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The US Federal Trade Commission has been investigating social media platform TikTok, which is owned by the China-based company ByteDance, for faulty privacy practices and might decide to sue the platform, alleging that it violates a children's privacy law and misleads its users by saying that China has no access to their personal data, Politico reported, citing three people with direct knowledge of the matter. more
TikTok rarely used for extremist purposes but some content becomes viral, says UK official

Most people in the world do not use TikTok for extremist purposes, but some content, originally published there, becomes viral, Robin Simcox, Commissioner for Countering Extremism at the ...

Minor boy dies in Britain after 'chroming' challenge goes wrong

The family of an 11-year-old from the United Kingdom has claimed that he died due to a challenge which is going on in the Chinese-owned app TikTok.

Nepal govt bans Chinese app TikTok

Nepal has joined the list of nations now which have banned Chinese tech giant Bytedance-owned video-sharing platform TikTok.

US: Montana receives support of 18 other states in case challenging TikTok ban

The US state of Montana received the support of 18 other states in its attempt to restrict social media platform TikTok, according to an amici curiae brief filed in the US District Court ...

Handling children's data in Europe: Chinese-owned TikTok fined 345 million euros

Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) has fined Chinese-owned short video platform TikTok for breaching privacy laws related to the processing of children's personal data i ...

Senator in France propose suspension of TikTok

Paris: French senators have proposed that the government suspends Chinese video-sharing social platform TikTok in France and ask the European Commission to shut it down on the territory o ...

US: Tiktok star Carl Eiswerth dies in fatal road crash

Popular TikTok star Carl Eiswerth has died in a car crash in the US, media reports said on Sunday.

US President Joe Biden planning to involve TikTok bloggers in promoting 2024 reelection bid: Reports

Washington: The administration of US President Joe Biden plans to involve hundreds of influencers on various social media platforms, including China's TikTok, to support his reelectio ...

UK regulator fines Chinese company-owned TikTok for registering children under 13

London: The United Kingdom's information regulator said on Tuesday that it had issued a 12.7 million pound (almost $16 million) fine to Chinese company-owned video sharing app TikTok ...