Telcos wants Big Tech help to pay for 5G upgrades
Want EU to make it happen
Big tech companies accounting for more than five per cent of a telecoms provider's peak average internet traffic should help fund the rollout of 5G and broadband across Europe, according to a draft proposal by the telecoms industry.
Montana governor accidently tries banning social media
Didn’t think the amendment through
Montana Governor Greg Gianforte, 62, appears to be trying to ban social media with an ill-thought-out "amendatory veto" of the state's unconstitutional "ban TikTok" legislation.
Russians think that less than a per cent of its trolls are detected
The west are so stupid they believe stories about cathedrals
Buried in the secret documents about the Ukrainian war which a kid leaked to his gaming group to show how important he was, is an indication that nice Mr Putin cleaned the West's clock when it came to manipulating social media and search engine rankings.
TikTok receives support from unlikely source
Republican Senator Rand Paul rejects ban
Troubled social notworking app TikTok, which is facing worldwide bans because of potential links to the Chinese government has found an unlikely ally in Senator Rand Paul.
Ukraine war production stalled by cat videos
TikTok data centre stealing the power
Norwegian company arms company Nammo has complained that it can’t expand its production of artillery shells to support Ukraine because of "cat videos" on TikTok.
Utah bans teens from social media
Parents allowed to spy on their kids
In a move which is likely to attract support of the State’s youth towards more extreme right-wing parties, the governor of Utah, Spencer Cox, has signed sweeping social media legislation requiring explicit parental permissions for anyone under 18 to use platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and Facebook.
Kiwi politicians ban TikTok
It seems that the country is worried about what the Americans tell them again
More than 30 years after New Zealand stopped listening to the US after it allowed French spooks to blow up a ship in its harbours, Kiwi politicians are listening to American fears over the TikTok social networking app.
US wants TikTok's owners to sell the outfit
... or it could be banned from the land of the free
TikTok's owners have been told that it must be sold to avoid being banned in the US.
Canada bans Tick-Tock
Joins US and EU
Canada has joined the US and EU banning the social notworking site TikTok from government-issued mobile devices.
TikTok ticked off about spying claim
We really are not interested in Americans
TikTok is furious at a Forbes report alleging that its parent company wanted to use the video app to “monitor the personal location of some specific American citizens.”