Only about 28% of Americans support banning TikTok, according to a new poll from market research firm Savanta. And while it remains to be seen whether the U.S. Senate will take up the so-called TikTok ban bill that passed the House earlier this month, this new poll will probably give lawmakers pause about the next … Read more
A bill banning TikTok, unless it is sold, passed through the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday and is on its way to the Senate. The bill being rushed through Congress names TikTok outright, but it also bans other apps the President determines to be a “national security threat.” Technology lawyers are concerned these vague … Read more
The U.S. passed a bipartisan bill on Wednesday to force ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, to divest from the social media platform or face a complete ban in the country. The bill passed 352 to 65 and needs to be taken up by the Senate and signed by President Joe Biden to become law. But … Read more
Photo: F Armstrong Photography (Shutterstock) TikTok is allegedly being used by Chinese migrants to cross the United States’ southern border, first reported by 60 Minutes on Sunday. In interviews at the border of the U.S. and Mexico, Chinese migrants said they were able to discover weak points in America’s border wall through TikTok. Mourning the … Read more
At the beginning of 2023, TikTok was one of the weirdest and most delightful places on the internet. An app with a reputation for memes and 30-second dances had become the front page of the internet, and it seemed TikTok was only getting better as the platform matured. A year later, TikTok’s growth finally appears … Read more
Photo: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images (Getty Images) Robert F. Kennedy Jr., infamous anti-vaxxer and 2024 presidential hopeful, says he wasn’t the one who posted a message on the TikTok page of a fitness influencer who was admiring her glutes after a workout. Sure, RFK Jr., we believe you as much as you believe Big Pharma. … Read more
Photo: Michaela Handrek-Rehle/Bloomberg (Getty Images) Meta no longer allows teenagers to receive direct messages from anyone they’re not following on Instagram, or friends with on Facebook, according to a company blog post on Thursday. The policy update aims to create a safer environment for minors on the platform, one week after Meta’s internal documents revealed … Read more
Image: AdriaVidal (Shutterstock) Threads’s chess match against X, formerly called Twitter, continues with the launch of its polls and GIF features on Thursday. The additions bring to Threads two staples that are widely used on X and are yet another change Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced on the platform in recent weeks. Why Banning TikTok … Read more
A federal judge responsible for deciding the fate of Montana’s unprecedented TikTok ban poked holes in the state’s argument during a hearing Thursday and questioned why the government should prevent users and creators from willfully handing over data to the app. Donald Molloy, the judge overseeing the hearing, said Montana’s efforts to supposedly safeguard users’ … Read more
Meta’s bread and butter has long been its user-centric targeted ad business, but European regulations are forcing the company to rethink how it can monetize its ostensibly free social platforms. The answer? Make users pay up if they prefer not to let their data be used to sell them products. Nobody’s Really Watching Reels Last … Read more