Trump isn’t being hawkish, but raising the pitch to extract the maximumTrump's efforts with China include a potential TikTok deal, influence over Russia-Ukraine conflict, and US-Russia denuclearisation. His adm...
27 Jan, 2025, 11.33 PM IST
TikTok is facing legal backlash around the worldTikTok is increasingly facing global scrutiny due to concerns over its ties to China and its influence on politics, misinformation, and men...
09 Jan, 2025, 11.55 AM IST
US Congress passes long-delayed Ukraine aidUS Senate approved $61 billion aid for Ukraine. Biden pledged quick arms delivery against Russia. $95 billion aid passed by House and Senat...
24 Apr, 2024, 07.34 AM IST
Does TikTok pose a threat to US security? This is what we knowThe US bill if approved by the Senate, would force TikTok owner ByteDance to sell the app to a buyer that is not controlled by a foreign ad...
23 Apr, 2024, 10.06 AM IST
Montana becomes first US state to ban TikTok completelyGianforte said that TikTok posed a "significant risk" to confidential state information when Montana banned the app on devices used by the ...
18 May, 2023, 07.17 AM IST
Republican senator Rand Paul opposes TikTok ban push in CongressA small but growing number of Democrats and Republicans have raised concerns, citing free speech and other issues and have objected to legi...
29 Mar, 2023, 11.50 PM 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
White House backs Senate Bill to boost US ability to ban TikTokThe endorsement boosts efforts by a number of lawmakers to ban the popular app, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance and used by mor...
08 Mar, 2023, 04.26 PM IST
White House backs Senate bill to boost US ability to ban TikTokThe bill would give the Commerce Department the ability impose restrictions up to and including banning TikTok and other technologies that ...
08 Mar, 2023, 08.33 AM IST
U.S. Senate passes bill to bar federal employees from using TikTok on government-owned devicesThe bill must still be approved by the U.S. House of Representatives before going to President Joe Biden for approval. The House of Represe...
15 Dec, 2022, 08.29 AM IST
Russian court fines TikTok $50,000 over refusal to delete LGBT contentNews agencies reported that the case against TikTok was based on accusations that the company was "promoting non-traditional values, LGBT, ...
04 Oct, 2022, 02.10 PM IST
Russia fines Meta, TikTok over LGBT 'propaganda'Tech companies are frequently slapped with fines by Russia for not deleting content on the request of authorities.
26 Apr, 2022, 05.47 PM IST
On 'S.N.L.,' President Joe Biden strategizes with TikTok influencers on combating Russia's war in UkraineOn S.N.L.'s latest show, U.S. Present Joe Biden was seen agreeing to hold a summit with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss the U...
13 Mar, 2022, 08.48 PM IST
TikTok suspends livestreaming, new uploads in RussiaTikTok said it would suspend live-streaming and the uploading of videos to its platform in Russia as it reviews the implications of a new m...
07 Mar, 2022, 10.04 AM IST
Russia wages online battle against TikTok and YouTubeIn Russia, where state-controlled media outlets co-exist in stark contrast with online platforms popular among the opposition, authorities ...
23 Jan, 2021, 07.43 AM IST
TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer quits after three months, just as firm challenges US banMayer was Walt Disney Co's top streaming executive before becoming chief executive officer of TikTok and chief operating officer of parent ...
27 Aug, 2020, 07.20 PM IST
Can’t do much about existing users of TikTok: MeitYMeitY and Department of Telecommunications officials appear to be passing the buck to each other.
23 Apr, 2019, 07.03 AM IST