Six weeks after the eruption of the war in Gaza with the attack by Hamas on Israel, social media platforms are still caught in the maelstrom, struggling to control content and withstand user fury. TikTok and X, formerly Twitter, were swept up in controversies this week, one involving an unearthing of a two-decade old screed … Read more
“In class I wouldn’t answer a question… if we ever had to do public speaking I’d just try and get out of it because I wasn’t confident and I didn’t know what other people would think about me having a stammer,” said Joe, from Llantwit Major in the Vale of Glamorgan. Source link
A social media influencer died shortly after live-streaming himself consuming several bottles of strong alcohol on China‘s version of TikTok, a development that is expected to reignite debate about how to regulate the industry, reported CNN. The influencer “Sanqiange” (or “Brother Three Thousand”) was found dead mere hours after streaming himself participating in a competition … Read more
In August 2021, TikTok received a complaint from a British user, who flagged that a man had been “exposing himself and playing with himself” on a livestream she hosted on the video app. She also described past abuse she had experienced. To address the complaint, TikTok employees shared the incident on an internal messaging and … Read more
Content about the condition generates billions of views, but is it driving too many to self-diagnose? Source link
The United Kingdom regulator has fined the Chinese-owned video-sharing platform TikTok almost USD 16 million for a number of ‘data protection law’ breaching, including misusing children’s personal data, according to CNN. UK’s information commissioner’s office fined TikTok USD 15.9 million and estimated that the video-sharing platform allowed over 1 million children under 13 to use … Read more
CNN — Australia has joined other Western countries in banning the use of TikTok on government devices as the Chinese-owned video app comes under increasing pressure over claims it presents a security concern. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus announced the ban on Tuesday after receiving advice from intelligence and security agencies, saying the directive would be imposed … Read more
The icon for the video sharing TikTok app is seen on a smartphone, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. New Zealand lawmakers and other workers inside the nation’s Parliament will be banned from having the TikTok app on their government phones, officials said Friday, March 17 2023. | Photo Credit: AP New Zealand … Read more
The TikTok logo. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS TikTok will be banned from U.K. government phones amid security concerns around the Chinese-owned social media video app, Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden announced in Parliament on Thursday. The ban brings the U.K. in line with the U.S., Canada and the European Union (EU) and also India … Read more
Meta Platforms Inc’s stricter cost controls this year and a new $40 billion share buyback sent shares soaring on Wednesday, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg called 2023 the “Year of Efficiency.” The parent of Instagram and Facebook, which has fallen on hard times amid a broad post-pandemic slump in digital ads, is focused on improving its … Read more