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Documentary distributor Bleecker Street says YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all rejected paid ads for Alex Gibney's 'Musk', set for release on Oct. 9, citing their policies on political content. X, owned by Elon Musk, has reportedly refused even to respond to the distributor's inquiries. Bleecker Street is appealing the rejections as the film's premiere approaches.

A new filing reveals that ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese parent company, gained access to more than 2,000 Nvidia B200 chips through Nscale's data center operations in Norway. A Singaporean subsidiary called Spring reportedly contributed 73 percent of a UK neocloud provider's 2025 revenue. The arrangement highlights how export controls restricting advanced US chips to China may be circumvented through cloud services and third countries.

TikTok has agreed to pay at least $100 million to settle a lawsuit with the US state of Alabama, according to TechCrunch. The agreement marks another significant legal and financial setback for the social media company in the United States, where it faces ongoing scrutiny from multiple state attorneys general over its practices.

TikTok has reached an agreement, days before a scheduled trial, requiring changes for teenage users in Alabama: a two-hour daily time limit, pauses after 15 minutes of use, and stricter age checks. The deal follows complaints that parents cannot impose limits themselves, sparking debate about how much responsibility platforms versus parents should bear for children's screen time.

TikTok has agreed to pay Alabama $100 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the platform of fuelling social media addiction among young users. The agreement makes Alabama one of the US states to extract a major payout from the company over claims its app is designed to keep children hooked. The deal adds to mounting legal and regulatory pressure on TikTok in the United States over youth safety.

A new CDC report indicates that sadness among American teenagers is falling, a trend that commentators argue undercuts claims of a youth mental health crisis driven by social media. Critics of what they call a moral panic around smartphones say the data complicates narratives linking platforms like Instagram and TikTok to rising teen depression and despair.