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Iowa Lawsuit Accuses TikTok of Misrepresenting Content
Jan 19 2024 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa on Wednesday became the latest state to sue TikTok over claims that the social media company deceives consumers over the amount of “inappropriate content” that children can access...
Mother of Child Who Died in TikTok ‘Blackout Challenge’ Asks Court to Revive Lawsuit
Jan 19 2024 // A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday wrestled with whether the video-based social media platform TikTok could be sued for causing a 10-year-old girl’s death by promoting a deadly “blackout challenge” that...
TikTok Must ‘Spare No Effort’ to Counter Spread of Disinformation
Nov 7 2023 // TikTok must “spare no effort” to counter the spread of disinformation on the short video sharing app, EU industry chief Thierry Breton told the company’s CEO on Monday, as the European Union steps up its...
TikTok Fined €345M Over Handling of Children’s Data in Europe
Sep 19 2023 // TikTok has been fined 345 million euros ($370 million) for breaching privacy laws regarding the processing of children’s personal data in the European Union, its lead regulator in the bloc said on Friday. The...
Hyundai, Kia Urge Court to Reject Cities’ TikTok-Inspired Theft Lawsuits
Sep 13 2023 // Korean automakers Hyundai Motor and Kia Corp on Tuesday asked a U.S. judge to reject lawsuits filed by 17 cities for failing to install anti-theft technology in millions of their vehicles. The lawsuits come after thousands...
TikTok’s Chinese Ownership, Security Concerns Spark Bans Across Nations
Apr 5 2023 // The Biden administration has demanded that TikTok’s Chinese owners divest their stakes in the popular video app or face a possible U.S. ban, the company told Reuters this week. The move follows the introduction of a...
Arkansas Sues TikTok, Meta Over Child Safety, Privacy Claims
Mar 30 2023 // LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The state of Arkansas sued TikTok and Facebook parent Meta on Tuesday, claiming the social media companies were misleading consumers about the safety of children on their platforms and...
TikTok Represents ‘Strategic’ Challenge, Says Top Cyber Official
Mar 28 2023 // The head of the U.S. National Security Agency’s cybersecurity directorate on Monday said TikTok represents a “strategic issue” rather than an immediate “tactical” threat to the United...
TikTok Attacked for China Ties as US Lawmakers Push for Ban
Mar 24 2023 // U.S. lawmakers on Thursday battered TikTok’s chief executive about potential Chinese influence over the platform and said its short videos were damaging children’s mental health, reflecting bipartisan concerns...
TikTok, Transit Agencies Face Wrongful Death Suit Over New York Teenager’s Death
Mar 23 2023 // Chinese company ByteDance and its popular social media platform TikTok are facing a wrongful death suit in New York over the 2022 death of a teenager. The suit alleges that TikTok sent thousands of unsolicited suicidal...
UK Bans Chinese-Owned TikTok on Government Phones on Security Concerns
Mar 17 2023 // Britain said on Thursday it would ban TikTok on government phones with immediate effect, a move that follows other Western countries in barring the Chinese-owned video app over security concerns. TikTok has come under...
UK’s National Cyber Security Centre Reviewing TikTok Risks: Minister
Mar 15 2023 // Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre is reviewing whether Chinese-owned video app TikTok should be banned from government phones, security minister Tom Tugendhat said on Tuesday. TikTok has come under increasing...
Canada Joins U.S. and EU in Banning TikTok From Government Phones
Mar 3 2023 // Canada will bar civil servants from using TikTok Inc. on government-issued mobile devices due to security concerns around data collection. The social media app, which is owned by China’s ByteDance Ltd., will be...
Update: Top EU Bodies Ban TikTok on Staff Phones, Citing Need to Hike Cybersecurity
Feb 23 2023 // The European Union’s two biggest policy-making institutions have banned TikTok from staff phones for cybersecurity reasons, marking growing concerns about the Chinese short video-sharing app and its users’...
FBI Director Says TikTok Poses National Security Concerns
Nov 17 2022 // The U.S. operations of Chinese-owned TikTok raise national security concerns, FBI Director Chris Wray said on Tuesday, flagging the risk that the Chinese government could harness the video-sharing app to influence users or...
TikTok Found Not Liable in Death of Girl in Strangulation Challenge
Oct 28 2022 // Federal communications law shields the video-sharing site TikTok Inc. from responsibility for the death of a 10 year-old girl who died while attempting a challenge on TikTok that encourages viewers to strangle themselves...
Police Think Crash That Killed 4 Teens May Be Linked to TikTok Challenge
Oct 28 2022 // A car crash in Buffalo, N.Y. that left four teenagers dead may have been linked to a TikTok challenge, a police commissioner said. A total of six teenagers were in a speeding Kia that crashed about 6:30 a.m. Monday,...
TikTok Algorithm Steers Violent Videos to More Minority Than White Users: Lawsuit
Jul 21 2022 // TikTok faces a claim that its algorithm steers more violent videos to minority subscribers than to White users in a lawsuit blaming the platform for the death of a 14-year-old African-American girl. The complaint, which...
TikTok Sued After 10-Year-Old Dies in ‘Blackout Challenge’
May 13 2022 // TikTok Inc. was blamed in a lawsuit for the death of a 10-year-old girl who allegedly participated in an online challenge in which people choke themselves until they black out. Nylah Anderson, an intelligent child who...
TikTok Facing Probe by States Over How Platform Markets to Kids
Mar 3 2022 // ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok is being targeted by a group of states seeking to determine whether the social media platform is being improperly marketed to children. The states are investigating how TikTok promotes itself...
