New York Times:Bluesky reports a record spike in usage as many X users in Brazil move to Bluesky and Threads; Brazil is X's fifth-largest international market, with 20M+ users  —  The platform went dark across Brazil on Saturday, sending online commentators to new digital town squares.

Millions of users shut out and 500,000 switch to rival platform Bluesky as providers enact supreme court banCarole Cadwalladr: Don’t rejoice yet,Musk and his tech bros-in-arms are winning the global battle for the truthOne of the world’s most popular social networks, X, has gone offline in Brazil – the country with the fifth largest digital population – after Elon Musk’s refusal to comply with local laws meant it was blocked by the supreme court.Millions of Brazilian X users found themselves unable to access the network on Saturday morning as internet providers and mobile phone companies began to enforce the ban.

Weil China den Wettbewerb bei E-Autos mit Subventionen störe, drohte die EU seit Juli mit möglichen Ausgleichszöllen.

In einem Datensatz sind Hunderttausende Chats mit ChatGPT enthalten.

WhatsApp’s massive 500 million users in India have supercharged Meta’s AI ambitions.

Johannes Kuhn analysiert treffsicher den aktuellen Ruck der Tech-Branche zu den Republikanern - und wie Kamala Harris zu den Plattformen steht.

But is that true?

Oracle provides cloud infrastructure for TikTok, which has over 120 million users in the U.S. – not the company said a ban on TikTok in the U.S. could hurt revenue and profit.

TikTok soll laut der Handelsbehörde ein US-Gesetz zum Datenschutz von Kindern verletzt haben. Die Plattform bestreitet das. Nun wurde das Justizministerium eingeschaltet.

The US Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday said it had referred a complaint against TikTok and its parent company ByteDance to the US Justice Department over concerns the platform violated children’s privacy.

The Federal Trade Commission said it referred a case regarding potential violations by TikTok of a children’s privacy law to the Justice Department.

The Project Liberty founder sees TikTok as an opportunity to protect privacy by ensuring users retain control of their personal data.

ByteDance and TikTok’s swift denial has won them praise back in China, where the Chinese company’s Douyin app rakes in major revenues

Trump’s joining of TikTok is a major win for the embattled app that’s fighting for its existence in Washington.

OpenAI, Google & Co., die ihre KI-Modelle mit Daten von Nachrichtenseiten und anderen geschützten Werken trainieren, könnten gegen das Kartellrecht verstoßen.

The Chinese-owned app is in serious trouble in Washington, but a survey of US creators suggests TikTok’s influencer economy is carrying on with business as usual.

Die US-Regierung will Herstellung und Verbreitung KI-generierter Nacktbilder Minderjähriger genauso verfolgen wie bei echten Fotos. Nun gab es eine Festnahme.

The creators say TikTok is unique from other social media apps and creating TikTok videos is “its own form of expression.”