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The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) on Friday said the Chinese firm ByteDance-owned TikTok has been fined 530 million euros ($600 million) over the transfer of the personal data of European users to China. more
Chinese-owned TikTok restores service in USA, thanks President-elect Donald Trump

Chinese-owned app TikTok resumed its service for 170 million users across the USA hours after President-elect Donald Trump vowed he would issue an executive order to give it a reprieve af ...

Two US lawmakers tell Apple, Google CEOs to prepare for ban on TikTok

Two US lawmakers have sent a letter to the CEOs of Apple and Alphabet asking them to be ready to remove the Chinese-owned app TikTok from the American app stores on January 19.

Pakistan: TikTok star Imsha Rehman deactivates account after facing backlash after alleged private videos leak

Pakistani TikTok star Imsha Rehman has deactivated her social media accounts after facing backlash over the leak of alleged explicit videos online.

US files lawsuit against Chinese-owned TikTok for alleged violation of child policy

The United States has filed a civil lawsuit against Chinese-owned TikTok for violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and its implementing regulations.

TikTok removes 20m videos from Pakistan for violating community guidelines

Chinese-owned TikTok has said that between January and March, it has removed  166.99 million videos worldwide for breaching the platform’s community guidelines.

Popular Iraqi social media influencer Ghufran Sawadi shot dead by unknown gunman

Iraqi social media influencer Ghufran Sawadi, better known as Umm Fahad, was shot dead by an unknown gunman outside her house in Baghdad on Friday.

TikTok influencer Eva Evans,29, dies, cause of death not disclosed

Popular TikTok influencer Eva Evans, who created and featured in web comedy series "Club Rat", died at the age of 29, leaving her followers mourning.

US govt might sue video app TikTok for allegedly deceiving users

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 ...

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 ...