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.

The EU executive is working furiously to conclude an investigation into whether X breached the bloc’s tough content moderation standards, but warned that any decision would be challenged in court by top-notch lawyers.

STOCKHOLM/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - TikTok, Shein, Xiaomi and three other Chinese companies were named in a privacy complaint filed on Thursday by Austrian advocacy group Noyb which claimed the firms were unlawfully sending European Union user data to China.

The European Commission will hold a stress test with large social media platforms next week to see whether they have done enough to counter disinformation in the run-up to next month's German election,

Also last month, European Union regulators opened an investigation into whether TikTok breached the EU’s online safety and fairness rules by failing to prevent alleged Russian interference in Romania’s presidential election. TikTok said it had “prote ...

EU privacy complaints have been lodged against TikTok and five other Chinese companies, raising concerns over data protection practices.

Trump said the government should be a half owner of TikTok's U.S. business in return for keeping the app alive, and threatened China with tariffs if it failed to approve a deal.

Top tech companies like X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube have signed a voluntary commitment to make efforts to prevent illegal hate speech (as defined by European Union laws) on their platforms in the EU.

The European Union (EU) is probing social media heavyweights including Meta and X as part of a stress test on disinformation

TikTok, Shein, Xiaomi and three other Chinese companies were named in a privacy complaint filed on Thursday by Austrian advocacy group Noyb, which alleged the firms were unlawfully sending European Union user data to China.

The Federal Network Agency invited platform operators to a round table with the EU Commission in Berlin. The aim was to protect the integrity of the election.

France offered to deploy troops to Greenland after Donald Trump repeatedly signaled he’d like to annex the Danish territory, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said. Barrot said in an interview with Sud Radio that France had “started discussing” sending troops to Greenland,