Elon Musk’s X fights Australian watchdog over church stabbing posts
Elon Musk’s X said Saturday it will fight an Australian watchdog’s order to take down content related to the brutal stabbing of a priest during a live-streamed Sydney church service. Bishop Mar Mari...
View ArticleWomen journalists bear the brunt of cyberbullying
Women journalists face greater threats online in the course of their work, and the trend is increasing, one expert told an international conference in Italy this weekend. “There is significant...
View ArticleEU threatens to suspend TikTok Lite app’s ‘addictive’ rewards
The EU on Monday launched a probe into TikTok’s spinoff Lite app and threatened to suspend an “addictive” feature on it that rewards users for watching and liking videos, amid child-safety concerns....
View ArticleMusk says X will appeal Australia injunction on church stabbing videos
Elon Musk said Tuesday his social media platform X will appeal against an Australian injunction forcing it to take down videos of a church stabbing in Sydney. Ausralia’s internet watchdog secured an...
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Op-Ed: Social media — Rich, annoying and irresponsible vs regulation
Social media is directly responsible for most of the utter garbage that flies around. In Australia, a rumor started that the mass stabbing in a mall was a terrorist attack. It wasn’t. The result is...
View ArticleSnap shares pop after revenue tops expectations
Shares in social media company Snap, which runs the youth-focused Snapchat, soared nearly 25 percent on Thursday after it reported more quarterly revenue than expected by analysts. “The value we...
View ArticleByteDance says ‘no plans’ to sell TikTok after US ban law
Chinese tech giant ByteDance has said it has no plans to sell TikTok after a new US law put it on a deadline to divest from the hugely popular video platform or have it banned in the United States. US...
View ArticleKenyan rugby player turned TikTok star cooks to fight depression
“Done!” — the catchphrase punctuating former rugby player Dennis Ombachi’s cooking videos is as famous as the balcony of the Nairobi apartment where he films himself in action. A former Rugby Sevens...
View ArticleTikTok creators fear economic blow of US ban
Ayman Chaudhary turned her love for reading into a living on TikTok, posting video snippets about books like those banned in schools in ultra-conservative parts of the United States. Now the online...
View ArticleAaron Sorkin working on new Facebook movie tied to Jan 6 riots
Aaron Sorkin, Oscar-winning writer of “The Social Network,” is working on a follow-up movie about Facebook that will explore the company’s role in the January 6, 2021, assault on the US Capitol....
View ArticleUS Supreme Court declines to hear Musk appeal over Tesla posts
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal by Elon Musk of a settlement that requires the billionaire to have some of his social media posts about Tesla pre-approved by a company lawyer....
View ArticleIndia’s influencers still struggle years after TikTok ban
Choreographer Sahil Kumar found fame showcasing folk dances on TikTok, but his profile has been dormant since the video he posted four years ago supporting India’s decision to ban the platform. The...
View ArticleEU probes Facebook, Instagram over election disinformation worries
The EU on Tuesday launched an investigation into Meta’s Facebook and Instagram over concerns the platforms are failing to counter disinformation ahead of EU elections in June. The probe is under the...
View ArticleNepalis fight TikTok ban in court, or ignore it entirely
When Nepal suddenly announced a ban on TikTok last year, lawyer Sunil Rajan Singh was determined to fight what he said was a government effort to hide its wrongdoings. The hugely popular video-sharing...
View ArticleTweets or ‘terrorism’?: Saudi’s jailed online activists
A Saudi court’s decision to sentence fitness influencer Manahel al-Otaibi to 11 years in prison highlights what activists describe as a fierce crackdown on even vaguely critical online speech. In the...
View ArticleKaty Perry fools internet with fake AI photos of Met Gala
US singer Katy Perry said even her own mother was fooled by AI-generated fake images she posted Tuesday of herself pretending to attend the Met Gala in New York. “Couldn’t make it to the MET, I had to...
View ArticleTikTok challenges potential US ban in court
TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance filed a legal challenge against the United States on Tuesday, taking aim at a law that would force the app to be sold or face a US ban. This comes around...
View ArticleFar-right parties wage disinfo war ahead of EU vote
Far-right populist parties are way ahead of their traditional rivals in the race for voter attention on social media, where disinformation is stirring fear and rage around key issues in June’s European...
View ArticleMen or bears? Women’s safety debate pops on social media
If you’re a woman alone in a forest, would you rather be approached by a random man or… a bear? The random hypothetical question has gone viral in recent weeks on social media, provoking a passionate...
View ArticleEU probes Facebook, Instagram over child protection
The EU on Thursday opened a formal investigation into Facebook and Instagram on suspicion the platforms owned by Meta are causing addictive behaviour in children. The probe is under a mammoth law known...
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