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TikTok’s success has made it a big target for regulators

The Verge

TikTok has made several moves designed to promote the idea that the app is firewalled off from ByteDance proper and will not share user data with the Chinese government. Riana Pfefferkorn / The Center for Internet and Society). Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. April Glaser / NBC).

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Everything that the big social networks banned this week, ranked

The Verge

On the other hand, the number of places where they can easily find new followers on the internet appears to be shrinking, and for that at least I’m grateful. It’s quite another to use an app as a pawn in a geopolitical turf war — one that might accelerate the splintering of the internet into walled-off regions. Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg).

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