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Social media platforms fail to stop LGBTQ hate speech, according to GLAAD report

By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press

A new report says social media platforms including Facebook and TikTok are failing to stop hate and threats against LGBTQ users.

Tech leaders could face prison if they don’t follow UK’s planned online safety rules

By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press

The ambitious but controversial bill gives regulators wide-ranging powers to crack down on digital and social media companies. Lawmakers still need to vote to approve the bill before it becomes law.

Big tech grapples with Russian state media, propaganda

By David Klepper, Amanda Seitz, Associated Press

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is forcing big tech companies to decide how to handle Russian state media that spread propaganda and misinformation.

TikTok’s ‘devious licks’ challenge countered by new ‘angelic yields’ trend

By Student Reporting Labs

On Monday, we heard from the PBS NewsHour's Student Reporting Labs about the TikTok trend “devious licks” — videos of students stealing or vandalizing school property. Now, a counter-response has emerged. Dubbed “angelic yields,” these TikTok videos encourage students to…

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WATCH: Sen. Blumenthal tells TikTok, Snap, YouTube execs this ‘is a moment of reckoning’ for platforms and kids’ safety online

By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press

YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat are offering only "tweaks and minor changes" in their operations to ensure young users' safety amid rising concern over the platforms' potential harm to children, the head of a Senate panel told the companies' executives.

WATCH: TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube executives testify in Senate hearing about kids’ safety online

By Marcy Gordon, Matt O'Brien, Associated Press

Senators put executives from YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat on the defensive Tuesday, questioning them about what they’re doing to ensure young users’ safety on their platforms.

How Indigenous creators are nurturing a space on TikTok to educate and entertain

By Katie Cole

A growing group of Indigenous content creators are sharing their culture and advocating for justice on TikTok.

U.S. drops Trump order targeting TikTok, plans its own review

By Associated Press

The White House dropped Trump-era executive orders that attempted to ban the popular apps TikTok and WeChat and will conduct its own review aimed at identifying national security risks with software applications tied to China.

U.S. distances itself from Trump attempts to ban WeChat

By Tali Arbel, Associated Press

The Commerce Department is reviewing recent actions, such as the rules undermining TikTok and WeChat, to ensure that efforts by the Trump administration to ban them based on claimed national-security threats were justified.

Biden backs off on TikTok ban in review of Trump China moves

By Tali Arbel, Matt O'Brien, Associated Press

A court filing Wednesday said the U.S. Commerce Department is reviewing whether Trump's claims about TikTok's threat to national security justified the attempts to ban it from smartphone app stores and deny it vital technical services.