Last summer, TikTok said it planned to form a “youth council” of teens to advise the company as part of a broader push to beef up safety features for the app’s youngest users. That group is now official, and they have already started meeting with the company, including CEO Shou Chew, the company announced. The announcement comes as TikTok is fighting a bill that would force parent company ByteDance to sell the app or face a ban in the United States. As part of that effort, the company has tried...
TikTok displayed a notification to some U.S. users on Friday, urging them to call their senators and ask them to vote no to a bill that would ban the popular short-form video app if it is not divested from Chinese tech company ByteDance. Tell your Senator how important TikTok is to you. Ask them to vote no on the TikTok ban, the notice said, which allowed users to enter their zip code to locate their senator's phone number. Now, if the Senate votes, the future of creativity and communities...
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BATON ROUGE — Figures from the Louisiana Secretary of State's office show that early voting was up 60 percent from the last comparable election, even though most parishes don't have major local issues at stake.Across Louisiana, 39 parishes have only the already-decided presidential primaries on the ballot, along with races for state political committees. Of those, 32 have still seen more voters this year, even though eight years ago the country still hadn't selected its presidential...
William Shatner may not only be the most handsome 93-year-old of all time, he's also brimming with the energy of a much younger man. The Star Trek legend turned 93 on Friday.
A joint report by Bristol University and CBC News highlights concerns over social media gambling ads, urging stricter regulations to protect youth from deceptive marketing tactics.
TikTok continues to tell users to contact their Senators and vote against the platform's potential US ban.
Promising to end the voting by EVM machine and make the Election Commission independent, National Conference Chief Farooq Abdullah on Sunday alleged that the “EVM machine is a thief” and urged the people to check the VVPAT Slip and verify ballots after casting their votes in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.The National Conference Chief was addressing the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra rally at Shivaji Park in Mumbai attended by AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin, RJD...
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has called on all Afghan citizens to turn off their household lights tonight at 8:30 p.m. for one hour regarding the environment, climate change, and energy conservation on World Earth Hour. The organization stated on its social media platform X on Saturday, March 23rd, “Today marks an […]
The Home Secretary is the latest figure to criticise the St George's flag 'update', alongside Rishi Sunak and Gareth Southgate.
Letter from a friend My column last week, “What to do about Joe?” elicited many thoughtful replies. Most supported my thesis that whatever Joe Biden’s failures – even his culpability in Israel’s criminal assault on Gaza – the alternative is worse. Election of a fascist means the death of democracy even in etiolated form, and More
Former Trump administration communications director Anthony Scaramucci said Thursday on MSNBC's "Deadline" that he is working to "split the Republicans" and make sure that "these people either don't vote or they vote for Joe Biden." | Clips