We’ve updated Blacklight, The Markup’s privacy inspector, to help you understand how sites are tracking you.

The social media platform changed its privacy policy last month, inviting users to allow it to track their specific location.

The content recommendation algorithm that powers the online short video platform TikTok has once again come under the spotlight after the U.S. ordered its Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the app’s U ...

There was a report from Bloomberg that China was considering selling Tik Tok USA to Elon Musk X. This was later denied by Tik Tok. Kevin O’leary is part of group that has put up $20 billion to buy ...

European Union regulators said the app’s infinite scroll and personalized algorithm led to “compulsive” behavior, especially ...

Posts have been going viral on social media accusing TikTok's new owners of suppressing content, but eight academics examined the issue and found no evidence to support the claims.

The three major social media companies have agreed to undergo independent assessments of how effectively they protect the ...

The European Commission on Friday accused TikTok of purposefully designing its app for being "addictive," calling out ...

New US-owned app struggled with a storm and was accused of blocking content critical of Trump – can it recover?

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Chinese video app Tik Tok, the most downloaded app globally on Apple Inc's app store in January-March, will set up a team of censors in Indonesia to overturn a ban imposed for ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities said on Wednesday they had banned Chinese video app Tik Tok for containing "pornography, inappropriate content and blasphemy". The ban, which went into ...