According to EURACTIVE, the EU executive’s IT service has requested all Commission employees to remove TikTok from their corporate devices or personal devices using corporate apps. The reason behind such a request lies in security concerns with the social media app. Read more
TikTok, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are ready to face the strict provisions of the Digital Services Act (DSA) pushing them to reveal the number of Europeans using their services and to adhere to sweeping requirements starting by the summer of 2023 such as removing illegal content, combating disinformation and enhance minors protection. In case of...
Texas Governor has announced its plan to protect the State’s sensitive information and critical infrastructure from technology that poses a threat to the State. The plan outlines objectives for each agency instructing on how to manage personal and state-issued devices. Each state will have time till 15 February to implement its policy based on such...
Euractiv reports that the CEO of the social media TikTok, Mr. Shou Zi Chew, met with Vice President for Values and Transparency Věra Jourová, Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager and Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson to discuss topics including data security, disinformation and EU digital regulation. Continue reading on Euractiv here.
The Indiana Attorney General, has recently announced the opening of two separate lawsuits against TikTok. The accusations are on false claims on users’ data safety and age-appropriate content.
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) press release underlines that it supports the actions taken by the Irish, Italian and Spanish Supervisory Authorities (SAs) following TikTok’s announcement that it would no longer seek users’ consent to send personalised advertisements, but that the legal basis for this would be the legitimate interest of TikTok and its partners....
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