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 …
Read More »What to Know About the TikTok Bill That the House Passed
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 …
Read More »Nancy Pelosi on TikTok Bill: 'It's An Attempt to Make TikTok Better. Tic-Tac-Toe. A Winner.'
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 …
Read More »Jim Jordan Was on Fox News During TikTok Vote Saying He Had to Ask His Friends What to Do
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. …
Read More »TikTok is national security threat but banning it would empower 'enemy of the people' Facebook – Trump
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 …
Read More »11 year old boy dies after suffering cardiac arrest during ?chroming? TikTok challenge
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 …
Read More »New York City sues TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and other social platforms over youth mental health crisis
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 …
Read More »Tom Cotton Repeatedly Asks Singaporean TikTok CEO if He's Ever Associated With Chinese Communist Party
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 …
Read More »Lady reveals how she reconnected with her twin sister on Tiktok after they were sold to different adoption rings at a young age
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 …
Read More »“Hope his head is fixed now'' – Ex Super Eagles player, Osaze Odemwingie mocks Daddy Freeze, after a TikTok follower said they both look alike
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 …
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