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TikTok tries to charm Europe with 12 billion for local datacenters

TikTok tries to charm Europe with 12 billion for local datacenters

TikTok is promising to invest 12 billion euros in Europe over the next ten years. Datacenters in Ireland and Norway are set to house all the data of the company's Europe's 150 million users, while NCC Group has been brought in as an external authority to ensure the data's security. TikTok will i... Read more

date5 months ago
Google Search executive concerned about Amazon and TikTok

Google Search executive concerned about Amazon and TikTok

Google Search executive Prabhakar Raghava is concerned about competition from Amazon and TikTok. The top executive said this during his testimony in the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) case against the tech giant. The Google Search executive says he is awake at night because of competition from... Read more

date6 months ago
EU calls Meta and TikTok to account in the fight against fake news

EU calls Meta and TikTok to account in the fight against fake news

The European Commission is calling Meta, TikTok and YouTube to account over their measures against fake news about the conflict between Israel and Hamas. This is to check the social media platforms' compliance with the Digital Services Act. Responsible Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton... Read more

date6 months ago
France warns against TikTok but also goes after US social apps

France warns against TikTok but also goes after US social apps

French lawmakers want to stop not just TikTok, but also its American cousins. This week POLITICO reports that "top members of France's National Assembly" have strongly encouraged fellow MPs to "limit" their use of social media apps and messaging services. The urging message was sent in what POLI... Read more

date1 year ago
Dutch government will ban TikTok on work phones of civil servants

Dutch government will ban TikTok on work phones of civil servants

The Dutch State Secretary for Digitalization Alexandra van Huffelen has announced that spy-sensitive apps, such as TikTok, will soon no longer be allowed on the work phones of government officials. Until then, civil servants are discouraged from having such apps installed and used on mobile work de... Read more

date1 year ago
TikTok unveils new data security policy to placate EU regulators

TikTok unveils new data security policy to placate EU regulators

The Chinese social media giant is attempting to head off a general ban threatened by both the EU and the US This week, TikTok announced a new European data security regime in an attempt to assuage security fears that have already led to limited bans on both sides of the Atlantic. The new reg... Read more

date1 year ago
Comply with EU rules or prepare for a ban, Breton warns TikTok CEO

Comply with EU rules or prepare for a ban, Breton warns TikTok CEO

Chinese social media company TikTok could be banned from the European Union if it doesn't do more to comply with EU legislation before September, according to the top official overseeing the EU's internal market. Commissioner Thierry Breton warned TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew that the company needs t... Read more

date1 year ago
US House of Representatives bans TikTok

US House of Representatives bans TikTok

According to the House's administration arm, the prevalent Chinese video app TikTok has indeed been banned across all US House of Representatives-managed devices, mirroring a regulation that will shortly go into effect prohibiting the service from US government devices. The app is considered "hi... Read more

date1 year ago
Big tech revenue drops due to decline in advertisements

Big tech revenue drops due to decline in advertisements

Tech giants like Google and Meta are losing revenue due to a changing online advertising market. Google, Meta and smaller tech companies like SnapChat and Spotify have recently presented disappointing quarterly figures. Google recorded revenue growth of 6 percent over the third quarter of 2022,... Read more

date1 year ago
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