US intelligence warned companies operating in China Friday over the impact of Beijing's new counter-espionage law coming into force on July 1.The National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) said the law, which aims to protect China's nati...

Five TikTok users are calling on a federal court to overturn Montana's overall ban on the video sharing app, arguing that it violates their free speech rights.The lawsuit was filed just hours after Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed the unprecede...

China insisted Friday it does not ask companies to hand over data gathered overseas, as the Chinese-owned TikTok faces mounting calls for a ban in the United States.Pressure is building on the massively popular video-sharing app -- owned by the Chine...

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will fight for the survival of the hugely popular video-sharing app in the United States on Thursday, as he faces skeptical Washington lawmakers over the company's alleged ties to the Chinese government.The 40-year-old Singapo...

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo on Friday banned federal officials from using TikTok on their work phones, making his the latest country to take steps against the Chinese app.A number of national governments in Europe have already restricted...

Meta on Friday slashed prices of its Quest headsets in an attempt to entice more people into its gear and into the virtual worlds Mark Zuckerberg has heralded as the future of the internet.The tech giant cut the price of recently launched Quest Pro v...

TikTok is closing in on streaming giant Netflix when it comes to the amount of time US adults spend on the platforms, according to a report released Thursday by Insider Intelligence.TikTok use eclipsed that of YouTube two years ago and has continued...

Social media platform TikTok, famed for bite-size videos of pranks and dances, said Friday it was working hard to comply with EU rules after the bloc's leaders demanded greater efforts from the firm.TikTok, whose parent company ByteDance is Chinese,...

TikTok faces an uncertain year ahead in the United States as anti-China Republicans take greater control in Congress demanding tighter scrutiny for the highly popular video sharing app.Owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance, TikTok has become a politi...

By AFPTikTok's Chinese owner denied on Monday setting up a subsidiary company in Taiwan after the island's authorities said they were investigating the social media app for running "illegal operations".The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), Taiwan's top...

By AFPTikTok influencers boasting collectively more than 51 million followers say they won't work with Amazon until the e-commerce colossus delivers key concessions to workers and halts anti-union efforts.It's the latest example of creators lending t...

Rights activists on Tuesday accused social media giant TikTok of breaching EU laws by co-opting users into sharing their data for targeted advertising.TikTok said it would change its policy next week to allow data to be gathered from over-18s in Euro...