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TikTok car theft challenge: Hyundai, Kia fix flaw
February 17, 2023 - Car manufacturer Hyundai, and its subsidiary Kia, began rolling out a free software update on February 14, 2023, to address a flaw...
TikTok CEO told to “step up efforts to comply” with digital laws
January 23, 2023 - EU Commissioner Thierry Breton, the EU’s digital policy chief, “explicitly conveyed” to TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew that the company must...
TikTok dances to the tune of $5.4m cookie fine
January 16, 2023 - The big social media fines just keep coming. Hot on the heels of Meta experiencing a $277m fine from the Irish...
US school district sues Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok over harm to kids
January 10, 2023 - Public schools in a Seattle district filed a lawsuit on Friday against parent companies of the biggest social networks on the internet, alleging...
Indiana sues TikTok, describes it as “Chinese Trojan Horse”
December 12, 2022 - On Wednesday, the State of Indiana filed two lawsuits against TikTok, Inc, the company behind the same name app, and its...
South Dakota first to ban TikTok on state-owned devices
December 1, 2022 - South Dakota is the first US state (and so far as we know, the first region anywhere) to officially ban the...
TikTok Invisible Challenge “Unfilter” steals credit cards and other info
November 30, 2022 - A TikTok challenge has been jumped on by cybercriminals, who are taking advantage of its popularity to try to trick people...
TikTok’s data handling is the subject of “several ongoing proceedings” by the EU
November 25, 2022 - TikTok has received a lot of criticism in the last few months. Among other things it’s been called an “unacceptable security...
FBI concerned about TikTok’s US operations
November 20, 2022 - In a live hearing of the Worldwide Threats to the Homeland, conducted on Tuesday, November 15, FBI Director Christopher Wray expressed deep...
TikTok privacy chief: China’s not the only country that can access your data
November 7, 2022 - Controversial social media platform TikTok is in the limelight once again after its head of privacy in Europe, Elaine Fox, revealed...