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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

YoopyaMarch 15, 2024March 15, 2024

by YoopyaMarch 15, 2024March 15, 20240513

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...

Religion

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

YoopyaFebruary 15, 2024February 15, 2024

by YoopyaFebruary 15, 2024February 15, 20240401

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

Religion

A TikTok Jesus promises divine blessings and many worldly comforts

YoopyaFebruary 4, 2024February 4, 2024

by YoopyaFebruary 4, 2024February 4, 20240439

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...

Cybersecurity Internet Technology

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

YoopyaFebruary 1, 2024February 1, 2024

by YoopyaFebruary 1, 2024February 1, 20240501

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...

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Fake online images of Taylor Swift alarm White House

YoopyaJanuary 27, 2024January 27, 2024

by YoopyaJanuary 27, 2024January 27, 20240545

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

Internet Technology

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

YoopyaDecember 28, 2023December 28, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 28, 2023December 28, 20230403

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...

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

YoopyaNovember 30, 2023November 30, 2023

by YoopyaNovember 30, 2023November 30, 20230411

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...

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

YoopyaMay 23, 2023May 23, 2023

by YoopyaMay 23, 2023May 23, 20230527

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...

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

YoopyaJuly 22, 2022April 5, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 22, 2022April 5, 20230334

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...

Internet News Technology

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

YoopyaFebruary 21, 2022June 30, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 21, 2022June 30, 20230442

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...