Tech

According to a study published in the journal PLOS One earlier this week, TikTok perpetuates a toxic diet culture among young people.

Study: TikTok contributes to toxic diet culture among young people

In 2016, DHS started shifting its focus from stopping foreign terror attacks to monitoring social media for misinformation and disinformation.

DHS fight against misinformation, disinformation raising concerns

Now that Elon Musk has officially taken over Twitter, he is switching up the platforms and proposing costs to verification.

Musk causing Twitter frenzy over plans to charge $20 monthly for verification

Elon Musk wasted no time putting his stamp on Twitter this week, moving in everything including the kitchen sink and firing top executives.

Free bird: Elon Musk owns Twitter after 6 long months. Here’s what’s next.

Elon Musk has taken over Twitter; the hand-count of mail-in ballots in a Nevada county is on hold; and legal challenges to the election have already begun.

Musk takes over Twitter; NV hand counting paused; election challenges

If the U.S. military wants to keep battlefield dominance, it’s going to need new tanks and General Dynamics wants its new AbramsX tank to fill that role.

General Dynamics introduces new AbramsX battlefield tank

A Washington state judge fined Meta nearly $25 million for more than 800 campaign finance disclosure violations the company was ruled to have committed.

Meta fined $24.7M for 800+ campaign finance disclosure violations

A second accuser claims Herschel Walker paid for her abortion; new details about the St. Louis school shooting; Elon Musk visited Twitter's headquarters.

2nd Walker abortion accuser; St. Louis shooting details; Musk visits Twitter

Big Tech dragged down the stock market Wednesday morning after disappointing earnings from Microsoft and Google, with more news on the way.

Big Tech delivers economic warnings as Microsoft, Google profits decline

According to the Buffalo, New York police commissioner, a car crash that killed four teens may have been linked to a TikTok challenge.

Buffalo police: deadly car crash possibly linked to TikTok challenge

A week after Kanye West was kicked off of Twitter and Instagram, the rapper is offering to buy conservative social media network Parler.

Kanye West offers to buy Parler after getting kicked off Twitter, Instagram

A House committee has subpoenaed former President Trump; reaction to Russia's threat of World War III; Elon Musk under investigation over the Twitter deal.

Trump subpoenaed; response to Russia threat; Musk/Twitter investigation

Axios reported the Federal Communications Commission plans to ban all sales of new Huawei and ZTE telecommunications devices in the U.S.

Report: FCC to ban sales of Huawei, ZTE telecommunications devices

Tiktok is heating up competition in the U.S. It is expanding online commerce to compete with social and online retail giants.

TikTok is planning to open US fulfillment centers, hints at e-commerce plans

A Ukraine nuclear plant lost power, President Biden responded to the OPEC oil cut, and the White House previewed the student loan forgiveness website.

Nuclear plant loses power; Biden OPEC response; loan forgiveness website

In Canada, publicly inciting hatred is a criminal offense. The country is considering further speech limits for online platforms.

Canada may soon put speech limits on online platforms

According to reports from Russian news agencies, Russia's financial monitoring agency added Meta to its list of "terrorists and extremists."

Russia adds Meta to list of ‘terrorists and extremists,’ limits app access

47 defendants have been added to a lawsuit accusing federal government of colluding with social media companies to censor freedom of speech.

47 defendants added to lawsuit as Florida surgeon general’s tweet blocked

After cyberattacks targeted over a dozen U.S. airports, their websites are back online. A pro-Russian hacker group is being blamed.

Russian cyberattacks target US airports by shutting down websites

Apple's iPhone 14 has a new Crash Detection safety feature that is triggering false 911 calls from amusement park rollercoasters.

iPhone feature triggers false 911 calls from rollercoasters

New Zealand's Prime Minister is targeting weaponized speech and pushing world leaders to curb disinformation and hateful rhetoric online.

‘Weapons of war have changed’: New Zealand PM warns about speech threats

Payment service PayPal has cleared up confusion over reported plans to subject users to a $2,500 fine for misinformation.

Confusion, anger fuel fallout to reported PayPal misinformation fine

During a panel on disinformation, the UN under-secretary-general for global communications spoke about partnering with Google on climate info.

The UN partners with Google to filter ‘distorted’ climate change results

Government roles in content moderation in the West has come under scrutiny over fears that officials will censor public information.

Disinformation and online rhetoric: How do Western governments censor information?