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Apple’s app privacy policy will cost social media companies almost $10B

Avatar for Ben Lovejoy Nov 1 2021 - 4:51 am PT
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A new report estimates that Apple’s app privacy policy – aka App Tracking Transparency – will cost social media companies almost $10B in the second half of this year.

It says that’s because their unique selling point (USP) was the ability to target particular demographics and interest groups, and that now they can no longer offer that, advertisers are taking their business elsewhere …

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Instagram teen usage will be made healthier, says Facebook; TikTok the bigger concern, says academic

Avatar for Ben Lovejoy Oct 11 2021 - 4:22 am PT
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Instagram teen usage will be made healthier claims Facebook

There’s been growing concern about Instagram teen usage after leaked internal reports suggested that the app could be unhealthy for some teenage girls. App owner Facebook now says it is taking action to promote healthier usage.

Separately, an academic argues that lawmakers don’t understand teenagers, and that they are trying to legislate control of the wrong app …

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TikTok claims it can now help you find ‘your dream job’ with new resumes feature

Avatar for Michael Potuck Jul 7 2021 - 12:58 pm PT
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After rumors surfaced in May about TikTok jumping into the job recruitment market, the platform has officially launched a pilot program in the US. The new TikTok resumes arrive in partnership with over 30 companies like Target, Shopify, Nascar, Abercrombie, Vaynermedia, The Detriot Pistons, Alo, and more. And open jobs include everything from entry-level to executive positions.

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Chinese app ban still very possible under Biden’s executive order

Avatar for Ben Lovejoy Jun 18 2021 - 5:08 am PT
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A Chinese app ban in the US is still very much on the cards, despite President Biden overturning the previous administration’s planned bans on WeChat and TikTok.

Biden replaced the specific executive orders with a more general one designed to protect the data of US citizens, and a report today says early indications point to some Chinese apps remaining at strong risk …

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Biden abandons Trump’s plan to ban TikTok, calls for broader security review instead

Avatar for Michael Potuck Jun 9 2021 - 8:13 am PT
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Two days ahead of the deadline to finish reviewing Trump’s executive order that was aimed at regulating Chinese-owned TikTok and WeChat, President Biden has officially revoked and replaced it. The new order includes a more comprehensive approach to reviewing apps connected to foreign adversaries and protecting US national security.

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40%+ of children under 13 using TikTok, Facebook, and more; high rates of online sexual abuse

Avatar for Ben Lovejoy May 13 2021 - 5:01 am PT
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Many children under 13 use social media

A research study into use of social media platforms by minors found that upwards of 40% of children under 13 were using them, despite accounts supposedly being limited to teenagers and adults. The research included TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat.

The study also found that a full third of minors had experienced an “online sexual interaction,” which included being asked for, or receiving, nude photos …

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TikTok illegally collecting data from kids, says lawsuit; Instagram to block hateful DMs

Avatar for Ben Lovejoy Apr 21 2021 - 6:07 am PT
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TikTok is illegally collecting data from children, according to a legal case made by the former children’s commissioner for England. She says the company is breaching privacy laws.

Anne Longfield has filed a claim on behalf of “millions of children,” and is seeking to force TikTok to delete personal data as well as pay “billions” in compensation …

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TikTok’s fate in the US still up in the air as Biden admin extends review deadline to June 11

Avatar for Michael Potuck Apr 12 2021 - 12:35 pm PT
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The Trump administration was adamant about banning TikTok or forcing a sale to a US company last year, but then multiple deadlines passed without anything happening before the end of 2020. Now after previously pressing pause on the matter, the Biden administration and TikTok say they will take more time to discuss the situation with a new June 11 deadline on further action.

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