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TikTok's content advisory council will help it shape policy. James Martin/CNET TikTok announced its new content advisory council Wednesday, saying the panel will help shape policies for the video-sharing app. The council includes tech and safety experts, according to the Chinese-owned social media platform, and all have expertise in areas…

In Fast-Moving Pandemic, Sources of Falsehoods Spread by Text, Email, WhatsApp and TikTok Elude Authorities (washingtonpost.com) Posted by msmash on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @02:15PM from the closer-look dept. Misleading text messages claiming that President Trump was going to announce a national quarantine buzzed into cellphones across the country over…

This story was delivered to Business Insider Intelligence Digital Media Briefing subscribers earlier this morning.To check to see if you already have access to Business Insider Intelligence through your company, click here.The music superstar turned business mogul announced a new TikTok creator hub, dubbed Fenty Beauty House, during her new…

Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty)In an effort to assuage U.S. national security concerns, TikTok announced that it’s no longer relying on China-based moderators to screen content from overseas. Instead, it will shift those jobs, abroad, according to a recent Wall Street Journal Report.The popular short-form video app has become a frequent…

Image: TikTokThere’s a lot happening on social media, more than any one person can safely keep up with. Do you need to know about it? At Hall Monitor, we provide you with a digest to help you make up your mind.The world is changing faster than the internet can meme it.…

Image: GettyAirlines are falling on hard times: they’re facing travel restrictions, canceling thousands of flights, contending with swarms of panicked customers, and running costly ghost flights lest they lose their slots to other airlines. In the face of imminent catastrophe, an assortment of cool-headed flight attendants are broadcasting their eerie…

TikTok is riddled with dark jokes and conspiracies about Madeleine McCann, the British girl who vanished on a family vacation in 2007 and has never been found.Clips featuring hashtags associated with McCann's disappearance have received almost 5 million views. In videos seen by Business Insider, users joked about having McCann's body…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Republican senators on Thursday introduced a bill aimed at banning federal employees from using Chinese social media app TikTok on their government-issued phones, amid growing national security concerns around the collection and sharing of data on U.S. users with China’s government. FILE PHOTO: A TikTok logo…

Photo: GettyAfter getting chewed out by federal agencies, lawmakers, and more than a few parents, TikTok is finally giving us a window into the ways it targets, tracks and moderates all of the teens and tweens on its platform.Today, the Chinese-owned company announced in a blog post that it would…

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez just did the "Flip the Switch" TikTok challenge.In the video, the couple swapped dance positions and clothes. Tons of celebrities loved the couple's dance video, which A-Rod shared to Instagram.Jennifer Lopez and fiancé Alex Rodriguez love sharing their life together on social media. Whether the…