Former president Trump joins TikTok and posts first video, after trying to ban app from US as president in 2020 on national security grounds
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Former president Trump joins TikTok and posts first video, after trying to ban app from US as president in 2020 on national security grounds
Meta says number of young adult users highest in three years as it seeks to reassure advertisers it remains relevant to younger generation
As it fights against the US divest or ban law, TikTok is reportedly developing a clone of app's recommendation algorithm
Meta Platforms finds influence network focused on Gaza war that for first time uses generative AI to produce fake comments
Kevin O'Leary, investor and host of reality programme Shark Tank, launches crowdfunding effort to gauge interest in TikTok buy
European Commission says in contact with Telegram as platform nears 45 million user threshold for stringent DSA rules
Cases by TikTok, ByteDance, content creators get fast-track schedule as company faces forced sale or ban by 19 January
TikTok to cut jobs from operations and marketing teams amidst broader ByteDance restructuring, as it faces political tensions in US
Ahead of US presidential election, fake accounts supporting Donald Trump are proliferating on Elon Musk's X, study finds
YouTube threatens to pull anti-war content from Russian rights group, after complaint from Putin regime's Roskomnadzor
High Court rules Wikileaks founder Julian Assange can appeal against extradition to the US, despite American assurances
OpenAI strikes deal with Reddit to train its AI tech on user posts and give ChatGPT direct access to the platform's content
European Commission opens an official child safety investigation into Facebook and Instagram-owner Meta Platforms
Elon Musk loses bid to avoid court order to force him to testify in SEC probe of his $44 billion Twitter purchase
Anthem used by protesters in Hong Kong is blocked by YouTube, as critics lash out at another clampdown in former British colony
Group of TikTok creators in the United States attempt to block recent law that will force divestiture or ban of the app
Lawyer for Australia's eSafety Commissioner says X wants to overrule government on what are 'reasonable' compliance steps
San Francisco judge says social media platforms such as X have no right to arbitrarily decide how public data is used
AI-generated content such as video and images are going to be labelled by TikTok using the Content Credentials digital watermark
New child safety laws sees Ofcom calling on tech firms to “tame toxic algorithms” to protect children online
Another u-turn? Former Twitter boss Jack Dorsey suddenly quits Bluesky's board of directors, and calls X 'freedom technology'
Using the Digital Services Act, European Commission asks X (formerly Twitter) for details over reduction in content moderation resources
US government sued by TikTok in bid to block law that will force sale of the short video app or ban it in America
Lawyers in US social media addiction action say strict controls on Douyin in China show TikTok could do better at protecting children
Most people in the United States view TikTok as a Chinese influence tool a poll reveals, so why do so many Americans use it?
UK regulator confirms it is investigating whether OnlyFans is doing enough to prevent children accessing pornography
Snapchat parent Snap reports user growth, revenues in spite of tough competition, in what may be sign of stronger advertising market
Quick-growing fast-fashion company Shein must comply with most stringent level of EU digital rules after it passes key threshold
TikTok's 'secret source' algorithm is so core to ByteDance, it would rather shut down US operation, multiple sources have indicated
Share price hit after Meta admits heavy AI spending plans, after posting strong first quarter financial results