US Supreme Court to hear TikTok ban case
The US Supreme Court is to hear TikTok’s appeal on Friday of a law that would force its Chinese owner to sell the wildly popular online video-sharing platform or shut it down. The top court is holding...
View Article‘Real-world harm’ if Meta ends fact-checks, global network warns
There will be “real-world harm” if Meta expands its decision to scrap fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram, a global network warned Thursday while disputing Mark Zuckerberg’s claim such moderation...
View ArticleVietnam jails ex-lawyer over Facebook posts
A Vietnamese court sentenced a prominent former lawyer to three years in jail Friday over Facebook posts it ruled undermined the state by criticising a leading judge. Tran Dinh Trien, former deputy...
View ArticleBrazil gives Meta 72 hours to explain new fact-checking policies
Brazil on Friday gave social media giant Meta 72 hours to explain its fact-checking policy for the country, and how it plans to protect “fundamental rights” on its platforms. Attorney General Jorge...
View ArticleFranco-Algerian influencer accused of spreading hate messages to stand trial...
A Franco-Algerian influencer, arrested as part of an investigation into online hate videos, appeared before French prosecutors on Saturday and will stand trial in March, authorities said. A diplomatic...
View ArticlePro-Russian disinformation makes its Bluesky debut
The first symptoms of disinformation are emerging on the social media network Bluesky, with echoes of the pro-Russian “Matryoshka” campaign that flooded Elon Musk’s X — but with a few twists. The...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Social media — Full of itself, failing to deliver in too many ways
Social media was going to connect the world. It was going to be a way for people from anywhere and everywhere to engage. “Everyone is connected”, etc. That worked out well, didn’t it? The mythology of...
View Article‘Take my data’: US ‘TikTok refugees’ flock to alternative Chinese app
Furious at the prospect of a US government ban on social media platform TikTok, American users have flocked to another Chinese-owned app in droves, many with a defiant message: “Take my data!” TikTok...
View ArticleFrench woman faces cyberbullying after falling for fake Brad Pitt
A French woman who revealed on TV how she had lost her life savings to scammers posing as Brad Pitt has faced a wave of online harassment and mockery, leading the interview to be withdrawn on Tuesday....
View ArticleFrom ban to buyout: What next for TikTok in the US?
TikTok faces an imminent shutdown in the United States after Congress passed a law last year forcing its Chinses owner ByteDance to either sell the platform or close it by this Sunday. The US Supreme...
View ArticleTikTok plans total US shutdown as ban deadline looms: report
Social media giant TikTok plans to completely shut down its operations in the United States this Sunday if a ban ordered by legislators goes through as planned, a report said. The platform, which...
View ArticleFrench researchers aim to ease X refugees’ path with ‘HelloQuitX’
French researchers have developed an application to help users migrate their whole online community from Elon Musk’s X to rival social platforms such as Bluesky or Mastodon. The developers are betting...
View ArticleChinese apps including TikTok hit by privacy complaints in Europe
Online privacy campaigners said Thursday they had filed complaints in several European countries against six Chinese companies including TikTok, accusing them of “unlawfully” sending Europeans’...
View ArticleMusic industry girds for looming US TikTok ban
TikTok has dramatically changed music discovery and marketing — a reliance the looming US ban on the popular app has underscored as the music world braces for an unknown future. That the short-form...
View ArticleUS Supreme Court upholds law banning TikTok
The US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that will ban TikTok in the United States, potentially denying the video-sharing app to 170 million users in two days. In a major defeat for TikTok, the...
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Evergreen blogging niches: How to launch a blog in 2025 and sustain success
Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Blogging continues to attract newcomers who seek to share knowledge, engage readers, and even generate income. Statistics indicate...
View ArticleTelegram boss admits ‘seriousness’ of French allegations: source
Telegram founder Pavel Durov has told investigating magistrates in France, where he is charged with multiple infractions linked to enabling organised crime, that he “realised the seriousness of all the...
View ArticleIn Brazil, disinformation deals Lula a bruising defeat
An avalanche of disinformation about a new economic measure proved so tricky for Brazil’s government to navigate that they backtracked entirely this week in a rout egged on by the opposition. The...
View ArticleUS TikTok ban looms as Trump seeks last-ditch solution
TikTok says it will “go dark” in the United States on Sunday, threatening access to the app for 170 million users, unless the government provides assurances that a law mandating its sale or ban won’t...
View ArticleOp-Ed: What’s the very stupid big loss if TikTok goes? – All that market...
The business side of social media isn’t the subject of much discussion. If you read the news about the TikTok ban, you’d think it was all about China and the US. The only thing this “news” is missing...
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