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
UK watchdogs press Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube to block childrenBritain's regulators are pushing social media giants for tougher age verification. Ofcom and ICO are concerned about children's exposure to...
12 Mar, 2026, 06.05 PM IST
TikTok returns to Albania after government-imposed banThe ban, imposed last year and ostensibly linked to the death of a teenage boy after bullying online, saw Chinese-owned short video platfor...
27 Feb, 2026, 06.48 PM IST
India govt discussing age restrictions with social media platformsIndia is holding discussions with social media companies on age-based restrictions after Australia banned under-16s from popular platforms....
17 Feb, 2026, 04.29 PM IST
US Embassy in India issues strict new rule for DS-160 application form. Miss it and risk rejectionThe U.S. has introduced stricter visa screening measures requiring applicants, particularly under the F, M, and J non-immigrant categories,...
26 Jun, 2025, 01.10 PM IST
Nepalis fight TikTok ban in court, or ignore it entirelyWhen Nepal suddenly announced a ban on TikTok last year, lawyer Sunil Rajan Singh was determined to fight what he said was a government eff...
01 May, 2024, 09.16 AM IST
Chinese TikTok sellers complain of under-fire platform tightening US rule enforcementChinese-owned TikTok, which faces the threat of having to divest its US operations or be banned, has in recent weeks taken a harder stance ...
27 Mar, 2024, 03.58 PM IST
Meta will appeal US judge's ruling in privacy fight with FTCThe fight is largely over whether an FTC judge or a district judge will decide whether the FTC can unilaterally tighten an earlier consent ...
29 Nov, 2023, 08.33 AM IST
Karnataka court rejects Xiaomi's challenge to $676 million asset freezeXiaomi's assets in India were frozen last year by the federal financial crime agency which alleged the company had made illegal remittances...
21 Apr, 2023, 09.51 PM IST
Vietnam preparing rules to limit news posts on social media accounts: reportThe rules, expected to be announced by the year-end and with details yet to be hammered out, would establish a legal basis for controlling ...
28 Sep, 2022, 06.05 PM IST
TikTok owner ByteDance's revenue growth slowed to 70% in 2021Chinese tech giants from Tencent to Alibaba have reported slowing growth amid a wide-ranging crackdown by the country's regulators who have...
21 Jan, 2022, 09.25 AM IST
China to order cybersecurity reviews for some firms seeking overseas listingsThe Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said it would from Feb. 15 implement new rules that require platform companies with data for m...
04 Jan, 2022, 11.37 AM IST
China sets rules on computer codes that guide consumersThe measures are part of a broader crackdown by Beijing on the tech sector and mega-apps including gaming, personal finance and ride-hailin...
27 Aug, 2021, 11.40 AM IST
TikTok keeps ticking in US as deadline for asset sale passesTalks between TikTok parent ByteDance and government negotiators were continuing despite the missed deadline set by the Committee on Foreig...
05 Dec, 2020, 01.25 PM IST
Federal judge postpones Trump ban on popular app TikTok even as ByteDance rushes to talk dealsThe ruling followed an emergency hearing Sunday morning in which lawyers for TikTok argued that the administration's app-store ban would in...
28 Sep, 2020, 08.18 AM IST
ByteDance files for China nod to export TikTok techThe company said it filed the request with the city's commerce bureau after China tightened restrictions on the export of certain technolog...
24 Sep, 2020, 11.28 PM IST
People's Bank of China picks up 0.006% stake in ICICI Bank through QIPInvestment banking sources said the Chinese bank was among 357 institutional investors -- including domestic mutual funds, insurance compan...
18 Aug, 2020, 04.29 PM IST