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How TikTok Shop ads turned an obscure, inaccurate book into a bestseller
Was this book the reason TikTok is getting banned in the US? No, but ads saying so sold a lot of copies.
Social media platforms aren’t equipped to handle the negative effects of their algorithms abroad. Neither is the law.
Because of one law, the internet has no legal duty of care when it comes to hate speech. Just take a look at what happened in Myanmar.
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Tiffany Ng
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The rise of artificial intelligence, explained
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