TikTok may push potentially harmful content to teens within minutes, study finds
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business TikTok may surface potentially harmful content related to suicide and eating disorders to teenagers within…
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Airbnb finds people have more trouble booking stays if hosts think they are Black
By Jennifer Korn, CNN Airbnb on Tuesday said it has found a “meaningful difference” in the booking success rate for users who are…
Continue Reading US lawmakers introduce bill to ban TikTok
By Brian Fung, CNN A trio of US lawmakers has introduced new legislation that aims to ban TikTok from operating in the United States. The new bill by…
Continue Reading Twitter disbands its ‘Trust and Safety Council’ that tackled harassment and child exploitation
By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Twitter announced late Monday that it was disbanding its “Trust and Safety Council,” according to an email…
Continue Reading Elon Musk says Trump didn’t violate Twitter’s rules. The truth is more complicated
By Clare Duffy, CNN A series of internal Twitter documents shared on the social media platform Monday offer a glimpse into internal debates among…
Continue Reading Elon Musk says Trump didn’t violate Twitter’s rules. The truth is more complicated
By Clare Duffy, CNN A series of internal Twitter documents shared on the social media platform Monday offer a glimpse into internal debates among…
Continue Reading Twitter relaunches option to pay for blue check marks
By Clare Duffy, CNN Twitter on Monday relaunched an option for users who pay for its subscription service to receive a coveted “blue…
Continue Reading Twitter relaunches option to pay for blue check marks
By Clare Duffy, CNN Twitter on Monday relaunched an option for users who pay for its subscription service to receive a coveted “blue…
Continue Reading Former top Twitter official forced to leave home due to threats amid ‘Twitter Files’ release
By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Twitter’s former head of trust and safety has fled his home due to an escalation in threats resulting from Elon…
Continue Reading Microsoft buys stake in London Stock Exchange owner in cloud data deal
By Hanna Ziady, CNN Microsoft is buying a 4% stake in the London Stock Exchange Group as part of a deal that will see the market operator spend at…
Continue Reading As the world courts TSMC, Taiwan worries about losing its ‘silicon shield’
By Juliana Liu, CNN Semiconductor giant TSMC was feted this week by US President Joe Biden and Apple CEO Tim Cook during a ceremony to unveil its $40…
Continue Reading Elon Musk says Twitter is rolling out a new feature that will flag ‘shadowbanning.’ It’s complicated
By Clare Duffy, CNN Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk on Thursday said he plans to introduce an option to make it possible for users to determine…
Continue Reading Elon Musk says Twitter is rolling out a new feature that will flag ‘shadowbanning.’ It’s complicated
By Clare Duffy, CNN Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk on Thursday said he plans to introduce an option to make it possible for users to determine…
Continue Reading Former employees suing Twitter speak out on Elon Musk’s ‘clumsy and inhumane’ layoffs
By Clare Duffy, CNN A group of former Twitter employees who are suing the company spoke out Thursday, alleging that new owner Elon Musk’s mass…
Continue Reading Apple abandons controversial plan to check iOS devices and iCloud photos for child abuse imagery
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple is abandoning its plans to launch a controversial tool that would check iPhones, iPads and iCloud photos…
Continue Reading FTC sues to block Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard
By Brian Fung, CNN The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued to block Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard,…
Continue Reading Pentagon awards multibillion-dollar cloud contract to Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle
By Brian Fung, CNN The Defense Department has named Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle as the winners of a multibillion-dollar cloud computing…
Continue Reading The mass unbanning of suspended Twitter users is underway
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Thousands of previously banned Twitter users, including members of the far-right and users sharing blatant…
Continue Reading Biden administration urges Supreme Court to narrow Big Tech’s liability shield in pivotal Google case
By Brian Fung, CNN The Biden administration has told the US Supreme Court that social media platforms ought to be potentially liable for…
Continue Reading Apple plans to expand encryption of iCloud data
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple on Wednesday said it plans to expand end-to-end encryption of iCloud data to include backups, photos,…
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