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ByteDance would shut down TikTok in US rather than sell it, sources say

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 25 April - 23:32

App’s ‘secret source’ algorithm reportedly core to operations of parent company, which sources say make a sale highly unlikely

ByteDance would prefer to shut down TikTok rather than sell it if the Chinese company exhausts all legal options to fight legislation to ban the platform from app stores in the US, four sources said.

The algorithms TikTok relies on for its operations are deemed core to ByteDance’s overall operations, which would make a sale of the app with algorithms highly unlikely, said the sources close to the parent.

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Laurence Fox ordered to pay £180,000 to two people he called ‘paedophiles’

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 25 April - 13:17

High court judge orders actor turned politician to pay £90,000 damages to each individual for social media libel

The actor turned politician Laurence Fox has been ordered to pay £90,000 each in damages to two people he libelled by referring to them as “paedophiles” on social media.

A high court judge made the order in London on Thursday.

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The reality show that duped women into falling for a fake Prince Harry

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 25 April - 08:45

TV journalist Scott Bryan looks back at the making of I Wanna Marry “Harry” – and the dubious ethics behind the show. Plus: five of the best podcasts hosted by pop stars

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The wild, format-pushing and often skin-crawling world of early 00s reality television has made for some brilliant retrospective podcast series in recent times.

There’s Something About Miriam was one of the most shocking examples, with its “six guys date the woman of their dreams and discover she is transgender” brief. Wondery’s gripping Harsh Reality revisited the murky series after its star Miriam Rivera was found dead a decade after filming.

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TikTok questioned by EU over Lite app that ‘pays’ users for watching videos

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 17 April - 13:57

European Commission has concerns about app’s impact on children, as well as addiction

The EU has given TikTok 24 hours to provide a risk assessment over a new service it has launched in the EU amid concerns it will encourage children to become addicted to videos on the platform.

The watch-and-get-rewarded application, TikTok Lite, launched in France and Spain this month, effectively offering users prizes such as Amazon vouchers, gift cards via PayPal or TikTok’s Coins currency for points earned through “tasks”.

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Trump’s social media empire to launch streaming platform even as shares fall

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Tuesday, 16 April - 15:10

Announcement of streaming service for content ‘at risk of cancellation’ comes as company shares continue downward slide

Donald Trump’s social media empire has announced plans to launch a streaming platform. Its shares continued to fall.

Trump Media & Technology Group, owner of Truth Social, has come under pressure since its stunning stock market debut last month left the former president with a vast stake worth about $4.9bn on paper.

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‘You can be normal. You can have acne!’ TikTok star GK Barry on the appeal of social media personalities

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Sunday, 14 April - 14:00

Grace Keeling says TV needs more authenticity and better representation if it wants to attract younger viewers

TV should “move with the times”, take risks and be less “polished” in order to attract younger audiences, the TikTok star Grace Keeling has said.

Record numbers of young viewers are switching off traditional television in favour of short-form content, according to the media regulator, Ofcom, with Enders Analysis revealing a 30% decline in 16- to 34-year-olds watching TV shows with their parents.

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Use TikTok to combat misinformation, MPs tell government

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 12 April - 05:00

Cross-party committee urges creation of strategy engage with new platforms that appeal to young

The government needs a TikTok strategy to help combat misinformation directed at young people, MPs have said.

Members of the cross-party culture, media and sport committee said the government needed to adapt to new apps and platforms that appeal to young people who are increasingly turning away from traditional sources of news.

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Bone Valley, beavers, and Steven Bartlett expands his pod dominance

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 11 April - 08:53

The Diary of a CEO star builds his empire, while Jackass legend Johnny Knoxville debuts a show celebrating ‘slightly unhinged people’. Plus: five of the best podcasts about motherhood

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Some exciting podcast news before we get stuck into this week’s best new series …

Danny Robins is taking his frightfully popular ghost hunting podcast Uncanny to the US at the end of the month – he covers a potential UFO encounter, visits voodoo shops in New Orleans and meets a woman who believes her father, a former spy, is contacting her from beyond the grave.

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The Guardian view on smartphones and children: a compelling case for action | Editorial

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 10 April - 17:38

Regulating new technology is never simple, but the status quo offers inadequate protection

The principle that some products are available to adults and not children is uncontroversial. Access to weapons, alcohol and pornography is curtailed in this way because a level of maturity is the precondition for access (but not a guarantee of responsible use).

Until recently, few people put smartphones in that category. The idea of an age restriction on sales would be dismissed as luddism or state-control freakery. But ministers are reported to be considering just such a ban for under-16s. Opinion polls suggest that it could be popular with parents. Government guidance already calls for a de facto ban on mobile phone use in schools in England and Wales. Many headteachers had already imposed rules to that effect. If there is not yet a consensus that young people’s use of smartphones needs stricter regulation, that is the trajectory.