The European Union is getting ready to hit the social media platform X with a massive fine—possibly over $1 billion. This ...

TikTok is being hit with a €500 million fine—roughly $554 million—for secretly moving the personal data of European users ...

The fine could be one of the largest handed down by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, TikTok’s main European regulator.

The penalty is likely to be the third highest ever dished out by the Irish watchdog following earlier fines of €746 million against Amazon.com and €1.2 billion against Meta.

Ireland's data protection commission, the company's main regulator in Europe, will issue the penalty against TikTok before ...

The impending fine comes as ByteDance faces an April 5 deadline to find a buyer for TikTok’s US operations or see the app ...

TikTok owner ByteDance is set to be hit by a privacy fine of more than €500 million for illegally shipping European users’ ...

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms says it has been hit with a hefty fine for resisting Turkish government demands ...

The move is part of the company's effort to offer an alternative to Apple Inc.'s iPhone and other mobile devices.

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