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Why Bharat said no to TikTok but US is struggling to ban it
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"Vantage | Why India said no to TikTok but US is struggling to ban it", First Post, March 7, 2024:
"TikTok, the social media sensation...
EU shows the way in tackling big tech, fines TikTok $379 mn for failure to keep children’s data safe
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The Chinese short-video making app TikTok has been fined 345 million euros ($379 million) by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) for failing to...
Sikh man Amrik Bajwa sentenced in UK for threatening to rape Scheduled Caste women in offensive TikTok video
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A 68-year-old Indian-origin Sikh in the UK has been prosecuted and sentenced to 18 weeks in jail for posting hate speech on social media...
US school sues YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat for intentionally delivering harmful & addictive content to youth
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A US-based school has filed a lawsuit against YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat, alleging they are purposefully designed to be addictive, having "carefully cultivated" a...
Meta, TikTok, YouTube, Twitter grilled by US lawmakers over privacy, moderation failures
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The US Senate Homeland Security Committee grilled executives from Meta, TikTok, YouTube and Twitter over privacy and moderation failures on their respective platforms in...
Oracle vetting TikTok’s algorithms to ensure no US data access to China
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Cloud major Oracle is now vetting short-form video platform TikTok's content moderating algorithms to ensure that the Chinese government does not have access to...
Google hiring ex-CIA personnel in key positions, finds new investigative report
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National Security Search Engine: Why has Google hired so many ex-CIA agents to run its most important internal and external operations.
Google is hiring tons...
7 kids die after attempting deadly ‘blackout challenge’ on TikTok
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At least seven kids, under age 15, have lost their lives owing to the infamous 'blackout challenge' on Chinese short-video making app TikTok that...
US lawmakers grill Snap, TikTok, YouTube over child safety
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Tech giants Snap, TikTok, and YouTube are being grilled by US senators over worries that their apps, like Facebook, are harmful to children.
Senator Richard...
Hundreds throw woman in the air in Pakistan, tear clothes
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Lahore police on Tuesday registered a case against hundreds of unidentified persons for assaulting and stealing from a female TikToker and her companions at...