The European Union will investigate whether ByteDance’s TikTok breached online content rules aimed at protecting children and ensuring transparent advertising, an official said on Monday, putting the social media platform at risk of a hefty fine. EU industry chief Thierry Breton said he took the decision after analysing the short video app’s risk assessment report … Read more
GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley reiterated her call to ban TikTok on Sunday, citing privacy concerns with the social media app after President Biden’s campaign joined earlier this month. During a Fox News town hall with “America Reports” co-anchor John Roberts on Sunday, Haley took aim at TikTok for being “incredibly dangerous” and said the … Read more
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Americans are split over whether TikTok should be banned in the United States amid national security concerns about the video-sharing app’s connections to the Chinese government, a new poll has found. The app is already banned on federal government devices and some state government devices — a move that is supported by most adults surveyed … Read more
Several major technology companies — including Adobe, Amazon, Google, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Snap, TikTok and X — signed an accord Friday pledging to combat the use of deceptive artificial intelligence (AI) in this year’s elections. The 20 participating companies pledged to “work collaboratively on tools to detect and address online distribution” of AI-generated content … Read more
TikTok plans to ramp up efforts to combat fake news and covert influence operations ahead of June’s elections for European Parliament, the video-based social media app announced Wednesday. The app will launch local language “election centres” for every European Union (EU) member state next month to “ensure people can easily separate fact from fiction,” according … Read more
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The Democratic-controlled Virginia legislature let a bill die this week that would have banned video-streaming app TikTok for children in the state. Republican Del. Jay Leftwich sponsored the bill last month, but it was left in a House of Delegates committee this week. The Associated Press noted the bill went through numerous revisions, adding that its latest … Read more
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), the chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is urging President Biden to “reverse course” on his campaign joining video-streaming platform TikTok. “If we continue to go down this road, we are going to effectively cede control of our news media to a hostile foreign country,” … Read more
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked an Ohio law that would have forced social media companies to get parental permission before signing up minors for the platforms, ruling that the law violates the users’ free speech rights. The Social Media Parental Notification Act, passed in July, would have required sites to gain parental permission for … Read more
