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A revised social media regulation bill is being proposed in Florida after Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed an initial version that sought to ban minors under 16 from platforms regardless of parental consent. As one Florida republican notes, Silicon Valley’s “business model is addiction that causes harm to children for profit.”

A billboard in New York City’s Times Square slammed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) — known as “AOC” — as “AO-CCP” over her support for the Chinese social media app TikTok.

China cites President Joe Biden’s campaign page on TikTok as evidence that the U.S. government has been lying about the dangers of the app.

The Chinese-owned social media company TikTok has denied advertisements for Peter Schweizer’s new book “Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans,” deeming the ad too “political.”

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and 14 other Republican senators and representatives are urging President Joe Biden to delete his newly created TikTok account, given that the app is controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.

On Monday’s edition of NBC’s “MTP Now,” Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) reacted to President Joe Biden’s campaign getting a TikTok account by stating that he doesn’t have an account on his personal device because “China-based employees are able to both manipulate

The annual Met Gala has a new sponsor — China’s TikTok, which will have a major presence at this year’s celebrity ball.

In a move of desperation, the UK is planning to pay influencers on TikTok to try to persuade migrants from entering the country illegally.

Major technology companies including Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, OpenAI, Google and China’s TikTok are signing an agreement aimed at curbing the malicious use of artificial intelligence to meddle in elections.

President Joe Biden has officially joined the Chinese app TikTok in an effort to reach younger voters. The president uploaded his first TikTok video on Sunday, alongside the caption, “lol hey guys.”

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Inside Politics,” CNN Chief National Security Analyst Jim Sciutto stated that while he’s “sure” President Joe Biden “has all the security measures necessary so that they’re not stealing data from him by the fact that

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) on Wednesday said there was a “hell of a coincidence” in how Shou Zi Chew became the CEO of TikTok the day after he brokered a deal with China.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) told China’s TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew during a senate hearing on Wednesday that Tennessee is not going to be rolling out “the welcome mat” for a proposed company HQ in Memphis.

Taylor Swift, Drake, The Weeknd and Olivia Rodrigo are amongst a host of stars who have had their music catalogs removed from TikTok after negotiations to renew licensing agreements broke down.

Executives from TikTok, Meta, X (Twitter), Snap, and Discord will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the exploitation of children online.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday to defend Facebook and Instagram’s impact on young users amid ongoing scrutiny of the tech giant’s social media platforms. Executives of Snapchat, TikTok, X/Twitter, and Discord will also testify.

China’s TikTok said it has spent $1.5 billion developing an operation meant to convince U.S. lawmakers that it is safe for Americans to use the app. The company’s executives have also promised to wall-off U.S. user data and bring in engineers and third parties to verify the algorithm functions without interference from the Chinese Communist regime. TikTok, however, has so far failed to live up to its promises.

Online “sextortion” is the fastest-growing crime targeting kids in the West, and social media companies are failing to do more to prevent it, according to a recent study.

TikTok has restricted one tool researchers use to analyze popular videos, a move that follows a barrage of criticism directed at the social media platform about content related to the Israel-Hamas war.

A recent study claims that almost half of all British teenagers view themselves as addicted to social media, reigniting debates on the impact of online platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter on younger users.

A recent study by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has revealed that social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok X/Twitter, and YouTube collectively earned nearly $11 billion in advertising revenue from U.S. users under 18 in 2022. The study found that the social media Masters of the Universe earned $2.1 billion by showing ads to children under 12.

Foreign countries are influencing young Americans via the internet, Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) said Wednesday.

One in five young Americans has a positive view of al-Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden, according to the latest J.L. Partners/Daily Mail survey.

TikTok, the Chinese-owned social media company whose role in spreading anti-Israel and antisemitic propaganda has come under scrutiny, refused an ad promoting awareness of the plight of Israeli hostages held by Hamas, deeming the ad “too political.”

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released a declassified security assessment on Tuesday that said China demonstrated a “greater willingness” to interfere in the 2022 midterm elections, because Beijing saw benefits to such interference, and did not fear the Biden administration’s response.

A landmark law in Utah, designed to limit social media use by children, faces a lawsuit from a major trade group representing social media giants. Companies including Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta and China’s TikTok are putting their resources into achieving unfettered access to young Americans.

Young members of the U.S. Army are throwing a TikTok “mutiny” to complain about “sh*tty food,” being pushed to stay in shape, their freedoms being “suppressed,” and more.

Democrat-run Philadelphia’s Kensington area is filled with people addicted to the drug called Xylazine, also known as “tranq,” and content creators are using the dire situation for their own gain.

A U.S. district judge struck down a legal challenge to a Texas law banning the Chinese app TikTok from government devices in the state.

China’s TikTok fosters a hostile, antisemitic work environment, according to the company’s Jewish and Israeli employees, who say they have been harassed, personally attacked, and have even faced boycotts in the wake of the terrorist attack against Israel by the Palestinian terror group Hamas.

Nikki Haley has vowed to shut down TikTok, right after she declares war on the entire world.

There is no shortage of anti-Israel and antisemitic content on TikTok, and it is ultimately a platform controlled by China.

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt stated that while we’ve talked about Instagram and Twitter/X, TikTok’s antisemitism issues should be discussed because it “is the 24/7 news channel of so many of our young

The CEOs of Meta, X/Twitter, TikTok, Snapchat, and Discord are set to testify January 31 before the U.S. Senate “about their failure to protect children” on social media.

Research psychologist Dr. Robert Epstein is launching America’s Digital Shield, a website that exposes Big Tech meddling in the 2024 elections through real-time “ephemeral  manipulation” that can shift millions of votes.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is even more dangerous than Osama bin Laden, according to a recent Salon article.