TikTok not working in USA? A data center outage caused disruptions, while users also questioned search limits and possible algorithm changes.

The TikTok deal will allow it to continue operating in the U.S.—but what users see in their feeds could be altered over time.

Elon Musk isn't a fan of X's algorithm, so he's documenting the company's efforts to improve the tech that decides what you see in the "For You" feed.

Last month, Instagram began rolling out a new set of controls that allowed users to personalize the topics recommended to them by the Reels algorithm. Now, Meta is making that feature available to all English users of the app globally,

Social media company X has taken an uncommon step in an industry known for secrecy by publicly releasing the source code behind its recommendation algorithm.

"No other social media companies do this," Elon Musk said

These lawmakers claim that the Chinese government spies on American users via the app (though there is no evidence that this is actually happening ), and accuse TikTok of manipulating its algorithm to present content that is sympathetic to Palestine and China.

TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd. have closed a long-awaited deal to transfer parts of its U.S. operations to American investors, securing the popular video app’s future in the