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The social media platform changed its privacy policy last month, inviting users to allow it to track their specific location.

European Union regulators said the app’s infinite scroll and personalized algorithm led to “compulsive” behavior, especially ...

Posts have been going viral on social media accusing TikTok's new owners of suppressing content, but eight academics examined the issue and found no evidence to support the claims.

When Nathan Chen won the gold medal in men’s figure skating last year, COVID-19 restrictions kept his parents from being in Beijing to watch him. Yet his mother was among the first to greet the Salt ...

The three major social media companies have agreed to undergo independent assessments of how effectively they protect the ...

The European Commission on Friday accused TikTok of purposefully designing its app for being "addictive," calling out ...

Social media app TikTok routes job candidate's applications, which include highly sensitive and personal information, through servers in China, despite arguing earlier this year that they do not share ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Chinese video app Tik Tok, the most downloaded app globally on Apple Inc's app store in January-March, will set up a team of censors in Indonesia to overturn a ban imposed for ...

New US-owned app struggled with a storm and was accused of blocking content critical of Trump – can it recover?