ByteDance could be fined more than €500m – $552m at current exchange rates – by Ireland’s privacy regulator the DPC.

E-commerce platform TikTok Shop said it will launch to users in France, Germany, and Italy on Monday, expanding its reach further into Europe even as TikTok faces being shut down in the U.S. if Chinese owner ByteDance does not find an American buyer.

TikTok faces a mountain of litigation over child safety and privacy, a big risk for potential bidders vying to save the popular video app in the US.

TikTok is now operating from all three of its data center buildings developed by Green Mountain in Norway. Part of Project Clover - a €12 billion ($13.2bn) initiative to enable TikTok to keep European data in Europe and meet European data security standards - the data center is the last on the OSL2-Hamar campus.

TikTok Shop is charging ahead in Europe, launching in France, Germany, and Italy next week—even as its future in the U.S. hangs by a

Amid an escalating series of national security scandals, President Donald Trump extended his delay of Congress’s mandated divestment or ban on the popular social media platform TikTok by another 75 days—framing the move as evidence that his widely criticized and market-disrupting tariff policies are a “powerful” and necessary tool for safeguarding national security.

Security Checkup is TikTok’s latest security feature, acting as a centralized hub for managing account security settings. Instead of digging through different menus, users can now quickly review and adjust their login details, authentication methods, and active devices in one dashboard.