Tiktok Ban India

TikTok is a data collection service masquerading as a social network, claims researcher

Research has found that TikTok was collecting information on users' phone hardware, apps, network-related information, among various other things.

TikTok continues to be most downloaded app on iOS with over 33 million installs

In India alone, 88.6 million new users installed TikTok in the first quarter of 2019.

WhatsApp child sex abuse report: Self regulation of social media isn't working; need govt norms

Cyber Peace Foundation report claims that WhatsApp is being used to share child sexual abuse videos. IT ministry has written to WhatsApp

TikTok ban in India lifted: Company setups up committee to regulate content on app

The ban has been lifted on the condition that the platform should not be used to host obscene videos.

Madras High Court lifts TikTok ban on app downloads; interim order stands vacated

TikTok had a record 41.7 mn app downloads in Q1 2019 and has 119.3 million active users in India

TikTok ban in India highlights: Madras High Court lifts ban on further downloads of the app

Bench of Justices N Kirubakaran and SS Sundar has vacated the interim order by the Supreme Court of India (SC), on 22 April, to ban of TikTok in the country,

TikTok ban in India: DoT and MeitY can do little about existing users of the app

While fresh downloads of TikTok apps are currently blocked, existing users can all use the app.

TikTok ban: Dangerous and fake #BrightEye challenge going viral on platform

Young children on TikTok are participating in a dangerous challenge where they hold a bag of bleach against their eye.

TikTok ban in India: SC order in line with past free speech decisions, but social media apps should self-regulate proactively

Supreme Court has directed the Madras High Court to pass an interim order on the ban by 24 April, failing which the ban on TikTok will be lifted

TikTok's parent company ByteDance plans to invest $1 bn in India over next 3 years

The company says it would also increase the number of employees in India to 1,000 people by the year-end.