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Australia introduces bill to ban children from social media

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 set to ban social media for under-16s

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...

TikTok owner fires intern for ‘maliciously interfering’ with AI model

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...

Czech hospital warns of TikTok ‘piercing challenge’ after children swallow magnets

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...

Viral TikTok trend sparks cucumber shortage in Iceland supermarkets

Icelandic supermarkets are facing a sudden cucumber shortage after a viral TikTok recipe featuring grated cucumbers, sesame oil, garlic, rice vinegar, and chili oil...

TikTok sues US government

The social media platform is challenging a potential ban on First Amendment grounds. TikTok is suing the US government in an attempt to stop the...

Why are US lawmakers hell-bent on banning TikTok?

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 TikTok hashtag transforming the book industry

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...

Irish government asks social media giants to censor 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...

TikTok influencer guilty of murder

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...

Free lip-filler giveaway turns to custard for TikTok influencer Jessica Burko

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...

The Orwellian RESTRICT Act is a chilling echo of ‘1984’ and an erosion of American freedom

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...

US lawmakers push nationwide TikTok ban

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...

TikTok is at least as much an American tool as it is a Chinese influence operation

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...

TikTok ‘dead celebrity’ pranks divide opinion

The viral prank pretends stars like Cher, Robbie Williams and Jon Bon Jovi are dead. It involves filming people while they are told their favourite...

Watch: Bad Santa arrested at Bunnings

TikTok video uploaded to Twitter shows a man dressed in a Santa Klaus costume being subdued on the ground by three officers and cuffed. It's...

Washington’s TikTok Ban & Broader Hi-Tech War on China May Backfire – Author

The US Senate passed the No TikTok on Government Devices Act on December 14 to ban the short-form video app from government smartphones, tablet...

TikTok video moderator sues over ‘mental’ damage

A content moderator for TikTok is suing the company, alleging that it failed to protect her mental health while she was forced to watch...

TikTok now the world’s #1 online destination

According to Cloudfare IT, TikTok is now a more popular online destination than Google, making it the world's number one. According to a report on...

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