Insider Intelligence said it expects TikTok to reach 755m monthly users in 2022, becoming the world's third largest social media platform behind Facebook (2.1bn) and Instagram (1.3bn).
LinkedIn has relaunched in China as jobs portal InCareer, two months after Microsoft closed the full version due to pressure over its social media features.
US trade group the Internet Association, which was founded in 2012 and represents tech giants including Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft, announced it is to close down.
TikTok has expanded customisation features on its “For You” feed in a bid to prevent users getting stuck in loops of negative content.
Editors at The BMJ are urging Facebook to correct a “fact check” of a recent investigation that they say is “inaccurate, incompetent and irresponsible.”
A group of US senators has introduced the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act, legislation which would require social media groups to offer independent researchers access to their data.
Lee Wolverton, executive editor of one of the estimated 200 US news groups suing Google and Facebook, said publishers had decided to act as newspaper ad revenues have fallen 82% in 16 years.
News Corp Australia has established a new division to oversee partnerships with tech giants such as Google, Facebook and Apple.
An interim Competition and Markets Authority report found Apple and Google exercise "a vice-like grip over mobile devices", with more than 99% of all smartphones sold in the UK running either iOS or Android.
Elizabeth Warren has urged the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department to investigate whether Facebook has misled people about the reach of its advertisements.
A group of academics have penned an open letter urging Meta to allow independent reviews of in-house research into how Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp affect youngsters' mental health.
Facebook owner Meta faces legal action in both the US and UK from Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar (formerly Burma), with compensation claims worth more than £150bn.
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has shuffled his top team, days after taking the reins from Jack Dorsey.
TikTok has widened its creator monetisation features, adding tips and video gifts, as it rolled out its Creator Next portal.
Twitter is to ban the sharing of personal media, including photos and videos, without the consent of the person concerned.
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