New Zealand Moves to Ban Under-16s From Social Media Altogether
New Zealand’s PM proposed banning children from social media, stressing the need to protect them from the perils of big tech platforms.

New Zealand’s PM proposed banning children from social media, stressing the need to protect them from the perils of big tech platforms.
President Donald Trump said he is open to giving China’s TikTok another extension if its parent company ByteDance does not strike a deal by the intended deadline.
TikTok has been hit with a massive $600 million (€530 million) fine by the Irish Data Protection Commission for violating the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by sending European users’ data to servers in China.
The South China Morning Post (SCMP) on Tuesday found a sense of gloom settling over the vast electronics market of Shenzhen, China, as President Donald Trump’s tariffs pushed up prices and all but halted orders for computer products.
President Donald Trump announced Friday that he will sign an executive order to delay the TikTok ban in the United States for another 75 days.
Leonel Moreno, the now-deported Venezuelan illegal migrant “TikTok influencer” who taught other illegal migrants how to break into American homes on social media, will be prosecuted for “hate crimes” and child exploitation, Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab announced on Thursday.
President Donald Trump is weighing a controversial proposal that would allow TikTok to continue operating in the U.S. while its powerful algorithm remains under the control of its Chinese parent company ByteDance.
As the clock ticks down on the Trump administration’s deadline for China’s TikTok to find a U.S. buyer, e-commerce giant Amazon has thrown its hat into the ring, making a last-minute bid for the popular social media app.
President Donald Trump is set to meet with his top White House officials on Wednesday to address the fate of China’s popular TikTok app.
President Donald Trump says a deal for the sale of the U.S. division of China’s TikTok app to a non-Chinese buyer will arrive before Saturday’s deadline.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem warned a man that he will face prosecution for encouraging people to shoot at ICE agents.
Leonel Moreno, a Venezuelan illegal migrant “TikTok influencer” who used the Chinese tech platform to teach migrants how to break into American homes and “squat” there, was deported to Caracas in the early midnight hours of Friday.
The Chinese Communist Party announced the debut of an online program on Wednesday for Chinese citizens to denounce individuals who recognize the existence of Taiwan as a country, claiming that these individuals are “henchmen” of the democratically elected Taiwanese government “persecuting compatriots” on the island.
The government of Taiwan confirmed this week that it had ordered three Chinese women to leave the country – one by Tuesday, the other two by the end of March – on the grounds that they had used social media to spread violent Chinese propaganda.
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) warned on Monday that China and India could meddle in next month’s snap election to replace leftist former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Vice President JD Vance expressed optimism that a high-level agreement to keep China’s TikTok operational in the United States will be in place by the April 5 deadline set by President Donald Trump.
West Virginia head football coach Rich Rodriguez is back at the helm in Morgantown, and he has wasted no time laying down the law with his young players.
President Donald Trump is reportedly negotiating with multiple potential buyers for the U.S. division of China’s TikTok.
ABC late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel revealed his impatience with the Democrats and mocked their pathetic attempts to reply to the Trump juggernaut as the president steamrolls them in his first three months on office.
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), and other female House Democrats teamed up for a cringey video game-style “choose your fighter” TikTok video — complete with fake martial arts moves — that is being roasted online.
China’s TikTok is reportedly profiting from sexual livestreams involving children, while the platform’s moderation policies are too weak to pick up on the explicit content, according to an investigation by the BBC.
Franky Venegas, a social media influencer and half of the garish rap duo “Island Boys,” has been arrested in Florida on gun and drug charges.
On Monday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “The Record,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that she told TikTok’s CEO, “it’s all okay, as long as you end up with Americans owning you. If American companies and people own you, then
Tech giants Google and Apple have restored the Chinese social media platform TikTok to their app stores.
Elon Musk has stated that he is not interested in acquiring the U.S. operations of China’s TikTok, despite recent speculation about a potential sale to the billionaire tech mogul.
On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) discussed his push to ban Chinese AI app DeepSeek from government devices and stated that he believes Congress will ultimately need to act on DeepSeek in a way that
A coalition of teen and adult activists against “digital abuse” targeting youth took to Washington, DC, on Tuesday with Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) standing with them to support the creation of legislation and a nationwide movement.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is offering TikTok creators up to $50,000 a month to post exclusive content on Instagram Reels. Zuckerberg views the uncertain future of China’s TikTok as the perfect opportunity to tighten his grip on the social media landscape.
Police in Quetta, Pakistan, arrested a man this week who reportedly confessed to killing his daughter because he did not approve of her publishing videos on the Chinese social media application TikTok.
Is DeepSeek really a deep con? A psyop tossed out to shake up the financial markets? The release of a Chinese-made artificial intelligence engine called DeepSeek sent a bulldozer through Wall Street this week. Rival AI companies lost hundreds of
President Donald Trump has revealed that Microsoft is in discussions to acquire China’s TikTok, potentially saving it from a ban in the United States. Microsoft is just one of several offers already on the table for the popular social media platform whose owner, ByteDance, faces a sell-or-ban order.
As multiple stakeholders scramble to resolve national security concerns while preserving TikTok’s operations in the US, Perplexity AI has revised its merger proposal to TikTok parent ByteDance, potentially giving the U.S. government a 50 percent stake in the new company upon a future IPO.
“It was brainwashing,” said Stephanie Mistre. “They normalized depression and self-harm, turning it into a twisted sense of belonging.”
Representative Mike Turner (R-OH) said Wednesday on CNN’s “The Lead” that President Donald Trump should not have paused the law requiring China to divest from TikTok.
A transgender TikToker has been jailed in England after pleading guilty to a string of domestic abuse against her former girlfriend, including setting her on fire and strangling her.
President Donald Trump expressed his willingness to consider the possibility of Tesla CEO Elon Musk or Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison purchasing China’s TikTok during a press briefing on Tuesday, while Canadian investor Kevin “Mr. Wonderful” O’Leary remains interested in a deal despite legal hurdles.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) reacted to President Donald Trump arguing that the espionage threat from TikTok is overblown because most users are young, by stating that “it’s designed to be a
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) stated that if ByteDance refuses to sell TikTok, it shows “this was never a business.” And a refusal to sell would be “because their only interest is
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing the DOJ not to enforce penalties against app stores and other service providers for working with China’s TikTok for a period of 75 days.
Pope Francis made his debut on TikTok Sunday to promote his new autobiography, written with Italian journalist Carlo Musso for Mondadori.