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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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