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For the first time, a jury will hear claims that social media giants like Meta designed social media to addict young users.

For the first time, a jury will hear claims that social media giants like Instagram and YouTube designed social media to ...

The plaintiff, a 19-year-old Californian known by her initials, K.G.M., claims that years of using Instagram, TikTok, YouTube ...

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The new TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC has been created, and a new US-based algorithm will be put into place, which leave ...

Elon Musk isn't a fan of X's algorithm, so he's documenting the company's efforts to improve the tech that decides what you ...

Elon Musk's X on Tuesday released its source code for the social media platform's feed algorithm. X's source code release is one of the first ever made by a large social platform, Cryptonews.com ...

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While the creation of this new entity marks a big step toward avoiding a U.S. ban, as well as easing trade and tech-related tensions between Washington and Beijing, there is still uncertainty ...