The European Commission says it is concerned systems used by apps could ‘exploit weaknesses and inexperience’ of children and stimulate ‘addictive behaviour’. European Union regulators have opened a formal investigation into Meta for potential breaches of online content rules relating to child safety in its Facebook and Instagram platforms. The…
ByteDance, the owner of the social media platform TikTok, has filed a lawsuit against the United States government in an effort to block a law that would force it to divest from its US assets. On Tuesday, lawyers for ByteDance filed the complaint in the US Court of Appeals in…
Taipei, Taiwan – Alice Guo sparked a flurry of interest on Xiaohongshu, the Chinese social media and e-commerce platform, when she decided one day in 2021 to share advice on preparing for a job interview. Chinese-born Guo was living in Toronto at the time, grounded by the COVID-19 pandemic after…
The US Senate has overwhelmingly approved a bill that would ban TikTok unless its Chinese owner, ByteDance, divests from the video-sharing app in nine months amid concerns that the company poses a national security threat. TikTok has denied the Chinese government could access users’ data and has dubbed the bill,…
TikTok has said legislation ‘would trample the free speech rights of 170 million Americans’. The United States Senate has approved legislation that would ban the popular video-sharing app TikTok unless it divests from its Chinese parent company. The vote on Tuesday clears the way for the bill to be signed…
Elon Musk and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese clash over order to remove X posts on church stabbing. Australia and Elon Musk have escalated their war of words over censorship after an Australian court ordered social media platform X to remove footage of a church stabbing. An Australian judge on…
European Commission says the app has ‘risks of serious damage for the mental health of users’, including minors. The European Union has launched a probe into TikTok’s spinoff Lite app and threatened to suspend an “addictive” feature on it that rewards users for watching and liking videos, amid child-safety concerns….
Anthony Albanese says decision to challenge takedown order for content related to church stabbing ‘extraordinary’. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has criticised social media platform X for its “extraordinary” decision to fight an order by the country’s internet watchdog to remove footage of a stabbing during a livestreamed church service….
Bill targeting Chinese-owned app goes to the US Senate after passing the House in bipartisan vote. TikTok has slammed a bill that would ban the video-sharing app in the United States if it does not divest from its Chinese owner, accusing lawmakers of trampling on citizens’ right to free speech….
More than 450,000 people are already following the account, which went public on Monday. Japan’s publicity-shy royal family has joined Instagram, releasing a flurry of posts on Monday and quickly acquiring nearly half a million followers. The first post on @kunaichi_jp (the name for the Imperial Household Agency in Japanese)…
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