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| April 2025 | The Ireland DPC fined TikTok €500 million for illegally sending European user data to China. |
| March 7 2025 | The Albanian Cabinet officially enacted the TikTok shutdown, citing concerns over the app's role in promoting violence and bullying among children. |
| 2025 | An investigation revealed TikTok's profit from sexual livestreams involving Kenyan minors as young as 15, with the platform taking a 70% cut of livestream earnings. |
| February 2025 |
Financial Action Task Force blacklist
The Philippines was removed from the grey list.
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| January 20 2025 | Re-elected President Donald Trump signed an executive order delaying the enforcement of the TikTok ban by 75 days, after TikTok restored access to their service. |
| January 19 2025 | A Supreme Court case upheld the constitutionality of a law potentially forcing a sale or ban of TikTok in the U.S. due to national security concerns. |
| January 18 2025 | TikTok became unavailable across the United States hours before the bill was set to go into effect. |
| January 2025 | Chinese officials began preliminary talks about potentially selling TikTok's U.S. operations, with Elon Musk's X as a possible buyer, ahead of a Supreme Court case about a potential ban due to national security concerns. |
| 2024 | Ongoing political discussions and legislative efforts continued regarding potential bans or restrictions of TikTok in the United States, with Republican congressmen Rand Paul and Thomas Massie advocating against the app's potential ban. |
| 2024 | TikTok signed a sponsorship deal with Team GB to help UK athletes connect with new audiences for the Summer Olympics. |
| December 2024 | European Commission announced an investigation into TikTok over accusations of Russian interference in the 2024 Romanian presidential election. |
| December 30 2024 | Venezuela's Supreme Court fined TikTok $10 million over viral challenges that authorities claim led to the deaths of three children, citing the platform's negligence in preventing dangerous viral video challenges. |
| December 21 2024 | Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced that the Albanian government will shut down TikTok in 2025 for at least a year, citing potential restrictions on the social media platform. |
| November 2024 | A deadly incident occurred where a teenager fatally stabbed another teen after a dispute that began on TikTok, prompting government concerns. |
| November 2024 | A deadly incident occurred where a teenager fatally stabbed another teen after a dispute that originated on the TikTok platform in Albania. |
| November 6 2024 | Canada ordered TikTok to shut down its offices and subsidiary company (TikTok Technology Canada, Inc.) in the country due to national security concerns, while maintaining user access to the app. |
| October 2024 |
Financial Action Task Force blacklist
Lebanon was added to the grey list.
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| October 2024 |
Websites blocked in mainland China
Microsoft Copilot blocked in mainland China.
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| October 2024 | U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Marsha Blackburn requested TikTok turn over documents related to child safety disclosures. |
| October 2024 | European Commission requested additional information from TikTok regarding its algorithm and potential risks related to elections, mental health, and protection of minors. |
| September 2024 | Sky News reported clips of Adolf Hitler's speeches with added music attracting high engagement on TikTok, which were subsequently removed by the platform. |
| September 2024 | TikTok removed accounts of Russian state media outlets RT and Sputnik. |
| September 18 2024 |
Russian Wikipedia
Russian Wikipedia reached the significant milestone of 2,000,000 articles.
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| August 2024 | The FTC and U.S. Department of Justice filed a joint lawsuit alleging violations of the 2019 consent decree. |
| August 2024 | NCRI released a report analyzing user journey data across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, examining content related to Uyghur, Xinjiang, Tibet, and Tiananmen keywords, finding variations in content presentation across platforms. |
| July 2024 | The Institute for Strategic Dialogue reported an organized neo-Nazi TikTok network promoting propaganda that was receiving millions of views. |
| May 2024 | The Nebraska Attorney General filed a lawsuit against TikTok, alleging the platform harms minors' mental health through a compulsive behavior-cultivating algorithm. |
| April 2024 |
Parler
Parlement Technologies, Parler's parent company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, with total assets and liabilities between $10 million and $50 million.
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| April 2024 | Former employee Zen Goziker was discovered to have made improbable claims about TikTok, having spoken with law enforcement agencies and lawmakers hostile to the company. |
| April 2024 | European Commission opened a second investigation into TikTok to assess potential breaches of EU law. |
| April 2024 | Taylor Swift's music returned to the TikTok platform. |
| April 24 2024 | President Biden signed the TikTok ban bill into law, which was later challenged in court but upheld as constitutional. |
| April 23 2024 | The Senate passed a modified version of the TikTok ban bill as part of a foreign aid package. |
| April 18 2024 | TikTok Notes is first released for limited testing to users in Canada and Australia. |
| March 2024 | The Wall Street Journal reports that TikTok's growth in the U.S. has stagnated. |
| March 2024 | The Information reported that TikTok is known to be losing billions of dollars annually, as acknowledged by investors. |
| March 2024 | The Italian Competition Authority fined TikTok €10 million for inadequate protection of underage users from harmful content like the 'French scar' challenge. |
| March 2024 | The FTC was reported to continue its investigation into TikTok. |
| March 2024 | Universal Music Publishing Group removed its 4 million composition catalogue from TikTok. |
| March 13 2024 | The United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 7521, which would ban TikTok unless divested from ByteDance. |
| February 2024 | Joe Biden's re-election campaign opened a TikTok account with 'advanced safety precautions', and Biden posted his first video during Super Bowl LVIII, drawing criticism from lawmakers over security concerns. |
| February 2024 | European Commission launched an initial investigation into TikTok for potential violations of the Digital Services Act (DSA), focusing on content targeting children and advertising transparency. |
| February 9 2024 |
Parler
Parler announced a relaunch of its social media service and updated its website with a registration form for platform reopening announcements.
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| January 2024 |
Parler
The company's external social media outlets officially restarted operations to announce a potential platform relaunch.
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| January 31 2024 | Universal Music Group withdrew its 3 million recording catalogue from TikTok due to disputes over artist payouts and AI-generated music content regulation. |
| 2023 |
Websites blocked in mainland China
ChatGPT blocked in mainland China.
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| 2023 | H.R. 7521, a bill proposing potential restrictions on TikTok, was introduced in the United States Congress, sparking debates about national security, data privacy, and potential impacts on free speech. |
| 2023 | High-level executives transferred from ByteDance to TikTok, with some moving from Beijing to the US, which raised concerns and led to an investigation reported to U.S. Senator Ted Cruz's office. |
| 2023 | During the SAG-AFTRA strike, TikTok influencers were warned they would be denied future union entry if they partnered with struck studios, causing many creators to stop producing new content outside of existing contractual obligations. |
| 2023 | An Internet Governance Project paper concluded that TikTok is not directly exporting censorship through blocking material or recommendation algorithms. |
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