TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, is reportedly facing a major fine of more than €500 million from Irish regulators. The penalty will be handed down by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC),...
South Korea has accused Chinese AI startup DeepSeek of sharing user data with ByteDance, the owner of TikTok. The country’s data protection regulator, the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), confirmed...
U.S. TikTok users are raising concerns about censorship on the platform, once considered a bastion for free speech. This follows its recent revival under new conditions mandated by U.S. law,...
TikTok has resumed services for its 170 million US users after a dramatic weekend marked by legal and political wrangling. The popular app, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, had ceased...
Donald Trump has indicated that he will “most likely” grant TikTok a 90-day reprieve from the impending US ban. The decision, expected to be announced on Monday, coincides with Trump’s...
A U.S. federal appeals court ruled on Friday that ByteDance, the China-based owner of TikTok, must divest the app in the U.S. or face a ban. The decision upholds a...
A U.S. federal appeals court is expected to rule by 6 December on a pivotal law affecting TikTok. The decision will determine if Chinese parent company ByteDance must sell TikTok’s...
On Monday, a lawyer for TikTok and its parent company ByteDance appeared before a federal appeals court to block a U.S. law banning the app. The ban, set to take...
The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, accusing them of failing to protect children’s privacy on the social media app. This move...
On Wednesday, a European Union court ruled that TikTok owner ByteDance falls under the bloc’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA), grouping it with tech giants such as Apple, Google, and...