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TikTok announced a conversational shopping assistant powered by artificial intelligence, along with a checkout feature that allows users to purchase products directly from brands within the For You feed. The move expands the platform’s role from product discovery to answering users’ questions and completing transactions within the app.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation believes that Meta’s settlement over minors’ use of Instagram and Facebook could restrict young people’s ability to organize and participate in public life, while age-verification systems increase the risks of privacy violations and exclusion.