Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. TikTok has quickly become a large part of modern online culture. Influencing trends, fostering communities, and serving as a platform for self-expression. However, recent legislative efforts in the United States signal potential challenges ahead for the app, with lawmakers considering measures that could lead to its ban. … Read more
Digital Trends TikTok, everyone’s favorite social media app for watching short-form videos in an easy-to-digest format, may be facing a ban in the U.S. That’s because President Joe Biden has signed a law that would ban TikTok unless ByteDance sells its stake in TikTok within 12 months. While this won’t have immediate effects, you may … Read more
New Delhi: Social media platform Snapchat reached 422 million daily active users in the first quarter (Q1) this year, an increase of 39 million or 10 per cent (year-on-year). In Q1, the revenue of its parent company Snap grew 21 per cent (on-year) to $1.195 billion, driven by improvements made to its advertising platform and … Read more
Not everyone will like the content you post on Snapchat. In some cases, some users may even choose to block you, for whatever reason. Although Snapchat doesn’t offer an “official” way to determine whether someone has blocked you on the social network, it is possible. There are several ways to check if someone has blocked … Read more
Some people take their pets everywhere with them. Now Snapchat Plus members can even bring them along virtually — as Bitmoji. The latest update, introduced this week, uses artificial intelligence to turn a photo of little Fifi or Fido into a graphic — actually, a range of avatars that owners can choose from — and place … Read more
Four major Ontario school boards are taking some of the largest social media companies to court over their products, alleging the way they’re designed has negatively rewired the way children think, behave and learn and disrupted the way schools operate. The public district school boards of Toronto, Peel and Ottawa-Carleton, along with Toronto’s Catholic counterpart, are looking for … Read more
YouTube fans of the Pink Shirt Couple — who are famous for wearing matching shirts — were handed some troubling news recently — the pink-loving couple have parted ways. In an interview Monday, Alyssa Eckstein sketched out what the future might look like for the former couple. She plans to transition the Pink Shirt Couple … Read more
CBS News Live 2 Live Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and four other leaders of social media companies are being reprimanded by lawmakers on Wednesday for not doing enough to safeguard kids online. The Senate hearing opened with videos of people describing being sexually exploited on Facebook, Instagram and X, with Sen. Lindsey Graham telling Zuckerberg … Read more
The NetChoice trade group filed its lawsuit against Republican Attorney General Dave Yost in US District Court for the Southern district of Ohio. It seeks to block the law from taking effect. A pending law in Ohio that requires children to get parental consent to use social media apps forms part of a state budget … Read more
