Under global spotlight, Australia plays hardball on social media banThe global spotlight on the first such ban on people under 16 using popular apps appears to have encouraged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese...
03 Apr, 2026, 08.55 AM IST
More than 50 US lawmakers, 21 states back US DOJ in TikTok lawsuitTwenty-one U.S. states and over 50 lawmakers have supported the Justice Department's push for ByteDance to divest TikTok's U.S. assets by J...
03 Aug, 2024, 07.41 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
US Senator says TikTok divestiture deadline could be extended to one yearThe US House of Representatives voted 352-65 on March 13 to give TikTok's ByteDance, about six months to divest the US assets of the short-...
11 Apr, 2024, 08.48 AM IST
Chuck Schumer says US Senate can make progress on TikTok billThe Senate is returning to work next week after a two-week recess. The U.S. House of Representatives voted 352-65 on March 13 to give TikTo...
05 Apr, 2024, 11.35 PM IST
TikTok to be banned in US? Know these 3 pointsAs the Tiktok ban drama unfolds in the US House and Senate, the social media app is currently in a vulnerable position.
13 Mar, 2024, 02.13 AM IST
US to decide on TikTok ban next week: Here's what you need to knowThe House will fast-track a vote next week on legislation that requires ByteDance to either divest TikTok and other applications it control...
08 Mar, 2024, 03.48 PM IST
US lawmakers urge commerce department to put ByteDance on export control listThe lawmakers, led by Republican representative Dan Crenshaw and Democrat Josh Gottheimer, in a letter to commerce secretary Gina Raimondo ...
09 Feb, 2024, 05.18 PM IST
US lawmakers urge Commerce to put TikTok-parent ByteDance on export control listCFIUS demanded TikTok's Chinese owners sell their shares or risk a ban, but no action has been taken. U.S. courts blocked Donald Trump's at...
09 Feb, 2024, 07.43 AM IST
US House Republicans raise 'deep concern' on TikTok content decisionsIn March, US lawmakers questioned TikTok chief executive Shou Zi Chew during a Congressional hearing in what was a rare public appearance f...
11 May, 2023, 10.17 PM IST
In hundreds of TikTok videos, its users defend the appOther TikTok users shared video montages of the app's chief executive, Shou Chew, to the tune of pop songs and applied the "fancam" treatme...
30 Mar, 2023, 04.45 PM IST
Japan lawmakers eye ban on TikTok, others if used improperlyMany US lawmakers are calling on the Biden administration to ban the popular Chinese-owned social media app, alleging the app could be used...
27 Mar, 2023, 06.41 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
China denies pressuring companies like TikTok to spy for ChinaAt a news conference, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, Mao Ning, said China "has never and will not" ask companies or individuals t...
25 Mar, 2023, 10.08 AM IST
TikTok attacked for China ties as US lawmakers push for banCEO Shou Zi Chew's testimony before Congress did little to assuage US worries over TikTok's China-based parent company ByteDance and added ...
24 Mar, 2023, 06.51 AM IST
TikTok to sign deal with TalkShopLive for live shopping platform in US: ReportsShort video app TikTok is in talks with TalkShopLive to launch its live shopping platform in North America.
02 Oct, 2022, 12.56 AM IST
TikTok inching toward US security deal to avoid sale: reportTikTok and the Biden administration have drafted a preliminary agreement to resolve national security concerns but are still deciding on a ...
26 Sep, 2022, 04.14 PM IST