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TikTok fears point to larger problem: Poor media literacy in the social media age

YoopyaApr 21, 2024April 23, 20240

The U.S. government moved closer to banning the video social media app TikTok after the House of Representatives attached the measure to an emergency spending

Should governments ban TikTok? Can they? A cybersecurity expert explains the risks the app poses and the challenges to blocking it

YoopyaMar 15, 2024March 15, 20240

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 352-65 on March 13, 2024, to require TikTok’s parent company, China-based ByteDance, to sell the app or face a nationwide

A TikTok Jesus promises divine blessings and many worldly comforts

YoopyaFeb 4, 2024February 4, 20240

The TikTok profile Daily Believer (@believerdaily) has 70 videos with computer-generated Jesuses looking directly at the viewer, beseeching them to stop scrolling and watch the

Tech CEOs told ‘you have blood on your hands’ at US Senate child safety hearing

YoopyaFeb 1, 2024February 1, 20240

WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) – U.S. senators on Wednesday grilled leaders of the biggest social media companies and said Congress must quickly pass legislation, as

Social media companies made $11 billion in US ad revenue from minors, Harvard study finds

YoopyaDec 28, 2023December 28, 20230

Social media companies collectively made over $11 billion in U.S. advertising revenue from minors last year, according to a study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School

TikTok, Meta, X CEOs to testify at US Senate hearing in January

YoopyaNov 30, 2023November 30, 20230

The chief executives of social media companies Meta (META.O), X, TikTok, Snap (SNAP.N) and Discord will testify on online child sexual exploitation at a Jan. 31 U.S. Senate

Senegal: Authorities block access to social network Tiktok

YoopyaAug 2, 2023August 2, 20230

Senegalese authorities on Wednesday cut off access to the social media app TikTok and stepped up a crackdown on dissidents, days after dissolving the main

8 tips for parents and teens on social media use — from the U.S. surgeon general

YoopyaMay 23, 2023May 23, 20230

Dr. Vivek Murthy, the U.S. surgeon general, is calling for “immediate action” by tech companies and lawmakers to protect kids’ and adolescents’ mental health on

U.S. House administration arm bans TikTok on official devices

YoopyaDec 29, 2022December 29, 20220

The popular Chinese video app TikTok has been banned from all U.S. House of Representatives-managed devices, according to the House’s administration arm, mimicking a law

Tech: Facebook gives users new way to see all their friends’ posts

YoopyaJul 22, 2022April 5, 20230

Facebook is rolling out an update that enables its 2 billion daily users to more easily view their friends’ posts in chronological order. The new