponises Taiwan’s own voices in escalating information warChina is using social media platforms like Douyin to spread messages from Taiwanese opposition figures. These clips are then shared on plat...
17 Apr, 2026, 12.07 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
Meta, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube aren't fully complying with child account ban, Australia saysWhile 5 million Australian accounts had been deactivated, a substantial number of Australian children continued to retain accounts, create ...
31 Mar, 2026, 05.40 PM IST
John Cena calmly shuts down awkward viral fan encounter in cafeA viral video featuring John Cena and TikTok creator Harry Daniels has sparked widespread online discussion after an awkward café interacti...
28 Mar, 2026, 12.30 AM IST
Anonymous TikTok accounts backing radical parties before Czech vote, study findsOnline Risk Labs, a newly formed group of Czech analysts, said it had identified 286 TikTok accounts that have been boosting each other's c...
29 Sep, 2025, 06.17 PM IST
White House joins TikTok with Trump promo, and the backlash from young users is already brutalThe White House has officially launched its TikTok account, @whitehouse, focusing to engage younger audiences amid ongoing debates over the...
20 Aug, 2025, 11.26 PM IST
TikTok feels ‘off’ after US ban lifted: Are some users being censored?Following TikTok's brief suspension in the U.S., users are reporting increased content moderation and restrictions on previously allowed ac...
25 Jan, 2025, 06.32 PM IST
TikTok says Romanian presidential candidate Georgescu's account treated like any otherRomanian presidential candidate Calin Georgescu's account on TikTok was labelled as a political account and treated like any other, the onl...
28 Nov, 2024, 11.05 PM IST
TikTok curbs state-backed media amid foreign influence concernsTikTok on Thursday said it was putting restrictions on state-backed media to counter acts of foreign influence on the platform during an im...
24 May, 2024, 10.19 PM IST
US ban on TikTok would rob Joe Biden, Democrats of 2024 election toolBiden's campaign got thousands of "likes" on Tuesday for a TikTok video skewering Republican rival Donald Trump about cutting Social Securi...
14 Mar, 2024, 03.18 PM IST
TikTok account recovery: Here is step-by-step guideTikTok users can recover their accounts by following a few simple steps. So, TikTok users don't need to panic, the account won't be lost.
12 Feb, 2024, 06.48 PM IST
To TikTok or not? GOP candidate joins the app even as he calls it 'digital fentanyl'Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has joined TikTok, despite accusing the app of being a potential spy mechanism for China ...
26 Sep, 2023, 01.26 PM IST
Time ticking for TikTok to review its policyTikTok, the social media video-sharing platform, has faced criticism for failing to remove harmful content during Malaysia's 2022 General E...
26 Jun, 2023, 01.58 PM IST
TikTok to verify political accounts in US, ban campaign fundraisingThe move comes as TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, and other social media platforms are working to clamp down on political misinformatio...
21 Sep, 2022, 05.36 PM IST
TikTok launches U.S. elections guide to combat misinformationTikTok said the guide will give users access to information about federal, state and local candidates from BallotReady, and about how to vo...
29 Sep, 2020, 09.43 PM IST
Political parties plan to up TikTok presenceTikTok has 200 million users in India. Following a temporary ban by the Madras High Court earlier this year, and a week after it became ava...
03 Dec, 2019, 09.08 AM IST