PBS

News Wrap: TikTok faces legal challenge over impact on mental health of children

In our news wrap Tuesday, TikTok is facing a legal challenge over its algorithm and impact on the mental health of children, President Biden is pushing the nation's water utilities to replace lead ...
The Verge

Pro-Harris TikTok felt safe in an algorithmic bubble — until Election Day

For weeks, Kamala Harris supporters got an endless stream of content signaling her victory. The filter bubble has now popped. For weeks, Kamala Harris supporters got an endless stream of content ...
Forbes

TikTok’s Benadryl Overdose Challenge Endangers Teens Five Years On

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Escalante M.D. covers neurodiversity, pediatrics and parenting. Five years after the first reports of teenagers dying from ...
Ars Technica

Court: Section 230 doesn’t shield TikTok from Blackout Challenge death suit

An appeals court has revived a lawsuit against TikTok by reversing a lower court’s ruling that Section 230 immunity shielded the short video app from liability after a child died taking part in a ...
Business Wire

Social Media Victims Law Center files wrongful death lawsuit against TikTok Inc. and ByteDance Inc. in the Blackout Challenge deaths of four U.K. children

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Social Media Victims Law Center (SMVLC), a legal resource for parents of children and teenage victims harmed by social media addiction and social media fueled harms, has ...