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Parents, schools and even attorneys general have increasingly been raising concerns about how TikTok may be hooking children to the app and serving them inappropriate content. But some lawyers say bringing legal action against the company could be more difficult after TikTok quietly changed its terms of service this summer.In July, TikTok removed rules that had required user disputes to be handled through private arbitration and instead said that complaints must be filed in one of two California courts. While arbitration…

Congress will not take up legislation this year that would give the Biden administration new tools to address foreign-owned apps like TikTok that have raised national security concerns, the chair of the Senate Commerce Committee said Thursday.Senator Maria Cantwell told Reuters she is still working on legislation and in talks with federal agencies.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessISB Product ManagementVisitIndian School of BusinessISB Digital…

A Montana judge blocked a state ban on TikTok from going into effect on Thursday. The social media app filed a lawsuit in May in the U.S. District Court in Montana alleging the law violated the First Amendment and tried to block the state from enforcing the ban. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy said the ban oversteps state power and “infringes on the Constitutional right of users and businesses,” The Associated Press reported. Montana is the first state with a law looking to ban the social media…

The percentage of TikTok users who regularly access news via the app rose to 43% in 2023 from 22% a year earlier, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center, which found half of U.S. adults get at least some news from social media.News organizations are competing with TikTok and other social media platforms for consumers' attention and advertisers' budgets, with many seeking ways to engage TikTok's large and coveted Gen Z audience.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

Close to half of American adults support a ban on the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos survey that also asked questions about national security concerns and China.TikTok, owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance and used by tens of millions of Americans, has faced calls from US lawmakers for a nationwide ban over concerns about possible Chinese government influence.Some 47 percent of respondents to the two-day poll, which concluded on Tuesday, said they at least somewhat supported…

U.S. lawmakers are considering changes to address concerns about a bill that would give the Biden administration new powers to ban Chinese-owned TikTok, the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee who has cosponsored the legislation said on Monday.Democratic Senator Mark Warner told Reuters that aggressive lobbying by the ByteDance-owned short video app TikTok against the Restrict Act "slowed a bit of our momentum" after it was introduced in March.Warner said lawmakers have "a proposal on a series of amendments to make…

Inside a shophouse in Northeast Jakarta, dozens of salespeople take turns peddling cosmetics, contact lenses and hair accessories. A woman helps a potential customer choose the right shade of lipstick for her skin tone, while a man yells out the latest markdown on vitamin tablets. This is no raucous flea market. It's a livestreamed marketplace within TikTok, and a gold rush for entrepreneurs seeking fortunes on the world's most popular short-video app. For the company, best known for viral dance challenges and owned by…

TikTok chief operating officer, V. Pappas, has resigned. The development comes as the Chinese short-form video hosting service is facing scrutiny in the US over the ties of its parent company, ByteDance, to China.The development was first reported by The Information and later Pappas posted the memo she sent to all employees on Twitter. Pappas, who has been associated with the company for 5 years, will stay at TikTok in an advisory role. According to the The Verge, Pappas was the US face of TikTok. She made announcements…

In one of Jenny Krupa's TikTok videos, her neighbor has been hurt. Krupa's concern? She wants to see "if the paramedics are hot." In another video, she lets a man who ghosted her know she's TikTok famous - and he "really screwed up."A goofy scenario in yet another - involving a spat with her best friend and an "arrest" - turns out to be a sponsored post for the Paramount Pictures movie "80 for Brady." Krupa, an influencer on TikTok, has a partnership with the studio. But she is not your typical social media personality.…

Hyundai and Kia on Friday announced a deal to settle a lawsuit filed by car theft victims after a TikTok "challenge" showed how easy it was to steal some models.The settlement could cost the South Korean car makers as much as $200 million, most of the money going to compensate people for theft-related losses, according to the companies. It is up to a judge whether to approve the deal. "This agreement is the latest step in a series of important actions that Kia has taken to help customers whose vehicles have been targeted…