The rise - and potential fall - of TikTok in the USThe U.S. Supreme Court upheld a law banning TikTok starting Sunday unless ByteDance sells it to an approved buyer. Concerns over national s...
19 Jan, 2025, 10.40 AM IST
Supreme Court to hear TikTok's challenge to law that could ban itThe court's move came only two days after TikTok and ByteDance, its Chinese parent company, filed an emergency application asking the justi...
19 Dec, 2024, 07.52 AM IST
TikTok and its 'secret sauce' caught in US-China tussleAs a US campaign to sever TikTok from its Chinese parent heads to the Senate, analysts say Beijing's response to a forced sale of the app -...
19 Mar, 2024, 11.27 AM 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
China aiming for 'global technological supremacy': British cyber chiefLindy Cameron, director of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of Britain's GCHQ eavesdropping spy agency, said Britain had a "...
19 Apr, 2023, 05.17 PM IST
Lawmakers in US state of Montana vote to ban TikTokThe bill, known as SB 419, would prohibit mobile app stores from offering TikTok for download to users in Montana. The Montana House voted ...
15 Apr, 2023, 08.16 AM IST
TikTok attorney: China can't get US data under planByteDance's most known app, TikTok, is under intense scrutiny over concerns it could hand over user data to the Chinese government or push ...
01 Apr, 2023, 11.33 AM IST
US House speaker says lawmakers to move forward with TikTok billIn the United States, there are growing calls to ban TikTok, owned by China-based company ByteDance, or to pass bipartisan legislation to g...
26 Mar, 2023, 08.35 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
TikTok CEO-US Congressional hearing: five things to knowThe US lawmakers were unconvinced with most of what CEO Shou Zi Chew said as they questioned him on data security and user safety while he ...
24 Mar, 2023, 04.04 PM IST
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to face tough questions amid support for US banTikTok, which has more than 150 million Americans users, has faced sharp accusations that its US user data would be shared with the Chinese...
23 Mar, 2023, 06.11 PM IST
Potential TikTok ban sends advertisers scramblingWhen TikTok's Chief Executive Officer Shou Zi Chew testifies before Congress for the first time on Thursday, advertisers will be closely wa...
23 Mar, 2023, 04.28 PM IST
TikTok mulls splitting from ByteDance if proposal with US fails: reportA divestiture, which could result in a sale or initial public offering, is considered a last resort and will be pursued only if the company...
15 Mar, 2023, 08.31 AM IST
TikTok unveils new European data security regime Project CloverThe European Parliament, European Commission and the EU Council recently banned TikTok from staff phones due to growing concerns about the ...
08 Mar, 2023, 05.44 PM IST
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew denies handing over US users' data to ChinaIn a letter addressed to nine Republican Senators, the TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew said that they know "we are among the most scrutinised platf...
03 Jul, 2022, 09.40 AM IST
TikTok confirms some China-based employees can access US user dataCurrently, China-based employees who clear a number of internal security protocols can access certain information on TikTok’s US users, inc...
02 Jul, 2022, 07.49 AM IST