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Social media apps like TikTok should be used to help teenagers avoid becoming obese, researchers have suggested. Academics called for “no time to be lost” in harnessing the popularity of the platforms to spread scientific information about nutrition to young people. The study, which is being presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Venice, was led by Dr Antonella Franceschelli, of Unicamillus International Medical University in Rome. "The growing obesity epidemic, particularly among young people, represents a global challenge that requires innovative approaches. Over 90% of teenagers h...
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TikTok is to start automatically labelling content generated using artificial intelligence when it is uploaded from certain other platforms as part of efforts to boost transparency and literacy around AI. The social media giant already requires content created using its own TikTok AI effects to be labelled, but is now expanding that system to include material being uploaded from some other platforms, as it expands its tools for combating misinformation. The video-sharing site said the expanded programme would see it partner with the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) and ...
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Songs from the world's largest music company Universal Music are returning to TikTok after a contractual dispute lasting three months was ended. Universal, whose artists include Ariane Grande, Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish and Adele, withdrew its music from the platform when the previous licence deal expired at the end of January. There is now a new agreement which, according to the company, provides for better remuneration for musicians and protection from the negative consequences of the AI boom. Financial details were not initially disclosed on Thursday. TikTok allows users to add songs to their...
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TikTok said it has blocked 37 million attempted product listings for its online shop, as it published its latest report into the safety of its e-commerce platform. The report, which covers July to December 2023, said the social media giant also blocked the registration of two million seller accounts because they did not meet the site’s sign-up requirements. Since first launching in 2021, the TikTok Shop has now grown to host a network of 15 million sellers around the world, with six million of those joining the platform in the second half of 2023 alone. In its latest safety report, TikTok said...
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Saying it does not want to promote negative body comparisons, TikTok is cracking down on posts about disordered eating, dangerous weight-loss habits and potentially harmful weight-management products. The wildly popular social media app updated its community guidelines last week, introducing a slate of new rules that it hopes will make the platform a safer place for its roughly 1 billion users worldwide. The initiative comes at a time when TikTok, which is owned by Beijing technology firm ByteDance, is facing increased scrutiny over its operations and content as it fights a potential ban in th...
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Chinese-owned video sharing platform TikTok announced on Wednesday that it is voluntarily suspending the rewards scheme for its new TikTok Lite app, amid a legal investigation by the European Commission. The commission said on Monday that it could order TikTok to suspend the rewards feature unless the company demonstrated - within 48 hours - that it poses no risk of serious harm. The commission also said the company had to show it had complied with risk assessment and mitigation rules for large platforms under the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA). On Wednesday, TikTok posted on X: "...
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Chinese-owned video sharing platform TikTok announced on Wednesday that it is voluntarily suspending the rewards scheme for its new TikTok Lite app, amid a legal investigation by the European Commission. The commission said on Monday that it could order TikTok to suspend the rewards feature unless the company demonstrated - within 48 hours - that it poses no risk of serious harm. The commission also said the company had to show it had complied with risk assessment and mitigation rules for large platforms under the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA). On Wednesday, TikTok posted on X: "...
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TikTok is facing unprecedented pressure over its ownership and business model after the US moved ever closer to passing legislation that would force its China-based parent company to sell the platform or be banned. Legislation that would force parent firm ByteDance to sell TikTok’s US business within a year or face being banned in the country has passed through the US Congress, and now only needs President Joe Biden’s signature to become law. Here is a closer look at the troubles facing the social media giant. – What has the US done? The US Senate has passed legislation that would force ByteDa...
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A European Commission spokesman confirmed on Tuesday that it had received a reply from TikTok to an order to provide within 24 hours an assessment of mental health risks related to its new app, TikTok Lite. Monday's legally-binding order concerns the new app's rewards scheme, which allows users to collect points by watching videos and exchange them for things of value, such as Amazon vouchers, according to commission officials. The commission wants to know how the Chinese-owned video-sharing platform assessed the addictiveness and mental health risks of the scheme, particularly for children, p...
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The European Commission on Monday ordered TikTok to submit an assessment of potential health risks related to its new app TikTok Lite within 24 hours or face daily fines. The legally-binding order concerns the new app's rewards scheme, which allows users to collect points by watching videos and exchange them for things of value, such as Amazon vouchers, according to commission officials. The Chinese-owned company has 24 hours to show how it assessed the addictiveness and mental health risks of the scheme, particularly for children, prior to launch. The EU's Digital Services Act (DSA) requires ...
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