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The job reductions at TikTok aim to enhance content moderation, with plans to invest $2 billion in trust and safety in 2024.(Reuters)
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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….

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Mark Zuckerberg talks about the Orion AR glasses during the Meta Connect conference Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in Menlo Park, California(Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP)
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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…

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The ByteDance logo is seen at the company's office in Shanghai, China.(Reuters)
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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…

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Small toy figures are seen in front of TikTok logo in this illustration picture taken March 15, 2021. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)
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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…

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Simon Harris, 37, set to be Ireland’s youngest PM
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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…

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Paris: Macron faces backlash after call to 'cut off' social media
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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…

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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…

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Twitter quits disinformation code, says EU
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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…

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A man stands near a sign of ByteDance app Douyin.(REUTERS)
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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…

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Holocaust: Holocaust survivors, descendants join forces on social media
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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…

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