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US senators demand answers from X, Meta, Alphabet, and others on sexualized deepfakes
The tech world’s nonconsensual, sexualized deepfake problem is now bigger than just X. In a letter to the…
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Here’s what you should know about the US TikTok deal
TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has been at the center of controversy in the U.S. for…
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Police charge driver who allegedly killed a pedestrian while livestreaming on TikTok
Local police said they have charged an Illinois driver who struck and killed a pedestrian while she was…
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TikTok Shop launches digital gift cards to challenge Amazon and eBay
TikTok Shop has rolled out a new feature that allows users to purchase digital gift cards, making it…
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TikTok agrees to deal to cede control of U.S. business to American investor group
TikTok has reached a deal to cede a substantial portion of its U.S. operation to a group of…
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TikTok adds a space for organizing content with others, teases ‘Shared Feeds’
TikTok is launching “Shared Collections,” a new way for users to share and organize TikTok content in one…
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TikTok rolls out a ‘Nearby Feed’ to display local content in select countries
TikTok is introducing a new “Nearby Feed” to allow users to explore what’s happening around them. The company…
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Pew’s latest social media report shows X’s staying power in the U.S., despite competition
Threads and Bluesky still have quite a way to go to catch up with X in the U.S.,…
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TikTok now lets you choose how much AI-generated content you want to see
TikTok, an app that was once just a place for user-generated content, is launching a new setting that…
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TikTok will now give you badges for limiting your doomscrolling
TikTok is rolling out new digital well-being features like an affirmation journal and a background sound generator aimed…