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Social media platforms implement content policies following Charlie Kirk shootingMajor social media platforms including Meta, YouTube, Reddit and Bluesky announce content moderation policies for Charlie Kirk shooting vid...
Brazil's Supreme Court clears way to hold social media companies liable for user contentAfter Thursday's ruling is published by the court, people will be able to sue social media companies for hosting illegal content if they re...
TikTok is facing legal backlash around the worldTikTok is increasingly facing global scrutiny due to concerns over its ties to China and its influence on politics, misinformation, and men...
Man pushed from container is "completely fine," says Pakistan's Information MinisterPakistan's Information Minister Attaullah Tarar confirmed that a man seen in a viral video falling from a container during a PTI protest is...
Facebook, YouTube and TikTok users in Europe get forum to challenge social media content decisionsThe center is similar to Meta's Oversight Board, a quasi-independent body set up in 2020 that acts like a supreme court for thorny decision...
Elon Musk stirs UK divisions, sparks calls for faster rollout of online safety lawsAs rioters clashed with police in some towns and cities, Musk joined the debate on his X platform, posting that civil war was "inevitable" ...
Australian watchdog drops court fight with X over violent postsAustralia's online watchdog on Wednesday dropped a legal effort to force Elon Musk's X to remove posts depicting the violent stabbing of a ...
"I cannot in good conscience endorse Trump": US ex Vice Prez PenceFormer Vice President Mike Pence stated that he "cannot in good conscience" endorse Donald Trump for the 2024 presidential campaign, citing...
TikTok takes steps to counter misinformation about Israel-Hamas war. Here is what EU saidTikTok has claimed to have removed more than 500,000 videos and shut down 8,000 livestream videos from the “impacted region” since the Hama...
TikTok details disinformation steps taken after EU demandEU industry chief Thierry Breton on Thursday gave TikTok 24 hours to detail measures taken to counter the spread of disinformation related ...
Big Tech braces for roll-out of EU's Digital Services ActAcross the EU, a host of internet giants - including Meta's Facebook and Instagram platforms, Chinese-owned video app TikTok and a handful ...
TikTok videos responsible for online harassment and physical attacks, claim Ethiopia's LGBTQ+ communityA local LGBTQ+ support group, House of Guramayle, said that some TikTok users are also outing Ethiopians by sharing their names, photograph...
Why social media is being blamed for fueling riots in FranceSocial media companies are once again under scrutiny, this time in France as the country's president blames TikTok, Snapchat and other plat...
Cambodia PM ditches Facebook as Meta mulls case over alleged threatsCambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has stopped using Facebook to communicate with the public in favour of Telegram, switching to what he call...
Elon Musk says Donald Trump’s Truth Social is currently beating Twitter, TikTokElon Musk said Donald Trump’s Truth Social is currently beating Twitter & TikTok on the Apple Store.
"I will shoot whoever I see": Myanmar soldiers use TikTok to threaten protestersDigital rights group Myanmar ICT for Development (MIDO) said it had found more than 800 pro-military videos that menaced protesters at a ti...
Like US and China, India must ensure that foreign tech companies here are locally ownedIndia could learn from both countries, requiring that Facebook India be sold to one of India’s tech tycoons. This would be one step to ensu...
TikTok updates community guidelines, bans ‘misleading’ information, ‘hateful’ ideologiesTikTok said in a blog post on Wednesday that the changes offer clarity around how it defines harmful or unsafe content not permitted on the...
TikTok craze is minting celebrities and ruining lives in IndiaVideos of cavorting public officials highlight the lack of control over its use among government and law enforcement agencies and is lendin...
The unexpected rise of TikTokGlobally, TikTok was the third most downloaded app in Q1 2019, behind only Facebook's WhatsApp and Messenger.