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EU probes TikTok over children's safety |
The European Union (EU) has opened a formal investigation to review whether the social media app violated new rules that aim to protect minors online. |
The investigation will review if TikTok, owned by the Chinese-based parent company ByteDance, breached the Digital Services Act (DSA), the EU's new online children protection rule that went into effect Saturday, by its platform design and privacy settings. If the commission establishes a breach of the DSA, it could impose a fine of up to 6 percent of the global revenue of the company. The formal proceeding launched Monday followed a preliminary investigation conducted in September, according to the commission. The proceeding will focus on TikTok's algorithmic systems , including systems "that may stimulate behavioral addictions and/ or create so-called 'rabbit hole effects,'" according to the announcement. A TikTok spokesperson said the company will continue to work with experts and the industry to "keep young people on TikTok safe " and explain this work in detail to the commission. "TikTok has pioneered features and settings to protect teens and keep under 13s off the platform, issues the whole industry is grappling with," the spokesperson said in a statement. Read a full report at TheHill.com. |
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Air Canada must pay a Vancouver man a partial refund for his flight ticket that was promised by the site's chatbot, a Canadian tribunal ruled Wednesday, in what could be a landmark case for the use of artificial intelligence in business. Jake Moffatt asked the airline's artificial intelligence support chatbot whether the airline offered bereavement fares in November 2022, following the death of his grandmother. The chatbot … |
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GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley reiterated her call to ban TikTok on Sunday, citing privacy concerns with the social media app after President Biden's campaign joined earlier this month. During a Fox News town hall with “America Reports” co-anchor John Roberts, Haley took aim at TikTok for being "incredibly dangerous" and said the U.S. should have banned it from the start. When asked if Republicans should … |
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The Biden administration announced a preliminary agreement Monday to provide $1.5 billion in funding through the CHIPS and Science Act to a New York-based company in an effort to bolster domestic production of semiconductor chips. The Commerce Department said it signed a nonbinding preliminary memorandum of terms with GlobalFoundries to give funding through the bipartisan legislation President Biden signed into law in 2022. … |
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Tinder, Hinge owner sued over 'addictive' features |
Former dating app users are suing Match Group, the owner of Tinder and Hinge, for allegedly designing "addictive, game-like" features that ensure users remain on its apps, The Washington Post reported. |
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Cybercrime gang disrupted by FBI, British police |
An international law enforcement operation by the FBI and Britain's National Crime Agency has disrupted the notorious cybercrime gang Lockbit, Reuters reported. |
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Some video game actors are letting AI clone their voices. They just don't want it to replace them |
If you are battling a video game goblin who speaks with a Cockney accent, or asking a gruff Scottish blacksmith to forge a virtual sword, you might be hearing the voice of actor Andy Magee. Except it’s not quite Magee’s voice. It’s a synthetic voice clone generated by artificial … |
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President Biden's reelection campaign hammered former President Trump on Monday for coming in last among presidents in a new survey. Trump, Biden's … Read more |
| Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Monday touted his role in driving several high-profile members of Congress from the legislative body, pointing to their … Read more |
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