Monthly Archives: January 2023

India set an ‘incredibly important precedent’ by banning TikTok, FCC Commissioner says

India set an “incredibly important precedent” by banning TikTok two and a half years ago, FCC Commissioner said, as he projected a similar fate for the Chinese giant Bytedance app in the U.S. Brendan Carr, Commissioner of the FCC, warned … Continue reading

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Wickr Me, Amazon’s encrypted chat app, stops accepting new users

The decision to shut down the app follows an NBC News investigation that revealed it had become a go-to tool for people trading child sexual abuse material.

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More social media regulation is coming in 2023, members of Congress say

Legislators and advocates say they are looking to further regulate social media companies in 2023.

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