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TikTok Tells Users It Will Be ‘Temporarily Unavailable’ in the U.S.
Hours before a new federal law banning TikTok from the United States was set to take effect, the social media app showed users a pop-up…
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TikTok to ‘Go Dark’ on Sunday for Its 170 Million American Users
TikTok said late Friday that its service would “go dark” for its 170 million American users on Sunday because of a ban in the United…
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FTC refers Snap complaint alleging its chatbot harms young users
The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday announced it had referred a complaint against Snap Inc. to the Department of Justice, alleging…
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On TikTok, Users Thumb Their Noses at Looming Ban
Over the last week, the videos started appearing on TikTok from users across the United States. They all made fun of the same thing: how…
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TikTok Planning to Shut Down in the US on Sunday as Ban Looms with No Buyer Finalized Yet as Users Flock to RedNote
TikTok is planning to shut down its app for U.S. users as soon as on Sunday if the Supreme Court does not intervene to block a potential…
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Why TikTok Users Are Downloading ‘Red Note,’ the Chinese App
Manimatana Lee spent the past five years building one of the hottest commodities on the internet: a group of people who reliably watch her…
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Risk of TikTok ban has users rushing to download two other Chinese-made apps
A PAIR of Chinese-made social apps, Xiaohongshu and Lemon8, have taken over the top two positions on Apple’s iPhone download charts in the…
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Can You Still Use TikTok if It’s Banned? What Users Should Know About the App.
The monthslong fight by legislators to ban the social media app TikTok in the United States is expected to come to a head on Friday when…
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With L.A. on alert, wildfire app Watch Duty adds 600,000 users overnight
As L.A. County fires continue to wreak havoc, a fire-tracking app run by a Bay Area nonprofit is gaining popularity. Watch Duty, launched…
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Facebook Shifts Content Moderation to Its Users. Are You Ready?
Meta would like to introduce its next fact-checker — the one who will spot falsehoods, pen convincing corrections and warn others about…
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Elon Musk Dragged Over Hypocritical Plea to X Users
In Nevada probate court earlier this year, members of the Murdoch family secretly fought over who gets to inherit the many properties…
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TikTok pays its users to shop if they boost app downloads
TIKTOK is offering users hundreds of US dollars to spend time in the app, invite friends to join and purchase products on TikTok Shop, in…
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Why iPhone owners should stop texting Android users amid FBI warning
The FBI is warning iPhone and Android users against texting each other without encryption due to a recent Chinese cyberattack. On…
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X is closing its operations in Brazil immediately, but its service will remain live for users
X says it's ending business operations in Brazil effective immediately, but the service will remain available to users in the country. The…