Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Tag: TikTok

TikTok, Banned by U.S. for Allowing Criticism of Israel to Go Viral, Preparing for Shutdown From Sunday

by Chris Menahan, Information Liberation:

Social media giant TikTok, which was banned by the US government last year for allowing criticism of Israel to go viral, is reportedly planning to shutdown for US users from Sunday.

From Reuters, “TikTok prepares for US shutdown from Sunday, sources say”:

TikTok plans to shut its app for U.S. users from Sunday, when a federal ban on the social media app could come into effect, unless the Supreme Court moves to block it, sources familiar with the matter said.

EU Uses Digital Services Act to Probe YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat Algorithms for Censorship Compliance

by Didi Rankovic, Reclaim The Net:

“Illegal drugs” is a very well-defined category in the EU. “Hate speech,” on the other hand, is not. Yet, the bloc is lumping these together as it builds another case for putting even more pressure on major social platforms and demands more data from them.

The EU is doing this via the censorship law, the Digital Services Act (DSA), and is this time targeting YouTube, Snapchat, and TikTok. In the tone and nature of the demands, the EU puts them in two groups here: two companies from the US, and one from China.