Tag: social media
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TikTok selects new CEO
Following an interim period with Vanessa Pappas of Los Angeles heading the social media video site TikTok, the company has now chosen an official CEO. Shouzi Chew, the chief financial officer of TikTok’s Chinese parent, will be taking over. The Associated Press has the story: Chief financial officer of ByteDance, TikTok’s parent, taking over the…
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Parler accused by Amazon of hiding ownership
After Amazon kicked the conservative social media site Parler off its cloud-computing services, Parler accused the company of bias against conservatives and sued. Now, Parler is attempting to keep the lawsuit away from a Seattle-based federal district court judge who previously ruled against it by claiming there is no jurisdiction, but Amazon says the company…
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500m+ Facebook users’ personal data found online
Facebook found itself under scrutiny as personal data from over 500 million users was discovered on a website for hackers. The information includes phone numbers, birthdates, locations and more. The Associated Press has the story: Personal data from hundreds of millions of Facebook users found on hacking website NEW YORK (AP) — Details from more…
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Russia fines Twitter over not removing calls to protest
The Russian government has had an uneasy relationship with social media companies going back to 2012, when a law was enacted allowing the government to blacklist and block certain online content. Now, Twitter is under fire for not removing calls to protest the government directed at minors. The Associated Press has the story: Twitter found…