By Matthew Newman ( June 11, 2026, 21:27 GMT | Insight) -- TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, was found by an Irish court to have breached EU data protection rules, though the platform can continue transferring European user data to China after the court told Ireland's privacy regulator to reconsider measures relating to the transfers. In a ruling Thursday, the court rejected TikTok's argument that the Irish Data Protection Commission had misapplied EU rules governing international data transfers.TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, was found by an Irish court to have breached EU data protection rules, though the platform can continue transferring European user data to China after the court told Ireland's privacy regulator to reconsider measures relating to the transfers....
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