The European Commission has banned staff from using the Chinese social media app TikTok over security concerns. On Thursday morning, it was mandated that all employees uninstall TikTok from their official devices as well as any personal devices on which they may have installed any work-related apps.
ByteDance's acquisition of Pico, a Chinese startup making VR headsets triggered a new competition with Meta, whose Instagram and Facebook services have been battling for users and advertising dollars against TikTok as the short-video app soared in popularity.
ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, said on Thursday that an internal investigation found that employees had inappropriately obtained the data of US TikTok users
In a disturbing trend, children in South Korea are turning the tragic October 29 stampede in the country's capital of Seoul during the Halloween festival into a game.
The provisional findings against TikTok came a year after Britain introduced the Children's Code, a data protection code of practice for online services accessed by children.
In December 2016, Sonali Phogat's husband Sanjay Phogat had been found dead at their farmhouse under mysterious circumstances. She is survived by her daughter Yashodhara Phogat.