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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

Pope urges Catholics to swap social media for reflection as Lent begins

YoopyaFeb 15, 2024February 15, 20240

ROME, Feb 14 (Reuters) – Pope Francis urged Catholics to forgo worldly trappings and focus on essentials as he opened the season of Lent with

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

Fake online images of Taylor Swift alarm White House

YoopyaJan 27, 2024January 27, 20240

WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) – The White House said on Friday it was alarmed by fake online images of the pop singer Taylor Swift and

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

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

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

Trump’s Twitter alternative ‘Truth Social’ launches on Apple App Store

YoopyaFeb 21, 2022June 30, 20230

Donald Trump’s new social media platform, Truth Social, launched early Monday on Apple’s App Store, paving the way for a return to social media for