After the Biden administration came into office, it initially focused on negotiating the security deal that would allow TikTok to keep operating in the United States. That changed in recent […]
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Back to news homeTikTok Claims It’s Limiting Teen Screen Time. Teens Say It Isn’t.
At the end of 2021, Ruby McMahon and some of her high school classmates decided to go “TikTok sober.” Ms. McMahon had gotten hooked on TikTok during the Covid-19 pandemic […]
Utah Law Could Curb Use of TikTok and Instagram by Children and Teens
Gov. Spencer J. Cox of Utah signed a sweeping social media bill on Thursday afternoon that could dramatically limit youth access to apps like TikTok and Instagram, potentially upending how […]
Where Did All Your Zoom Friends Go?
One day last year, Julie Gauthier went on Twitter with a confession to make. “Unpopular opinion: I don’t have zoom fatigue and I miss zoom happy hours and game nights,” […]
Meta, Facebook’s Parent, to Lay Off Another 10,000 Workers
Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, said on Tuesday that it planned to lay off about 10,000 employees, or roughly 13 percent of its work force, the latest move […]
The Chatbots Are Here, and the Internet Industry Is in a Tizzy
Sridhar Ramaswamy, who led Google’s advertising division from 2013 to 2018, said Microsoft and Google recognized that their current search business might not survive. “The wall of ads and sea […]
F.T.C. Intensifies Investigation of Twitter’s Privacy Practices
In November, three senior executives responsible for overseeing security, privacy and compliance resigned from Twitter, a day before a deadline for Twitter to submit a response to an F.T.C. demand […]
White House Said to Consider Pushing Congress on Dealing With TikTok
The Biden administration is considering pushing Congress to give it more legal power to deal with TikTok and other technology that could expose sensitive data to China, five people with […]
How Some Gen Z Instagram Users Post to Facebook: Unwittingly
Meta has long been concerned about losing teenagers and young adults to rivals like TikTok and Snapchat, especially since that audience is highly coveted by advertisers. Facebook, which Mark Zuckerberg […]
Twitter Outages Are on the Rise Amid Elon Musk’s Job Cuts
After Elon Musk bought Twitter last year and eliminated thousands of its employees, many users were so alarmed by the cuts that #RIPTwitter and #GoodbyeTwitter began trending.The social media service […]