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Role of Oracle in Possible TikTok Deal
Bloomberg Technology· 2025-09-26 18:52
That was a great opinion piece out of our colleague Dave Lee, who really puts out really the question of what expertise does Oracle, a cloud company, have when it comes to social media algorithms. Brody. Not a whole lot.I think they would. Maybe they would tell you as much as well. I think it's very interesting how much rhetorical value the administration has placed on Oracle's involvement.They are the kind of technological underpinning of a lot of the operations, but they're the cloud vendor, right. I mean ...
Mother suing social media companies after son's subway surfing death
NBC News· 2025-08-05 17:22
Legal & Liability - Social media platforms are facing a lawsuit regarding a teen's death related to subway surfing challenges [1][2] - The lawsuit alleges that algorithms on Instagram and TikTok targeted and encouraged the teen to engage in dangerous behavior, directly causing his death [2] - Both Meta and TikTok state that such videos violate their policies and are removed when found, and they are defending against the lawsuit [3] Safety & Policy - The platforms are being criticized for targeting young people with risky challenges [3] - TikTok directs users searching for these videos to a page about the dangers of online challenges [3] - Instagram has a similar policy in place [3]