The heartbreaking subway surfing tragedy that claimed the life of 12-year-old Brooklyn girl Zemfira Mukhtarov is shedding light on the dangerous social media culture that glorifies risk over reason.
China’s social media giant TikTok is once again under fire after a new investigation revealed that its algorithm actively pushes pornographic and sexual content to children as young as 13. The findings come from Global Witness, a nonprofit research group that tested the app using fake teenage accounts.
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is preparing to release a new standalone app powered by its latest video-generation model, Sora 2. The app, designed to resemble TikTok, will feature a vertical video feed of AI-generated clips that users can create, share, and remix. Unlike TikTok, however, all content will be AI-generated rather than filmed by users.
President Donald Trump says he had a “very productive” call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, during which they touched on trade, fentanyl enforcement, the conflict in Ukraine, and the long‑standing TikTok ownership issue. Trump announced that he will visit China early next year, and that Xi will come to the U.S. “at an appropriate time.” He also said they plan to meet at the upcoming APEC Summit in South Korea.
A group of American investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake, and Andreessen Horowitz, is nearing a deal to assume majority control over TikTok’s U.S. operations. As the negotiations progress, President Donald Trump has extended the deadline to ban the app in the United States to December 16.
