The Senate took up a bill Tuesday morning that could, if passed, start the clock for a ban on TikTok.
The Senate took up a bill Tuesday morning that could, if passed, start the clock for a ban on TikTok.
The Senate took up a bill Tuesday morning that could, if passed, start the clock for a ban on TikTok.
Experts say the measure could presage another major crackdown in Xinjiang.
The American Psychological Association is calling on social media platforms to create “special protections” to help offset the negative effects of social media usage for children and teenagers.
The American Psychological Association is calling on social media platforms to create “special protections” to help offset the negative effects of social media usage for children and teenagers.
America’s young people face a mental health crisis, and adults constantly debate how much to blame phones and social media. A new round of conversation has been spurred by Jonathan Haidt’s book “The Anxious Generation,” which contends that rising mental health issues in children and adolescents are the result of social media replacing key experiences during formative years of brain development. The book has been criticized by academics, and rightfully so. Haidt’s argument is based largely on...
From state capitols to Washington, D.C., lawmakers are scrambling to come up with regulations that can protect kids from the potential harms of social media, since the platforms have been unwilling to adopt reasonable safeguards themselves. In just the last few months, Florida passed a law banning children under age 14 from having a social media account, Iowa legislators backed a bill that would require children younger than 18 to get parental permission to set up and use a social media account,...
A social media ban for under-16s is among a raft of proposals set to be unveiled by the Government within weeks, it has been reported. (Stock Image)
Downing Street is reportedly set to reveal the proposals for stricter age restrictions on social media apps within weeks.
When President Joe Biden signed a $95 billion foreign aid bill into law on April 24, it started the clock on a nine-month window for TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app. The president can extend the deadline by three months, and TikTok has indicated that it plans to challenge the law in court. If the law stands and the company fails to sell the app, TikTok will be blocked from any U.S. app store or web-hosting service. This would affect TikTok’s more than 170...
As the TikTok ban threatens the social media ecosystem, agency execs debate investing in the fediverse.