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Saturday, September 13, 2025
TopicTikTok

Topic: TikTok

TikTok caught spying on iPhone users in India and around the world

TikTok claimed in April that it would stop the ‘invasive practice’, but users testing Apple’s upcoming iOS 14 have caught it copying from clipboard functions.

‘Remove China Apps’ becomes Google Play Store’s top free app amid LAC standoff 

The app has been developed by Jaipur-based OneTouchAppLabs. It was launched on 17 May and has been downloaded over 10 lakh times since then.

Milind Soman to ‘Nazma Aapi’, Indians slam TikTok for censorship and call for boycott

New Delhi: Comedian Saloni Gaur has called out short video platform TikTok for removing the video of her sketch on the India-China border standoff...

This ‘swadeshi’ TikTok by IIT engineer has got 50 lakh downloads within month of launch

MitronTV looks and feels like TikTok, and offers users a similar platform for short videos. Its launch is aimed at challenging foreign domination in the Indian social media sphere.

‘Working for China?’: Maneka Gandhi slams TikTok over animal cruelty videos on platform

In response to a complaint by BJP MP Maneka Gandhi, TikTok said it had taken down videos depicting animal cruelty, but Gandhi has demanded more stringent action.

TikTok sensation streams video of his house, clothes to prove he is not ‘faking’ poverty

Arman Rathod's video on 15 May, where he is seen dancing to the Hrithik Roshan song 'you are my soniya', went viral on social media.

Bad rating to TikTok on Play Store is easy. Harder to act on rape culture in Indian schools

Social media platforms should be held accountable for hate speech, but demanding a TikTok ban proves that your anger is misplaced and your approach is myopic.

TikTok’s Play Store rating drops to 2 after app carries video ‘glorifying’ acid attack

The hashtag #BanTikTok started trending after popular TikToker Faizal Siddiqui's video on 'acid attack' went viral on social media.

TikTok vs YouTube is the new class war on internet. It all began with a roast

The TikTok vs YouTube war is looking like a microcosm of the larger political story raging across India--between raw aspiration and entrenched entitlement.

TikTok launches #MatKarForward campaign with Virat Kohli and Kriti Sanon to fight fake news

Actors Ayushmann Khurana, Sara Ali Khan, Kriti Sanon and cricketer Virat Kohli have teamed up with the app to discourage people from forwarding unverified videos.

On Camera

The key difference between India and China’s response to Gen-Z protests in Nepal

China is desperate to keep Communist Nepal ally intact. India must worry.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?