YouTube’s quarter shows problems Meta may face: TikTok, weakening economy

YouTube’s quarter shows problems Meta may face: TikTok, weakening economy

Quarterly ad sales at the world’s biggest video sharing service grew at the slowest pace since Alphabet began disclosing that data three years ago Quarterly ad sales at the world’s biggest video sharing service grew at the slowest pace since Alphabet began disclosing that data three years ago Mostly reassuring financial results from Alphabet Inc […]

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Instagram’s Mosseri says videos will dominate the platform

Instagram’s Mosseri says videos will dominate the platform

The photo and video hosting social media platform has been facing flak for becoming too similar to TikTok The photo and video hosting social media platform has been facing flak for becoming too similar to TikTok After the photo and reel sharing social media platform Instagram introduced several updates, company head Adam Mosseri posted a […]

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Gen Z designers made it big on this app. Now they’re graduating

Gen Z designers made it big on this app. Now they’re graduating

When Shirley Tang started selling handmade clothing in 2020, she knew just where to do so online: Depop, an app at the forefront of social shopping. Tang, 22, began offering $100 to $200 hand-draped mesh and woven tops and skirts in her Depop shop, where her following grew to 24,000. Customers, most of them around […]

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Twitter blames Musk, weak ad market for drop in revenue

Twitter blames Musk, weak ad market for drop in revenue

Twitter Inc blamed uncertainties related to its $44 billion acquisition by Elon Musk and a weakening digital ad market for a surprise fall in quarterly revenue Twitter Inc blamed uncertainties related to its $44 billion acquisition by Elon Musk and a weakening digital ad market for a surprise fall in quarterly revenue Twitter, which has […]

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TikTok’s global security chief to step down

TikTok’s global security chief to step down

Roland Cloutier said his move followed recent changes to the security teams at the video-sharing app Roland Cloutier said his move followed recent changes to the security teams at the video-sharing app TikTok’s global chief security officer Roland Cloutier, who oversees cyber security, is stepping down from his role but will stay at the company, […]

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TikTok’s global security chief to step down

TikTok’s global security chief to step down

TikTok’s global chief security officer Roland Cloutier, who oversees cyber security, is stepping down from his role but will stay at the company, according to a memo on TikTok’s website. Cloutier, who is based in Florida, said his move followed recent changes to the security teams at the video-sharing app, which is owned by China’s […]

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Parents sue TikTok, saying children died after viewing ‘blackout challenge’

Parents sue TikTok, saying children died after viewing ‘blackout challenge’

The parents of two girls who said their children died as a result of a “blackout challenge” on TikTok are suing the company, claiming its algorithm intentionally served the children dangerous content that led to their deaths. The girls were 8 and 9 when they died last year after viewing the challenge, which encouraged users […]

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TikTok seeks to reassure U.S. lawmakers on data security

TikTok seeks to reassure U.S. lawmakers on data security

Chinese-owned social media site TikTok told U.S. senators it was working on a final agreement with the Biden Administration that would “fully safeguard user data and U.S. national security interests,” according to a TikTok letter seen Friday by Reuters. The letter dated Thursday came in response to questions raised in a June 27 letter by […]

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A U.S. FCC commissioner urges Apple, Google to boot TikTok from app stores

A U.S. FCC commissioner urges Apple, Google to boot TikTok from app stores

FCC commissioner Brendan Carr expressed concern about the data TikTok had gathered about U.S. users FCC commissioner Brendan Carr expressed concern about the data TikTok had gathered about U.S. users A Republican member of the Federal Communications Commission has urged the chief executives of Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google to kick Chinese-owned TikTok out […]

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