Technology company Oracle will provide security for the new TikTok entity in the United States, following the President Trump-backed deal to allow the social media company to keep operating in the U.S ...
A transport enthusiast, a beauty advocate and a mum teaching people how to raise an autistic child were among the winners of the second annual TikTok awards. Hosted by TV presenter AJ Odudu at ...
TikTok users in the U.S. may get a reprieve from the threat of a shutdown after the Trump administration announced it has reached a framework deal with China for the ownership of the popular social ...
President Trump on Thursday advanced a deal for a consortium of mostly U.S. investors to take over the hit video app. Trump says software company Oracle will take a major role in the new venture.
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The US operations of TikTok will be majority-owned and controlled by Americans under a deal reached this week to spin off the platform from its Chinese ownership, White House Press Secretary Karoline ...
Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc has set up a special operations center to monitor the conflict in Ukraine, and it launched a feature so users in the country can lock their social media profiles for security, a company official said in Twitter posts on Thursday.
Indonesia is working on a new regulation that will require e-commerce platforms to collect and pass on sellers' sales income in a bid to tackle the "shadow economy", its tax office said on Thursday, confirming a Reuters report earlier this week.
Elon Musk's Twitter was hit with a yellow card from the European Commission on Thursday as its reported efforts to tackle disinformation fell short of those by Alphabet's Google, Meta Platforms , Microsoft and TikTok.
Brazilian soccer star Neymar Junior endorsed President Jair Bolsonaro's uphill re-election bid on Thursday, showing his support in a TikTok video as he smiled and danced to a campaign jingle ahead of the weekend's pivotal election.
Meta Platforms Inc issued a gloomy forecast after recording its first ever quarterly drop in revenue on Wednesday, with recession fears and competitive pressures weighing on its digital ads sales.
U.S. and Chinese officials will meet on Thursday at the U.S. Treasury for staff-level technical talks on trade and economic issues that will not cover last week's deal for Chinese short video app TikTok to switch to U.S.-controlled ownership, a source familiar with the discussions said.
TikTok owner ByteDance is testing a paywall feature for content creators on its short video platform Douyin in China, a person familiar with the matter said, as the company seeks new ways to profit from its hugely popular app.
Mexican gymnast Natalia Escalera was in tears after her uneven bars performance as she fulfilled her dream of competing at the Paris Games, having risked everything to complete her routine in the qualifiers with an foot injury.
A black-and-white clip of a disk-shaped UFO does not show real footage filmed in Sweden, despite the claim circulating online.
Discount e-commerce is set to dominate globally during the critical upcoming holiday shopping season in the West and Singles’ Day in China, analysts said.
Passengers on a nine-month cruise have become unlikely stars on TikTok and Instagram, with thousands following their epic voyage and updates on daily life on board the "Serenade of the Seas".
The parent company of India's ShareChat has acquired local rival MX's short-video platform in a roughly $700 million deal, two sources told Reuters, as competition heats up in the sector where foreign investors have placed major bets.
A video filmed at a supermarket in Brazil was shared online falsely captioned as showing Venezuelans storming a store in Aurora, Colorado, amid unverified rumors that a gang took over an apartment building there in August.
A video that shows a cat emerging from a cabinet surrounded by charred debris has been falsely described as showing the aftermath of Israeli bombing in Rafah on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip.
A video compilation of a trucker convoy dating to at least February 2022 has been falsely shared online as showing protesters heading to the U.S. southern border in January 2024.
A clip of people running through the entrance of a Bruno Mars concert in Tel Aviv on Oct 4 is circulating with the false claim that it shows people running from an attack at a festival in the Negev Desert on Saturday.
Turkey's data protection authority said late on Friday that it has launched a review into six major social media platforms to assess how they handle children's personal data.
Austria arrested a 14-year-old on February 10 on suspicion of planning a militant attack on a Vienna train station, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday, calling the suspect an Islamic State supporter who became radicalised online.
ByteDance, the owner of popular short-video app TikTok, said it has acquired a Chinese third-party payment service UIPay in a bid to leverage its domestic payment capability.
Europe is looking to online platforms and influencers to help fight disinformation and promote democracy according to a European Commission strategy presented on Wednesday amid concerns over interference by foreign governments in national elections.