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TikTok and WHO are getting together to help combat widespread health misinformation on social media

YoopyaNovember 14, 2024November 14, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 14, 2024November 14, 20240386

The social media platform TikTok has become a cultural phenomenon, influencing the behaviour and taste of its users in almost every area of life. From...

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Australian kids under 16 will soon be banned from social media – but parents still don’t know which apps are out

YoopyaNovember 7, 2024November 7, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 7, 2024November 7, 20240568

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today announced the age limit for his government’s controversial social media ban: children under 16. He plans to take the proposal to a...

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TikTok ban goes to the court: 5 essential reads on the case and its consequences

YoopyaSeptember 17, 2024November 10, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 17, 2024November 10, 20240493

TikTok headed to court on Sept. 16, 2024, in a bid to overturn a law that would force the video app to divorce from its China-based...

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TikTok faces crucial court hearing that could decide fate in US

YoopyaSeptember 13, 2024September 13, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 13, 2024September 13, 20240431

WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (Reuters) – TikTok and parent company ByteDance face a key court hearing on Monday in a legal battle seeking to block a...

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

YoopyaApril 21, 2024April 23, 2024

by YoopyaApril 21, 2024April 23, 20240419

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...

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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...

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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...

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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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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...