TikTok says it has over 1 billion users
TikTok said Monday it now has more than a billion active users, just four years after the hugely popular video-sharing app was launched by Chinese group ByteDance.
Sep 27, 2021
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Facebook changing with times a decade after stock debut
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg rang the opening bell remotely to cheers 10 years ago as the beloved social network made its stock market debut, culminating an all-night hackathon that included street hockey, costumes and music.
May 16, 2022
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US senators spar with Big Tech over legal immunity, politics
Capitol Hill clashed with Silicon Valley Wednesday over legal protections and censorship on social media during a fiery hearing a week before Election Day in which Twitter's Jack Dorsey acknowledged that platforms need to ...
Oct 28, 2020
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Online speech shield under fire as Trump Facebook ban stays
Lurking beneath Facebook's decision on whether to continue Donald Trump's suspension from its platform is a far more complex and consequential question: Do the protections carved out for companies when the internet was in ...
May 8, 2021
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Singapore proposes new law to tackle harmful online content
Social media sites could be blocked or fined in Singapore if they fail to stop users in the tightly-controlled country from accessing "harmful" content under a proposed law introduced in parliament on Monday.
Oct 3, 2022
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Cyberattack shuts down Washington transportation website, bringing confusion, disruptions
Key parts of the Washington State Department of Transportation's website have been down since Tuesday following what officials described Thursday as a cyber security incident aimed at disrupting the flow of travel information ...
Nov 10, 2023
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Digital inequality: Why can I enter your building, but your website shows me the door?
When people hear the term "accessibility" in the context of disability, most will see images of ramps, automatic doors, elevators, or tactile paving (textured ground which helps vision impaired people navigate public spaces). ...
May 17, 2022
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Researchers are creating science-backed tools to improve social media content moderation policies
Flagging, demotion, and deletion of content; temporary or permanent suspension of users—these are some of the interventions used to keep social media platforms safe, trustworthy, and free from harmful content. But what ...
Nov 7, 2023
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Pew survey: YouTube tops teens' social-media diet, with roughly a sixth using it almost constantly
Teen usage of social media hasn't dropped much, despite rising concerns about its effects on the mental health of adolescents, a survey from the Pew Research Institute found.
Dec 13, 2023
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Instagram expands fact-checking globally
Instagram on Monday announced it had gone global in its fight against misinformation, expanding its third-party fact-checking network around the world.
Dec 17, 2019
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