Category: social media app

Two More US States Issue TikTok Bans for Security Reasons

The states of Louisiana and West Virginia are the latest to ban the use of the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok on government devices. TikTok, which is owned by the China-based company ByteDance, boasts of at least 100 million users alone in the United States. Government agencies in both states banned the app on all…


Dutch Group Launches Data Harvesting Claim Against TikTok

THE HAGUE, Netherlands—A Dutch consumer group is launching a 1.5 billion euro ($1.8 billion) claim against TikTok over what it alleges is unlawful harvesting of personal data from users of the popular video sharing platform. The Consumentenbond and a foundation called Take Back Your Privacy demanded Thursday that TikTok pay damages to 1.2 million to…