TikTok questioned on ineffective teen time limits in Congressional hearing

March 23, 2023

In hopes of heading off concerns over the addictiveness of its app, TikTok earlier this month rolled out new screen time controls that limited minors under the age of 18 to 60-minute daily screen time limits. But in a Congressional hearing today before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, TikTik CEO Shou Zi Chew was […]

TikTok questioned on ineffective teen time limits in Congressional hearing by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

TikTok called out for misusing Citizen Lab research

March 23, 2023

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew was questioned in a U.S. government hearing on Thursday over the relationship between the fast-growing social media platform and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. In Chew’s pre-written opening statement, the chief executive cited a report from internet watchdog Citizen Lab, saying that “there was no overt data transmission by TikTok […]

TikTok called out for misusing Citizen Lab research by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Fifteen shows off the latest generation of its shared, docked bikes

March 23, 2023

Fifteen might not be a familiar name, but you may already know some of Fifteen’s bikes. Fifteen is the new name of the companies formerly known as Smoove and Zoov — these two companies with weird names merged a couple of years ago. Smoove is one of the companies behind the Vélib’ bike-sharing service in […]

Fifteen shows off the latest generation of its shared, docked bikes by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch