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    Tina Perry elected chair of Television Academy Foundation

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    Tina Perry
    LOS ANGELES --

    Tina Perry, president of OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, has been elected chair of the nonprofit Television Academy Foundation, finishing out the 2024 term. The Foundation is dedicated to preserving the legacy of television while educating those who will shape its future,

    OWN president since 2019, Perry oversees the operational and creative areas of the network and OTT streaming, reporting to OWN chairman and CEO Oprah Winfrey. Perry was instrumental in OWN’s successful launch into scripted programming with popular drama series Queen Sugar, Cherish the Day, Greenleaf, The Haves and the Have Nots, the Peabody Award-winning David Makes Man, The Kings of Napa, and All Rise. She oversees the continuing success of the network’s lineup of unscripted hits that includes the Love and Marriage franchise, Ready to Love, Speak Sis, Family or Fiancé, Black Love, and Put A Ring On It in addition to the Daytime Emmy-award winning Super Soul Sunday.

    Perry joined the Foundation’s board in 2020 and succeeds Cris Abrego and interim chair Jonathan Murray. Abrego was elected chair of the Television Academy beginning in 2024.
     
    “The Television Academy Foundation has dramatically elevated its programming in both knowledge and action regarding inclusiveness,” said Perry. “A key goal going forward will be to increase engagement even further in Foundation activities such as its renowned oral history project and high-profile entertainment-leading internship programs.”
     
    Maury McIntyre, president and CEO of the Television Academy and Foundation, said of Perry, “With her experience facilitating inclusivity and extensive business and creative expertise, she is the perfect leader as we continue to expand opportunities for the next generation of media professionals.”
     
    A passionate advocate for the nuanced representation of Black women in media, Perry spearheaded OWN’s collaboration with the Association of National Advertisers for their “SeeHer” campaign as well as the creation of OWN’s Spotlight programming that tackles important issues affecting Black women today. She has also championed OWN’s social good initiatives including its award-winning, get-out-the-vote and registration campaign “OWN Your Vote” and “OWN Your Health.”
     
    Perry serves on the OWN Board of Directors, The Paley Center for Media’s Los Angeles Board of Governors, the Board of Directors of The Friends of the Saban Community Clinic, and the Board of the Hollywood Radio and Television Society.
     
    Perry holds a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School, a Master of Science in comparative social policy from the University of Oxford and graduated with honors from Stanford University.

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    EU accuses TikTok of “addictive design” that harms children, seeks changes to protect users

    Friday, February 6, 2026
    The icon for the TikTok video sharing app is seen on a smartphone in Marple Township, Pa., Feb. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

    The European Union on Friday accused TikTok of breaching the bloc's digital rules with "addictive design" features that lead to compulsive use by children, in preliminary charges that strike at the heart of the popular video sharing app's operating model.

    EU regulators said their two-year investigation found that TikTok hasn't done enough to assess how features such as autoplay and infinite scroll could harm the physical and mental health of users, including minors and "vulnerable adults."

    The European Commission said it believes TikTok should change the "basic design" of its service. The commission is the EU's executive arm and enforcer of the 27-nation bloc's Digital Services Act, a sweeping rulebook that requires social media companies to clean up their platforms and protect users, under threat of hefty fines.

    TikTok denied the accusations.

    "The Commission's preliminary findings present a categorically false and entirely meritless depiction of our platform, and we will take whatever steps are necessary to challenge these findings through every means available to us," the company said in a statement.

    TikTok's features including infinite scrolling, autoplay, push notifications, and highly personalized recommender systems "lead to the compulsive use of the app, especially for our kids, and this poses major risks to their mental health and wellbeing," Commission spokesman Thomas Regnier said at a press briefing in Brussels.

    "The measures that TikTok has in place are simply not enough," he said.

    The company now has a chance to defend itself and reply to the commission's findings. Regnier said "if they don't do this properly," Brussels could issue a so-called non-compliance decision and possible fine worth up to 6% of... Read More

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