A new law aims to force ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns the platform, to sell the app under the threat of closure. It is a step with precedents in other countries that opens up multiple concerns and scenarios
The threat of misinformation and the spread of fake news is now common in all elections, at least since the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The danger has increased considerably with generative artificial intelligence
Boomers connected with their lost friends on Facebook. Millennials did it themselves through an Instagram filter. But one generation dominates the networks: Gen Z
The Russian entrepreneur exiled in Dubai is preparing the IPO of his controversial messaging service after rejecting purchase offers valued at $30 billion
For years, it has been possible to play content at twice the speed to save time. But neurologists warn this can negatively affect memory, especially in the developmental stages of the brain
The court ruled in two cases that are similar to a case involving Trump and his decision to block critics from his personal account on Twitter, now known as X. The justices dismissed the case after the former president left office in January 2021
As president, Trump attempted to ban TikTok through an executive order that called ‘the spread in the United States of mobile applications developed and owned by companies in the People’s Republic of China’ a threat to ‘the national security’
‘Are We Dating The Same Guy?’ Facebook groups have caught on around the world. They were born from a mission to warn other women about men who behave dishonestly on social media, but a defamation lawsuit has revealed their challenges
Laws signed in Florida and Texas in 2021 aimed to address conservative complaints that the social media companies were liberal-leaning and censored users based on their viewpoints, especially on the political right
The companies aren’t committing to ban or remove deepfakes. Instead, the accord outlines methods they will use to try to detect and label deceptive AI content when it is created or distributed on their platforms
The recommendations come after it reviewed an altered clip of President Biden and his adult granddaughter that was altered to remove the important context, making it seem as if he touched her inappropriately
A court ruling in Spain that attributes a content moderator’s mental health problems to the job paves the way for acknowledging that fact for at least 25 other employees as well