Tag Archives: TikTok

The United States House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a bill that could eventually ban the social media platform TikTok in the country, in its latest attack against both China and big tech.   The bill received resoundingly bipartisan support, with a vote of 352 to 65 in favour. It …

House lawmakers on Wednesday approved legislation meant to force ByteDance, the Chinese internet company, to sell its wildly popular social media app TikTok. The vote was the latest development in a yearslong cold war between the United States and China over who controls valuable technology from computer chips to artificial …

On Wednesday the House of Representatives passed a bill that would force the owner of TikTok to either sell the company or else it would be banned from the United States. It’s both a hot-button topic in pop culture and mostly meaningless in terms of its effect on our quality …

Congress had a vote on Wednesday morning to decide what to do with TikTok. Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan was not sure how he was going to vote while the vote was actually taking place and we know that because he was literally on Fox News during the vote saying so. …

Former US President Donald Trump stated on Monday, March 11 that Chinese-owned social media app TikTok is a national security threat, but argued that banning it would further empower Facebook which he called an “enemy of the people.”   “I do believe that,” Trump, 77, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” when …

An 11-year-old boy from the UK has died after inhaling toxic chemicals in a TikTok challenge known as “chroming” and his devastated family is now calling for the social media company to be shut down and barred from children under 16.   Tommie-Lee Gracie Billington, 11, suffered a cardiac arrest …

New York City, its schools, and public hospital system have announced a lawsuit against the tech giants that run Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube, blaming their “addictive and dangerous” social media platforms for fueling a childhood mental health crisis that is disrupting learning and draining resources.   The lawsuit …

There was a big Senate hearing on Wednesday revolving around social media. The Senate Judiciary Committee summoned the CEOs of Meta, TikTok, Discord, Snap, and X to question them about the risks social media poses to children in America. It meant plenty of time in the spotlight for people like …

A young lady has shared how she discovered she was separated from her twin sister at birth and sold through an illegal adoption ring. Ano Sartania, 21, reunited with her sister Amy due to a TikTok video that was shared online but both were shocked when they found out they …

Former Super Eagles striker, Osaze Odemwingie has taken to TikTok to mock Daddy Freeze, stating that the media personality had ‘’problems” in 2020. Osaze had shared a video of himself thanking God for his growth and a follower commented saying he has a striking resemblance to Daddy Freeze.   ‘’Why …