‘More sad than shocked’: TikTok users brace for ban
San Francisco (AFP) - "I almost, like, don't know how to define myself without TikTok," content creator Ayman Chaudhary sighed, ...
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Music industry girds for looming US TikTok ban
New York (AFP) - TikTok has dramatically changed music discovery and marketing -- a reliance the looming US ban on ...
Music industry girds for looming US TikTok ban
New York (AFP) - TikTok has dramatically changed music discovery and marketing -- a reliance the looming US ban on ...
TikTok plans total US shutdown as ban deadline looms: report
Washington (AFP) - Social media giant TikTok plans to completely shut down its operations in the United States this Sunday ...
From ban to buyout: What next for TikTok in the US?
Washington (AFP) - TikTok faces an imminent shutdown in the United States after Congress passed a law last year forcing ...
Brazil gives Meta 72 hours to explain new fact-checking policies
Brasília (AFP) - Brazil on Friday gave social media giant Meta 72 hours to explain its fact-checking policy for the ...
Brazil gives Meta 72 hours to explain new fact-checking policies
Brasília (AFP) - Brazil on Friday gave social media giant Meta 72 hours to explain its fact-checking policy for the ...
Australia frets over Meta halt to US fact-checking
Sydney (AFP) - Australia is deeply concerned by Meta's decision to scrap US fact-check operations on its Facebook and Instagram ...
X’s ‘Community Notes’: a model for Meta?
Paris (AFP) - Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that the group's platforms including Facebook and Instagram would in future ...
Big Tech rolls out the red carpet for Trump
Washington (AFP) - Tech leaders continue to fall in line around Donald Trump, with Facebook's announcement that it would end ...
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