The clock is ticking for TikTok. The massive and influential social video platform was not successful in its appeal of a bill passed earlier this year that could see the app banned in the U.S. next ...

According to a new Media Matters study, TikTok appears to be unprepared to detect election misinformation and isn’t meaningfully penalizing repeat distributors of such content. The day before the ...

ByteDance, the owner of global hit short video platform TikTok, has lost a legal challenge that sought to reverse a European Union decision stating that the firm should not favour its own service over ...

PARIS-Wildly popular short-video app TikTok approved advertisements containing political disinformation ahead of European polls, a report showed on June 4, flouting its own guidelines and raising ...

A recent study claimed that TikTok approved over a dozen political disinformation ads before the European parliamentary elections, raising concerns about its ability to detect false election-related ...

This is Global Witness’s follow-up investigation into the platform’s content moderation. Ahead of the Irish general elections this Friday (29 November), an investigation by international NGO Global ...

International campaign group Global Witness created 16 ads targeting Irish audiences with false information about this week's EU elections and tried to get them approved by three platforms – TikTok, ...

The Olympics showcases the best of the best. But social media offers a stage for more average sports enthusiasts. In a trend that has gone massively viral, wracking up millions of views and likes per ...

The 2024 Paris Olympics have taken over the world, even on the internet. This hilarious TikTok trend showcasing sports fails with the joking caption "Unfortunately I wasn't selected for the 2024 Paris ...

A bipartisan bill signed by President Biden earlier this year would force the ByteDance-owned app to either divest its U.S. business or be banned as of Jan. 19, the day before President Trump's ...

TikTok fails 'disinformation test' before EU vote, study shows Wildly popular social network TikTok approved adverts containing political disinformation ahead of European polls, a report showed ...