Opinion | TikTok users are more interested in pop culture and entertainment than news and politics, study finds Only 5% of adult TikTok users follow accounts that post about the news, Pew Research found October 9, 2024 Angela Fu
‘Frenemies’: The complicated relationship between fact-checkers and tech giants like Meta and TikTok Many fact-checking outlets are financially dependent on the very platforms that they criticize June 28, 2024 Angela Fu
FULL TEXT: Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa empowers fact-checkers, warns of inflection point for democracy at GlobalFact 11 Philippine journalist calls tech companies "frenemies" with fact-checkers and urges them to act to stop the spread of misinformation June 27, 2024 Loreben Tuquero
Nobel laureate Maria Ressa tells tech companies: Now is the time to ‘do something’ Philippine journalist calls on sponsors of GlobalFact 11 fact-checking summit to protect democracy, stop spread of misinformation June 26, 2024 Loreben Tuquero
Opinion | Could social media soon have warning labels? The US surgeon general wants a warning — similar to those on tobacco products — that points out mental health risks of TikTok, Instagram and others June 18, 2024 Tom Jones
To ban or not to ban: Donald Trump’s and Joe Biden’s mixed messages on TikTok How Biden and Trump’s thoughts about the banning TikTok have evolved and where they each stand on the app’s future June 14, 2024 Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu
Opinion | Sally Buzbee steps down as executive editor of The Washington Post Buzbee joined the Post in 2021 after a career at The Associated Press. She was the first female editor of the Post, which was founded in 1877. June 3, 2024 Tom Jones
Who owns TikTok’s parent company? Despite what Brian Kilmeade says, it’s not the Chinese government A spokesperson told PolitiFact that 60% of parent company ByteDance Ltd. is owned by global investors, 20% by co-founders and 20% by employees March 20, 2024 Jeff Cercone
Opinion | TikTok isn’t for sale yet, but buyers are already lining up Former Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin said Thursday he is putting together an investor group that will try to purchase the app. March 15, 2024 Tom Jones
Did Biden ban TikTok for US workers but start a campaign account? Fact-checking Sen. Britt In 2022, Biden banned the use of TikTok by federal government employees on devices owned by agencies. Biden’s campaign posted its first TikTok in Feb. March 12, 2024 Loreben Tuquero
Opinion | ‘A moment for the ages’ as Mark Zuckerberg apologizes to families of abuse victims ‘I’m sorry for everything you have all been through. No one should have to go through the things that your families have suffered.’ February 1, 2024 Tom Jones
How Meta, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube plan to address 2024 election misinformation Tech giants have struggled to balance curtailing misinformation with protecting users’ political speech. July 7, 2023 Sevana Wenn
Opinion | What will newsrooms do if TikTok is banned? News outlets that have embraced the platform as a way to reach much-needed younger audiences face the potential loss of a shiny new toy. March 30, 2023 Tom Jones
An obit lover took her passion, and dead people’s life lessons, to TikTok Tips From Dead People gets at the stories between the lines March 22, 2023 Kristen Hare
Study finds that children who play video games have increased brain functions Plus, an FCC commissioner's push to ban TikTok in the United States, the rise of the apartment scammers, and more November 3, 2022 Al Tompkins
