First released on July 27, ToTok spiked in popularity in the UAE in August and then spread to other Middle Eastern countries and the rest of the world from there. The app had scores of positive ...

Apple has removed ToTok from the App Store after a classified intelligence assessment and a New York Times investigation said that the app was a spy tool used by the United Arab Emirates. The chat ...

ToTok’s popularity extended beyond the Emirates. According to recent Google Play rankings, it was among the top 50 free apps in Saudi Arabia, Britain, India, Sweden and other countries.

ToTok, a chat app that quickly became popular in the United Arab Emirates, is actually a spying tool used by the government.

Update: January 6, 2020 at 5:43 p.m. ET: Google just quietly reinstated the popular chat app ToTok back into the Play Store after it was removed following accusations that the app was a spy tool ...

The Emirates has long blocked Apple’s FaceTime, Facebook’s WhatsApp and other calling apps. Emirati media has been playing up ToTok as an alternative for expatriates living in the count… ...