Organisation: TikTok

TikTok seeks interim measures against DMA designation

TikTok has asked the EU's General Court to suspend its obligations under the Digital Markets Act pending a challenge against its gatekeeper designation, less than a month after it alleged the European Commission’s decision constrains its competitiveness.

04 December 2023

EU’s Digital Markets Act faces first challenges

Meta and TikTok have challenged aspects of their designations under the EU’s Digital Markets Act.

16 November 2023

TikTok accused of facilitating predatory pricing in Indonesia

TikTok allows predatory pricing on its shopping platform, an Indonesian minister has said, arguing the government should split the company’s social media and e-commerce arms.

08 September 2023

EU reveals first DMA gatekeeper designations

Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft have six months to ensure their core platform services comply with the Digital Markets Act now that the European Commission has designated them as gatekeepers under its new regime.

06 September 2023

First DMA gatekeeper notifications filed but more likely to follow

Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft and Samsung have notified the European Commission about their potential gatekeeper status under the EU’s Digital Market Act, while Booking.com is expected to notify the agency at the end of the year.

04 July 2023

TikTok reveals inner workings to allay national security concerns

TikTok has granted Texas-based technology company Oracle access to its source code, algorithm and content moderation material as part of an ongoing effort to quell national security concerns in the US.

25 May 2023

China pushes back against forced sale of TikTok

A Chinese government official has said the country will “firmly oppose” any order from the US foreign investment review body forcing TikTok to split from its Beijing-based parent company ByteDance.

24 March 2023

CFIUS: TikTok must split from ByteDance or face total ban

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has reportedly told TikTok that it risks a total ban in the US if it does not spin-off from its Chinese owners, drawing a sharp rebuke from Beijing.

17 March 2023

TikTok open to “last resort” ByteDance divorce to resolve national security concerns

TikTok is reportedly willing to split with its Chinese parent company ByteDance if a current proposal before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States fails to resolve national security concerns.

15 March 2023

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