A new study led by Georgia Tech might confirm this suspicion. Using recently acquired data from more than 10,000 adolescent ...

An exclusive excerpt from Every Screen On The Planet reveals how the social media app’s powerful recommendation engine was shaped by a bunch of ordinary, twentysomething curators—including a guy named ...

AI search startup Perplexity AI said on Friday it wants to acquire TikTok and open source its algorithm, as the short video app nears its April 5 ban deadline. "Perplexity is singularly positioned to ...

A deal between the U.S. and China over the ownership of TikTok includes new stipulations over who controls the social media company's algorithm, a closely guarded secret which has proved to be a major ...

The White House has answered what had been one of the major outstanding questions regarding its pending deal to transfer TikTok’s US operations to a majority American ownership group: Under the ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. After years of bipartisan warnings about TikTok’s potential national security risks, ...