TikTok Invests $2.1 Million in TV Ads Amid Senate Review of Potential App Ban Legislation TikTok has initiated a $2.1 million advertising campaign aimed directly at senators facing tough reelection battles this year, urging them to thwart the House bill that could potentially prohibit the ... 03/27/2024 - 7:33 pm | View Link
Huntsville TikTok creator discusses potential app ban in the U.S. The potential app ban in the U.S. is worrying many and one Huntsville TikTok creator, Breanne Rodgers dives into her perspective on it. 03/27/2024 - 7:05 am | View Link
Why the latest TikTok ban attempt is different — and what it means for marketers A ban could benefit Meta, weakening competition and options for advertisers, while a potential suitor will need to be well-versed in data management. 03/26/2024 - 2:38 pm | View Link
If A U.S. TikTok Ban Goes Forward, Here’s Who Will Be Affected The surprise, lightning-fast passage of a bill to force TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to divest has sent a shockwave from Washington, D.C. to Beijing. Who will prevail and who will be impacted by ... 03/26/2024 - 6:01 am | View Link
TikTok turns to teenage 'youth council' as part of its latest safety push 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 ... 03/25/2024 - 2:00 am | View Link
Fareed hosts a spirited debate on the House bill that could lead to a US ban on TikTok, with the American Enterprise Institute's Kori Schake and Glen Gerstell, former general counsel for the National Security Agency. They discuss national-security risks the Chinese-owned app might pose given its many American users.
A new government report warns that advanced Artificial Intelligence systems could pose an "extinction-level threat" to humans, and that the US must intervene. "I think we should be mindful of it," says Ret. Admiral James Stavridis. But he adds, "there have been big inventions in the past - the printing press, electricity, the internet - all of these have been a decried for the possibility of nefarious activity."
Days after YouTube banned misinformation about coronavirus and vaccines on its site, questions remain about what effect it may have this far into the pandemic. CNN's Donie O'Sullivan spoke to a former Google engineer who worked on the YouTube algorithm about the development.
CNN's Brian Stelter says that former President Donald Trump is suing to get back onto Twitter because Trump clearly believes he needs Twitter in order to run for President in 2024.