Tag: tiktok
TikTok layoffs: ByteDance cuts hundreds of jobs globally in AI shift
Oct 14, 2024 11:20 AM IST TikTok to cut hundreds of jobs globally, with significant layoffs in Malaysia as it shifts to AI content moderation….
Mark Zuckerberg now fourth richest in the world: Net worth crosses $200 billion, Orion glasses pay off Metaverse bet
Sep 29, 2024 11:43 AM IST The Orion glasses propelled Meta shares to a record high, supporting Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse bet, which initially looked like…
ByteDance said to be raising $600 million for car app Dongchedi
Sep 06, 2024 11:01 AM IST ByteDance is raising as much as $600 million for its car information and trading platform Dongchedi. ByteDance Ltd. is…
TikTok sued in UK by content moderator alleging toxic workplace
Aug 29, 2024 08:16 AM IST TikTok gets sued by a content moderator in the UK alleging disability discrimination and a toxic work environment that…
Simon Harris, 37, set to be Ireland’s youngest PM
DUBLIN: Simon Harris, set to become Ireland‘s youngest ever taoiseach (prime minister), will hope his social media skills and fresh face can save his party’s…
Paris: Macron faces backlash after call to ‘cut off’ social media
Paris: President Emmanuel Macron’s government faced a backlash Wednesday after the centrist leader called for powers to “cut off” social media in case of widespread…
Big Tech sued over student mental health
SAN FRANCISCO: A school district in the US state of Maryland has sued Meta, Google, Snapchat and TikTok for allegedly contributing to a “mental health…
Twitter quits disinformation code, says EU
Twitter has decided to leave the EU’s disinformation code, a voluntary pact that groups together the major social platforms, but “its obligations remain,” EU industry…
Ex-ByteDance executive accuses company of ‘lawlessness’
A former executive sued ByteDance, which owns TikTok, for wrongful termination and accused the company of lifting content from rivals and “supreme access” by the…
Holocaust: Holocaust survivors, descendants join forces on social media
BERLIN: Assia Gorban was 7 years old when the Germans occupied her hometown of Mogilev-Podolsky in Ukraine. The Jewish girl and her family were first…