January 20, 01:02 PM • 11559 viewsJanuary 20, 02:39 PM • 15510 viewsJanuary 20, 07:20 AM • 46023 viewsJanuary 20, 02:39 PM • 15610 viewsThe EU introduces new rules requiring social media platforms such as X, TikTok, Facebook, and others to take steps to mitigate election risks or face fines of up to 6% of their annual global turnover.
The Verkhovna Rada is preparing a draft law to regulate the social network Telegram in Ukraine by introducing measures similar to those applied to platforms such as YouTube, including disclosure of ownership, restrictions on prohibited content, and restrictions on use by government agencies if the owners are not transparent.
OpenAI's generative AI model allows the humanoid robot Figure01 to communicate, perform tasks, and explain its actions when interacting with humans.
China has criticized the US House of Representatives' decision to ban TikTok unless the network severes ties with its Chinese parent company, calling it suppression of foreign companies that contradicts the principles of fair competition.
The U. S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a bill that gives TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, six months to sell its U.S. assets or face a nationwide ban on the app, which is used by about 170 million Americans.
A fake news story about a non-existent Ukrainian law that provides for a one-time payment of 14,000 hryvnias to Ukrainians who did not leave the country during the war was spread on TikTok.
A 33-year-old beauty blogger from Kyiv and a 61-year-old parking lot security guard were suspected of disseminating materials justifying Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine and denying it as an internal civil conflict.
A technical problem caused a global outage that blocked access to Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger for several hours.
Serious global outages were reported for many popular services such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Gmail, WhatsApp, and TikTok, as users were unable to log in or update their pages.
The United States and the United Kingdom discussed security risks and potential Russian interference in their upcoming elections.
TikTok introduces a new "Add to Music" feature that allows users to save songs heard on the video platform to music streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music, making music more accessible around the world, including in Ukraine.
Russian propagandists on TikTok spread false narratives that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had surrendered Avdiivka and that it was only mercenaries, not the Azov Brigade, which the Center for Strategic Communications refuted.
The EU launches an investigation into TikTok for possible violations of child protection and harmful content rules under the Digital Services Act.
Google is planning to launch a campaign using animated ads on platforms such as TikTok and YouTube in five EU countries to combat disinformation ahead of the 2024 European Parliament elections.
In 2024, elections will be held in more than 50 countries, so this year more than 2 billion voters will elect their governments. In particular, major elections are planned in India, the European Union, russia, Iran, and the United States.
A representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said that Telegram poses a threat to Ukraine's information security and that work is underway to counter disinformation on platforms such as Telegram and TikTok.
TikTok will create "election centers" on its app to combat disinformation ahead of the EU elections in June.
Civil society organizations and media representatives are calling on the Verkhovna Rada to allow journalists to attend parliamentary sessions and communicate freely with MPs, arguing that such openness is essential for democracy and transparency.
Universal Music will remove its songs from TikTok after negotiations on payment rates broke down.
