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Yesterday β€” 17 May 2024Main stream

Taiwan, on China’s Doorstep, Is Dealing With TikTok Its Own Way

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By: Meaghan Tobin and Amy Chang Chien
16 May 2024 at 20:55
The island democracy was early to ban TikTok on government phones, and the ruling party refuses to use it. But a U.S.-style ban is not under consideration.

Β© An Rong Xu for The New York Times

For years, Taiwan has been one of the world’s top targets of online disinformation, much of it originating in China.
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EU Investigates Facebook and Instagram Over Addictive Effects on Children

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By: Adam Satariano
16 May 2024 at 14:13
The American tech giant’s platforms, Facebook and Instagram, may β€œexploit the weaknesses and inexperience of minors,” the European Commission said.

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β€œWe are sparing no effort to protect our children,” Thierry Breton, the European Union’s internal markets commissioner, said in a statement.

Senators Propose $32 Billion in Annual A.I. Spending but Defer Regulation

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By: Cecilia Kang and David McCabe
15 May 2024 at 05:00
Their plan is the culmination of a yearlong listening tour on the dangers of the new technology.

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From left, the senators behind a plan for federal legislation on artificial intelligence: Martin Heinrich, Todd Young, Chuck Schumer and Mike Rounds.

TikTok Sues US Government Over Potential Ban

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By: Sapna Maheshwari and David McCabe
7 May 2024 at 16:03
The social media company and its Chinese parent, ByteDance, sued to challenge the new law, saying it violated users’ First Amendment rights.

Β© Rozette Rago for The New York Times

TikTok’s office in Culver City, Calif. The company has said a new U.S. law requiring its sale is essentially a ban.

TikTok, Facing US Ban, Tells Advertisers It Won’t Back Down

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By: Sapna Maheshwari
3 May 2024 at 14:04
Hundreds of marketers and ad agency types flocked to TikTok’s annual sales presentation after a new law put its future in question.

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Blake Chandlee, TikTok’s president of global business solutions, last June. In Manhattan Thursday, he said: β€œWe believe the facts and the law are clearly on our side and that we will ultimately prevail.”

The Judge Deciding Google’s Landmark Antitrust Case

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By: Steve Lohr
2 May 2024 at 05:03
Amit P. Mehta, a judge in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, will issue a landmark antitrust ruling.

Β© Illustration by Andrei Cojocaru; Photographs by Jim Wilson/The New York Times and Getty Images

TikTok Broke the Tech Law Logjam. Can That Success Be Repeated?

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By: Cecilia Kang
25 April 2024 at 08:57
For years, federal lawmakers have tried to pass legislation to rein in the tech giants. The TikTok law was their first success.

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Experts on tech legislation say that the unique speed of the passage of the TikTok legislation is highly unlikely to be repeated.

Biden Signs TikTok Ban Bill Into Law. Here’s What Happens Next.

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By: Sapna Maheshwari and David McCabe
24 April 2024 at 16:00
President Biden has signed the bill to force a sale of the video app or ban it. Now the law faces court challenges, a shortage of qualified buyers and Beijing’s hostility.

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TikTok supporters on Capitol Hill last month. The proposed law would allow TikTok to continue to operate in the United States if its Chinese owner sold it within about nine months.

On TikTok, Potential Ban of App Leads to Resignation and Frustration

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By: Yiwen Lu
24 April 2024 at 14:28
While Congress says the social app is a security threat, critics of the law targeting it say it shows how out of step lawmakers are with young people.

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Supporters of TikTok gathered near the Capitol last month as the House of Representatives voted to pass a bill to force TikTok to cut ties with its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, or risk being banned in U.S. app stores.

Biden Signed a Bill That Could Ban TikTok. Here’s What Happens Next.

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By: Sapna Maheshwari and David McCabe
24 April 2024 at 11:20
President Biden has signed the bill to force a sale of the video app or ban it. Now the law faces court challenges, a shortage of qualified buyers and Beijing’s hostility.

Β© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

TikTok supporters on Capitol Hill last month. The proposed law would allow TikTok to continue to operate in the United States if its Chinese owner sold it within about nine months.

Abortion Data Wars: States and Cities Debate How Much Information to Collect

βœ‡NYT: Science
By: Pam Belluck and Emma G. Fitzsimmons
23 April 2024 at 05:01
Some states with Republican-controlled legislatures want more data, while some controlled by Democrats want less, fearing it could be used to target patients or providers.

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Abortion rights supporters say they are especially concerned about the potential for anti-abortion states to use data to track patients who travel out-of-state for abortions or receive pills shipped from other states.

TikTok Faces E.U. Inquiry Over β€˜Addictive’ Features

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By: Adam Satariano
22 April 2024 at 17:47
European officials threatened to fine TikTok and force it to remove some features, the latest regulatory challenge for the Chinese-owned social media app.

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The action announced on Monday is the second E.U. investigation against TikTok.

States Move to Ban Deepfake Nudes to Fight Sexually Explicit Images of Minors

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By: Natasha Singer
22 April 2024 at 16:12
Legislators in two dozen states are working on bills, or have passed laws, to combat A.I.-generated sexually explicit images of minors.

Β© Ruth Fremson/The New York Times

Caroline Mullet, a ninth grader, prompted her father, Mark, a Washington State senator, to work on a bill to ban A.I.-generated sexually explicit images of minors. The ban is set to take effect in June.

TikTok’s Origin Story: Court Files Show Role of GOP Megadonor Jeff Yass

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By: Mara Hvistendahl and Lauren Hirsch
18 April 2024 at 06:12
Court records, mistakenly made public, tell a story about the birth of ByteDance, its bumpy road to success and the role of the Republican megadonor Jeff Yass’s firm.

Β© Greg Baker/Agence France-Presse β€” Getty Images

The former headquarters of ByteDance, the parent company of the video sharing app TikTok, in Beijing.

Colorado Bill Aims to Protect Consumer Brain Data

βœ‡NYT: Science
By: Jonathan Moens
18 April 2024 at 10:38
In a first, a Colorado law extends privacy rights to the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies.

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Siddharth Hariharoan tries to control a toy helicopter with his mind through the MindWave Mobile, a device by NeuroSky that reads brain waves.

Colorado Bill Aims to Protect Consumer Brain Data

βœ‡NYT: Technology
By: Jonathan Moens
18 April 2024 at 10:38
In a first, a Colorado law extends privacy rights to the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies.

Β© Winni Wintermeyer for The New York Times

Siddharth Hariharoan tries to control a toy helicopter with his mind through the MindWave Mobile, a device by NeuroSky that reads brain waves.

Apple Lifts Some Restrictions on iPhone Repairs

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By: Tripp Mickle and Brian X. Chen
11 April 2024 at 17:36
This fall, the company will begin allowing customers to replace broken parts with used iPhone components without its previous software limits.

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Apple’s new policy will remove the repair restrictions for the iPhone 15, which it released last year.

Arizona’s 1864 Abortion Ban: The History Behind the 160-Year-Old Law

βœ‡NYT: Science
By: Pam Belluck
10 April 2024 at 10:55
The state’s Supreme Court ruled that the 1864 law is enforceable today. Here is what led to its enactment.

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Demonstrators at a small rally led by Women’s March Tucson on Tuesday in Tucson, Ariz., after the Arizona Supreme Court revived a law dating to 1864 that bans abortion in virtually all instances.

Maryland Passes 2 Major Privacy Bills, Despite Tech Industry Pushback

βœ‡NYT: Technology
By: Natasha Singer
8 April 2024 at 09:59
One bill would require apps like Instagram and TikTok to prioritize young people’s safety, and the other would restrict the collection of consumer data.

Β© Michael Dwyer/Associated Press

β€œWe are making a statement to the tech industry, and to Marylanders, that we need to rein in some of this data gathering,” said Delegate Sara Love, a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates.

TikTok Spends Millions on Ad Blitz as Congress Considers Banning the App

βœ‡NYT: Technology
By: Sapna Maheshwari
4 April 2024 at 11:14
The video app is spending millions on ads as Congress considers a bill that could lead to a U.S. ban.

Β© Daniel Dorsa for The New York Times

β€œTikTok definitely has a branding issue in the United States,” said Sister Monica Clare, a nun in Mendham, N.J., who appears in an ad for the video app.

The Trustbuster Who Has Apple and Google in His Sights

βœ‡NYT: Technology
By: David McCabe
22 March 2024 at 05:02
Jonathan Kanter, the head of the Justice Department’s antitrust division, made his boldest move on Thursday by accusing Apple of antitrust violations.

Β© Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times

Jonathan Kanter, far left, during an awards ceremony at the Justice Department in December, two years after he started leading its antitrust division.
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