Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna stated that Estonia supports the blocking of the Chinese social network TikTok. They advocate blocking the social network in Europe following the example of the United States.

Chinese technology firms, including TikTok, face mounting pressure in Europe as compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes centre stage. The latest privacy complaints filed by advocacy group Noyb (None Of Your Business) could potentially result in fines amounting to 4% of the global revenue for each company.

TikTok has essentially warned that it will “go dark” in the U.S., given that service providers underpinning the platform won’t be able to continue doing so lawfully. This might be over soon. TikTok is hopeful,

TikTok restored service in the United States Sunday after briefly going dark, as a law banning the wildly popular app on national security grounds came into effect.

According to Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna, Europe should consider banning the Chinese social media application TikTok, following the example of the United States.

THE US is banning TikTok this weekend after outgoing President Joe Biden signed a law forcing the ban of the short video app beginning January 19. The platform is owned by a Chinese tech firm and

Privacy campaigners accuse TikTok, AliExpress, Shein, Temu, WeChat and Xiaomi of sending Europeans’ personal data to China. Read more at straitstimes.com.

President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday called for the United States to take part-ownership in TikTok and vowed to issue an executive order delaying a looming ban on the wildly popular app to allow time to "make a deal.

Trump’s announcement came hours after TikTok went dark in the United States under a law banning it in the name of national security, as a deadline for its Chinese owners ByteDance to sell its US subsidiary to non-Chinese buyers lapsed.

What started as “the dance app” spawned countless memes, launched lucrative careers and shaped entire industries. Here’s how it got here.

TikTok went dark in the United States on Sunday as millions of dismayed users found themselves barred from the popular app, with President-elect Donald Trump vowing to seek a reprieve. After discussing TikTok with Chinese President Xi Jinping,

TikTok restored service in the United States Sunday after briefly going dark, as a law banning the wildly popular app on national security grounds came into effect.