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Canada, Australia, the US and European Union countries have banned TikTok from official phones and tablets. Colleges, universities and schools in other countries have also banned TikTok from their WiFi networks. TikTok is a popular video-sharing app, where people can create and share short videos on various topics. The Chinese company has over a billion … Read more
The British Broadcasting Corporation is celebrating its 100th birthday this October. The first radio broadcast hit the airwaves in London in 1922. The BBC started television broadcasts in 1936 , but radio remained the number one medium throughout the war years. In the early days, the BBC broadcast many historic events: the abdication of King … Read more
According to a report by the BBC, the social media platform TikTok has made profits from poor Syrian families that beg for money. Parents and their children produced livestreams, in which they asked their followers for money. The BBC says that most of the money, up to 70 %, went to TikTok and only a … Read more
Former President Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social has become available for download in the Google Play Store. Apple users have been able to use the app for a few months, but , up to now, Google has blocked it because it promotes violence. Now, Google says that the platform follows its rules and … Read more