EU opens formal investigation into TikTok over possible online content breaches
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will investigate whether ByteDance‘s TikTok breached online content rules aimed at protecting children and ensuring transparent advertising, an official said…
TikTok-EU, steps forward thanks to Project Clover
The story between TikTok and the European Union is a long tug-of-war that, unlike many situations with other big companies, has reached a positive turning point. The credit for this goes to the ByteDance-owned application itself, which…
Indonesia says will audit TikTok, Tokopedia trial e-commerce tieup
By Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) – China’s TikTok and Indonesia’s tech group GoTo will carry out a trial e-commerce partnership for several months as regulators assess its impact on small…
TikTok asks EU court to suspend EU gatekeeper label until its ruling
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Chinese conglomerate ByteDance‘s TikTok has asked Europe’s second highest court to suspend its designation as a gatekeeper under onerous new EU tech rules…
TikTok joins Meta in appealing against EU gatekeeper status
By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – TikTok on Thursday joined Meta in appealing against the “gatekeeper” status under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), an EU law that brings in tougher…
EU’s Breton tells TikTok CEO to ‘spare no effort’ against disinformation
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – TikTok must “spare no effort” to counter the spread of disinformation on the short video sharing app, EU industry chief Thierry Breton told…
TikTok fined 345 million euros over handling of children’s data in Europe
By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) – 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,…
TikTok to perform ‘stress test’ ahead of EU Digital Services Act
By Sudip Kar-Gupta BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok has voluntarily agreed to a “stress test” to prepare for the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA), EU industry…
Top EU bodies, citing security, ban TikTok on staff phones
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – 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…
Tech giants from Google to TikTok face tougher EU rules
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Tech giants including Facebook, Google, Twitter and TikTok face stricter online content rules in the European Union due to their huge number of…