Australia has started a global debate with the passage of unprecedented legislation banning children under 16 from using social media platforms, including TikTok, Instagram,...
The bloc has received a complaint from Romania, alleging the platform “amplified” anti-NATO presidential candidate Calin Georgescu’s content.
The European Commission has received a complaint...
The Australian government has introduced a bill that would ban children under 16 from accessing social media, requiring platforms to implement strict age verification...
Australia's federal government is moving forward with legislation that would ban children under 16 from accessing social media.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that there...
ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has fired an intern for "maliciously interfering" with the training of one of its AI models.
The company refuted...
A hospital in Prague has reported treating five children who accidentally swallowed magnets while attempting a TikTok "piercing challenge."
The challenge, which the children discovered...
Icelandic supermarkets are facing a sudden cucumber shortage after a viral TikTok recipe featuring grated cucumbers, sesame oil, garlic, rice vinegar, and chili oil...
A bill moving through the House offers a mafia racket-style ‘choice’ to both the Chinese social media app and American digital distributors.
TikTok is the...
The 'BookTok' community on TikTok is transforming the publishing and book industry.
The hashtag #BookTok has amassed around 203.9 billion views and 19 million posts...
The only platform that refused to cooperate and take down “vile” posts was Elon Musk’s X, the justice minister said.
Irish Justice Minister Helen McEntee...
Mahek Bukhari had around 120,000 followers on the social network.
Former TikTok influencer Mahek Bukhari, 24, and her mother, Ansreen Bukhari, 46, were found guilty...
The 27-year-old Californian's lips suffered extreme swelling moments after the procedure.
Burko told her followers in a video that she'd had lip-filler on six previous...
Far beyond cracking down on TikTok, the bill envisages frightening powers to control citizens’ access to ‘unwanted’ information.
In an eerie semblance to George Orwell's...
GOP Senator Josh Hawley has dubbed the video-sharing app “China’s backdoor into Americans’ lives”.
Republicans in the House and Senate have introduced legislation seeking to...
Revelations of a Beijing-based spying campaign on the video sharing service have served to obfuscate Washington’s own insidious efforts.
It’s been revealed that TikTok spied...