| By Miles Hubbard | Social media has emerged as an influential force shaping how individuals perceive themselves and interact with the world, igniting discourse on self-identity in the digital era.
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TikTok, Social Media, and the Rise of Digital Exploitation
| By Breanna Conner | Beyond the viral dance trends and challenges, human traffickers are weaponizing TikTok and other social media apps as tools to target victims for exploitation and modern digital slavery.
TikTok and Twitter/X Draw EU Scrutiny Under New Rules
| By Loc Le | The EU opened an investigation into TikTok, the social media platform owned by Chinese internet technology company, ByteDance, for potentially breaching the Digital Services Act.
TikTok Targeted in US and EU Election Year Scrutiny
TikTok is taking action to promote the app’s trust and credibility amidst US and EU election year scrutiny of disinformation and data privacy on social media.
UK Creates New Online Safety Rules
| By Xuan Zhong | The UK’s new internet safety law, recently approved by lawmakers, requires social media platforms to implement several preventive measures.