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TikTok faces European Union scrutiny for possible breaches of strict new digital rulebook
The European Union is looking into whether TikTok has broken the bloc’s strict new digital rules for cleaning up social media and keeping internet users safe.
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The European Union expands digital crackdown on toxic content, dodgy goods to all online platforms
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Biden’s campaign joins TikTok, even as administration warns of national security concerns with app
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Meta removes Instagram and Facebook accounts for Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
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Taylor Swift is demanding this college student stop tracking her private jet
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New York City files a lawsuit saying social media is fueling a youth mental health crisis
New York City, its schools and public hospital system are suing the tech giants that run Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube.
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Meta says it will label AI-generated images on Facebook and Instagram
Facebook and Instagram users will start seeing made-by-AI labels on deepfake images that appear on their social media feeds, part of a broader tech industry initiative to sort between what’s real and not.
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Ukrainian-born Miss Japan gives up her title after an article reveals her affair with a married man
The Ukrainian-born winner of this year’s Miss Japan beauty pageant says she has renounced her title after a magazine published an article about her affair with a married man.
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Oversight board urges Meta to rethink its policy on manipulated media in high-stakes election year
An oversight board is criticizing Facebook owner Meta’s policies on manipulated media as “incoherent” and insufficient to address online disinformation in a major election year.
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What parents need to know to keep their kids safe on social media
Social media CEOs got grilled by Senate lawmakers this week in an emotional and often heated hearing about the dangers their platforms pose to children — sexual predators, videos encouraging suicide and glorifying eating disorders, bullying and addictive features, just to name a few.
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Judge dismisses case against Michigan man accused of threatening Biden, Harris
BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday dismissed a criminal case against a northern Michigan man accused of threatening President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Bruce Springsteen’s mother Adele Springsteen, a fan favorite who danced at his shows, dies at 98
Bruce Springsteen’s mother, Adele Zerilli Springsteen, has died at age 98. Bruce Springsteen said in an Instagram post that his mother died on Wednesday.
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A brief history of Mark Zuckerberg’s apologies
Mark Zuckerberg has accumulated a long history of public apologies, often issued in the wake of crisis or when Facebook users rose up against unannounced — and frequently unappreciated — changes in its service.
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Nevada attorney general launches go-it-alone lawsuits against social media firms in state court
Nevada’s attorney general has launched a go-it-alone legal fight accusing TikTok, Snapchat and Meta of creating what one lawsuit calls “an addiction machine” that exploits children too young to have self-control.
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A beheading video was on YouTube for hours, raising questions about why it wasn’t taken down sooner
A graphic video from a Pennsylvania man accused of beheading his father that circulated for hours on YouTube has put a spotlight yet again on gaps in social media companies’ ability to prevent horrific postings from spreading across the web.
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X restores Taylor Swift searches after deepfake explicit images triggered temporary block
Elon Musk’s social media platform X has restored searches for Taylor Swift after temporarily blocking users from seeing some results as pornographic deepfake images of the singer circulated online.
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X pauses some Taylor Swift searches as deepfake explicit images spread
Social media platform X has blocked some searches for Taylor Swift as pornographic deepfake images of the singer have circulated online.
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Deepfake explicit images of Taylor Swift spread on social media. Her fans are fighting back
Pornographic deepfake images of Taylor Swift are circulating online, making the singer the most famous victim of a scourge that tech platforms and anti-abuse groups have struggled to fix.
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Florida House passes a bill to ban social media accounts for children under 16
Florida children under the age of 16 would be banned from popular social media platforms regardless of parent approval under a bill passed by the House.
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TikTok is laying off dozens of workers as the tech industry continues to shed jobs in the new year
TikTok is laying off dozens of workers in its advertising and sales unit, becoming the latest tech company to trim jobs in the new year.
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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: A contagion known as Disease X is not real.
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Sheryl Sandberg, who helped to turn Facebook into digital advertising empire, to leave company board
Sheryl Sandberg, who helped to transform Facebook from a tech startup into a digital advertising empire, will step down from the board of Meta, Facebook’s parent company.
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Court documents underscore Meta’s ‘historical reluctance’ to protect children on Instagram
Newly unredacted documents from New Mexico’s lawsuit against Meta underscore the company’s historical reluctance to keep children safe on its platforms.
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Iowa is the latest state to sue TikTok, claims the social media company misrepresents its content
Iowa has become the latest state to sue TikTok over claims that the social media company deceives consumers over the amount of “inappropriate content” that children have access to via the platform.
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Utah Legislature to revise social media limits for youth as it navigates multiple lawsuits
Utah’s Republican legislative leaders have pledged to reinforce laws they passed last year requiring parental permission for kids and teens to access social media apps.
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CEO of Barstool Sports announces she’s leaving, saying ‘the work I came here to do is done’
Erika Ayers Badan is stepping down as the CEO of Barstool Sports. Badan said in a video posted to social media on Tuesday she feels like the work she went to the company to perform has been completed.
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Coco Gauff reiterates USTA image of US players made them look “awful”
Coco Gauff says a USTA social media post meant to promote American players at the Australian Open had made them look “awful.”
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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: A secret underground tunnel discovered at a historic synagogue in Brooklyn was not used for illicit activities, the claims are baseless.
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Meta to hide posts about suicide, eating disorders from teens’ Instagram and Facebook feeds
Meta says it will start hiding inappropriate content from teenagers’ accounts on Instagram and Facebook.
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TikTok restricts tool used by researchers - and its critics - to assess content on its platform
TikTok has restricted one tool researchers use to analyze popular videos. The move follows a barrage of criticism directed at the social media platform about content related to the Israel-Hamas war.
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A Cambodian critic is charged with defamation over comments on Facebook
An outspoken critic of Cambodia’s government who was badly hurt by assailants four months ago has been arrested on a defamation complaint brought by a Cabinet member for comments he posted on Facebook.
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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media.
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Official suggests Polish president check social media security after odd tweet from private account
Poland’s minister of digital affairs has suggested that President Andrzej Duda check the security of access to his social accounts after a bizarre tweet went out that was almost immediately removed.
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Ariana Grande is coming back with her first album since 2020’s ‘Positions’
Thank you, next: Ariana Grande announced on Wednesday that her new album, titled “eternal sunshine,” will be released on March 8.
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Social media companies made $11 billion in US ad revenue from minors, Harvard study finds
A study from Harvard says social media companies collectively made over $11 billion in U.S. advertising revenue from minors last year.
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