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TikTok approaching resolution of American security concerns with Biden administration

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

TikTok search results riddled with misinformation: Report

By David Klepper

The warehouse at the Maricopa County Elections Department keeps all the equipment and signage for all the voting precincts in Phoenix, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. Maricopa County election officials, like many others around the country, have begun pushing back against a flood of misinformation related to voting that often leads to public confusion and anger. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Fighting bogus claims a growing priority in election offices

By Ali Swenson and Julie Carr Smyth - Associated Press

A new generation of workers leans on the power of social media to unionize

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Hyundai Motor Group faces lawsuits in multiple states over lack of anti-theft systems

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Snapchat cutting its workforce by 20% as pressure grows on social media businesses

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Teachers Union Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Woke Minneapolis school system ramps up discrimination

By AK Kamara

FILE - Libby Gonzales stands with her father, Frank Gonzales, as she joins other members of the transgender community during a rally on the steps of the Texas Capitol, Monday, March 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas. The group is opposing a &quot;bathroom bill&quot; that would require people to use public bathrooms and restrooms that correspond with the sex on their birth certificate. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

D.C. children’s hospital harassed over trans youth services

By Harm Venhuizen - Associated Press

Daikyo Security Chief Executive Daisuke Sakurai, right, and General Manager Tomohiko Kojima hold the awards they have won recently for their Tik Tok videos in the hallway of their Tokyo headquarters office of Daikyo Security Co. in Tokyo Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. They’re your run-of-the-mill Japanese “salarymen,” but the chief executive and general manager at a tiny Japanese security company are among the nation’s biggest TikTok stars, drawing 2.7 million followers and 54 million likes, and honored with awards as a trend-setter on the video-sharing app. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama)

Ordinary Japanese ‘salarymen’ reach TikTok stardom

By Yuri Kageyama

TikTok can monitor users’ keystrokes, could collect passwords, credit card info, researcher claims

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

This combination of photos shows logos for social media platforms Facebook and Twitter. Social media companies are sharing their plans for safeguarding the U.S. midterm elections, although they are offering few specifics. Tech platforms like Facebook and Twitter are generally staying the course they were on in the 2020 voting season — which was marred by conspiracies and culminated in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo, File)

U.S. midterms bring few changes from social media companies

By Barbara Ortutay and Amanda Seitz

Twitter and Facebook can ban any speech they want illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Surprise! Twitter, Facebook to censor speech in lead-up to midterms

By Paiten Iselin

Rishi Sunak during a hustings event in Darlington, England, Aug. 9, 2022, as part of the campaign to be leader of the Conservative Party and the next prime minister. While inflation and recession fears weigh heavily on the minds of voters, another issue is popping up in political campaigns from the U.K. and Australia to the U.S. and beyond: the “China threat.&quot; The two finalists vying to become Britain's next prime minister, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, clashed in a televised debate last month over who would be toughest on China. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP, File)

‘China threat’ emerges in elections from U.K. to Australia

By Sylvia Hui - Associated Press

A Meta Portal Go is displayed during a preview of the Meta Store in Burlingame, Calif., Wednesday, May 4, 2022. Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta posted its first revenue decline in history on Thursday, July 27, 2022 dragged by a drop in ad spending as the economy falters — and as competition from rival TikTok intensifies. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Studies find cyberbullying flourishing at Meta sites, kids switching to TicTac

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Big Tech antitrust bill slowly gains steam in Congress, still likely short of needed votes

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Georgetown University in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. Federal regulators, Wednesday, July 27, 2022, took legal action to block Facebook parent Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg from acquiring virtual reality company Within Unlimited and its fitness app Supernatural, asserting the deal would hurt competition and violate antitrust laws. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)

Facebook parent Meta posts first revenue decline in history

By Barbara Ortutay - Associated Press

In this image taken from an undated video posted by the Lee County, Fla., Sheriff's Office, Sheriff Carmine Marceno speaks at a news conference in Fort Myers, Fla. Sheriff Marceno refers to the jailhouse as the &quot;Marceno Motel.&quot; The news conference format has attracted big audiences and most often goes viral. (Lee County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Has Florida Man finally met his match? Meet Florida Sheriff

By Freida Frisaro and Curt Anderson - Associated Press

Facebook shifts focus away from newsletter service as competition with TikTok heats up

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

LGBTQ harassment, slurs abound on social media, report says

By Amanda Seitz - Associated Press

Sens. Warner, Rubio urge FTC investigation of TikTok over ‘repeated misrepresentations’

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times