The proposal, submitted last week, is a revision of a prior plan the artificial intelligence startup had presented to TikTok’s parent ByteDance on Jan. 18, a day before the law that bans TikTok went into effect.

In Trump’s first term, Meta quietly introduced a slew of Republican-friendly changes. But led by Joel Kaplan, the company is done playing both sides and is going all-in on MAGA.

Three years after a tragic suicide linked to TikTok's harmful content, a mother and six families have sued the platform for failing to moderate dangerous material. They claim the algorithm targets vulnerable users,

The previous fact-checking/moderation practices at both Meta and X were problematic and in need of an overhaul. The Community Notes alternative holds promise—if it is available to everyone.

Facebook and Instagram users have accused Meta of artificially boosting Trump's follower count by forcing people to follow him in the wake of Monday's inauguration. The issue was raised after several people discovered that their accounts were following the president despite them having given no indication that this was something they'd like to do.

Handing over control of the official presidential and vice presidential social media accounts has become a standard part of the transition process.

Mr Mantzarlis is also deeply critical of the decision to axe fact checkers. But like many experts, he also makes another point that has perhaps been lost in the firestorm of criticism Meta faces: that, in principle, community-notes-style systems can be part of the solution to misinformation.

The talking-dogs Reels genre takes many forms but are often some kind of poodle mixes who lip-sync to comedic bits. Some of them dance or perform slapstick. Some of them talk football. It's like that old, man-cave artwork of dogs playing poker — you know it's not real, but you can't look away.

CASSIS, France — In the moment when her world shattered three years ago, Stephanie Mistre found her 15-year-old daughter, Marie, lifeless in the bedroom where she died by suicide.

TikTok and President Donald Trump are reportedly in talks with Microsoft and Oracle to buy the social media app.

Three days after ByteDance's TikTok went dark and then was quickly revived in the United States, users who deleted the app were anxiously checking iPhone and Android devices to find it still unavailable to be downloaded again.

The United States Supreme Court has ruled in favor of banning it in the U.S. Even after President Donald Trump asked for the ban to be delayed, TikTok users have flocked to a new platform that offers a similar experience.