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TikTok Dragged Into US Election as Trump Opposes Ban

Former US president Donald Trump stated on Monday that he opposed banning TikTok, as the future of the widely used video-sharing app becomes entangled in the US election campaign. In a major reversal, former US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he was against a ban on TikTok, as the fate of the popular video-sharing app was dragged into ...

Meta Experiences 2nd Outage in One Year

Social media platforms owned by Meta namely Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp have experienced a series of global outages Wednesday evening, acknowledged the company through one of its spokespersons. The website Downdetector, which tracks social media interruption issues through user reports, notably recorded a surge in reports around ...

Apple Removes Meta’s WhatsApp and Threads From App Store in China

The Cyberspace Administration of China ordered Apple to pull WhatsApp and Threads from the Chinese app store, citing national security concerns. "We are obligated to follow the laws in the countries where we operate, even when we disagree," Apple said in a statement. This decision against internationally popular US messaging apps like WhatsApp ...

Meta Bans Russian State Media Outlets

Meta late Monday said it is banning Russian state media outlets from its apps around the world due to "foreign interference activity." The ban comes after the United States accused RT and employees of the state-run outlet of funneling $10 million through shell entities to covertly fund influence campaigns on social media channels including ...

Meta Unveils AI That Turns Photos into Videos

Meta on Friday provided a look at a generative artificial intelligence model it is working on that lets people create short videos, complete with audio, from text prompts and photos. The tech titan touted "Meta Movie Gen" as a "breakthrough" when it comes to using an AI engine to crank out video and audio. Meta said it will get feedback from ...