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Facebook launches TikTok clone, Instagram Reels

Screenshot from the Instagram Facebook's Instagram is officially launching its answer to the hit short video app TikTok — Instagram Reels.The new Instagram feature will let users record and ed

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Attorneys general from twenty states call on Facebook to do more to fight discrimination, disinformation and harrassment

In an open letter to Facebook’s leadership posted earlier today, the attorneys general from twenty states called on the company to do more to fight intimidation, discrimination, disinformation,

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Instagram’s hashtag searches gave Trump better treatment than Biden

Instagram apparently handled searches for popular hashtags related to the two presidential candidates differently, pointing Joe Biden search queries toward often negative related hashtags while makin

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TikTok fights plagiarism by Facebook, U.S. bullying

Facing threats of a U.S. ban and smears by rival Facebook, popular video-sharing app TikTok is compelled to respond to what observers describe as an effort to rip up th

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Xinhua Headlines: TikTok fights plagiarism by Facebook, U.S. bullying

-- U.S. President Donald Trump sets Sept. 15 as the deadline for TikTok purchase. Otherwise, he will shut down the app in the United States. -- The video-sharing app is owned by China-based company By

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Expert: Chinese tech giant faces more overseas headwinds

05:04 U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that he wants to shut down TikTok in the United States has upset those Americans who spend hours on the app viewing and creating.An exp

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Facebook launches commerce and connectivity-focused accelerator programs

Facebook launched two 12-week accelerator programs for startups on Monday as the social juggernaut looks for new ideas and solutions to expand its commerce and connectivity efforts.Facebook’s Commerc

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How ByteDance failed to save TikTok's U.S. business

VCG Photo After Huawei was labelled and targeted as an information security "threat", TikTok, the popular short-form video app, became the new target for many at a time when U.S. elections are

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Startups Weekly: Qualtrics IPO to be even more exciting this time around

Editor’s note: Get this free weekly recap of TechCrunch news that any startup can use by email every Saturday morning (7am PT). Subscribe here.German software giant SAP bought experience management pl

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Secret documents from US antitrust probe reveal big tech’s plot to control or crush the competition

Nearly 500 pages of evidence were made public during the House Judiciary’s marathon hearing this week on potential anti-competitive actions by Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple. We’ve col

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Global Business Daily: Tech bosses quizzed, TikTok's $70m Europe fund

"We have a policy against using seller-specific data to aid our private-label business, but I can't guarantee you that that policy has never been violated."Amazon boss Jeff Bezos was quizzed by Democ

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TikTok CEO slams Facebook for dirty fight 'disguised as patriotism'

Former Walt Disney executive Kevin Mayer was appointed as the new chief operating officer of TikTok's Chinese parent-company ByteDance this May. /VCG TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer slammed Facebook C

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Analyst: Big Tech to face further scrutiny following antitrust hearing

05:07 While there may not be immediate regulatory developments following the high-profile antitrust hearing for four biggest U.S. tech giants – namely Facebook, Amazon, Google, Apple –

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Telegram hits out at Apple’s app store ‘tax’ in latest EU antitrust complaint

Apple has another antitrust charge on its plate. Messaging app Telegram has joined Spotify in filing a formal complaint against the iOS App Store in Europe — adding its voice to a growing numbe

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Tech giants' top executives grilled by lawmakers in antitrust hearing

Top executives of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google on Wednesday testified virtually before the U.S. House Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law Subcommittee, which hit them with tough qu

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Lawmakers pummel Big Tech CEOs at U.S. antitrust hearing

Witnesses Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Apple CEO Tim Cook are sworn-in before a hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Com

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Zuckerberg unconvincingly feigns ignorance of data-sucking VPN scandal

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg appeared less than entirely truthful at today’s House Judiciary hearing, regarding last year’s major Onavo controversy, in which his company paid teenager