Skip to main content

Social Media

Trump Executive Order Will Hand TikTok Over to US Investors

Power Play

Trump Executive Order Will Hand TikTok Over to US Investors

After five deadline extensions and several rounds of negotiations, President Trump signed an executive order to put TikTok’s US operations in the hands of Oracle and other American investors.

Donald Trump Is Saying There’s a TikTok Deal. China Isn’t

Tick Tock

Donald Trump Is Saying There’s a TikTok Deal. China Isn’t

How China’s Propaganda and Surveillance Systems Really Operate

Made in China

How China’s Propaganda and Surveillance Systems Really Operate

Charlie Kirk Was Shot and Killed in a Post-Content-Moderation World

Violent Spread

Charlie Kirk Was Shot and Killed in a Post-Content-Moderation World

Scientists Are Flocking to Bluesky

Social Migration

Scientists Are Flocking to Bluesky

Alexis Ohanian’s Next Social Platform Has One Rule: Don’t Act Like an Asshole

Dad Mod

Alexis Ohanian’s Next Social Platform Has One Rule: Don’t Act Like an Asshole

Chinese ‘Virtual Human’ Salespeople Are Outperforming Their Real Human Counterparts

Sales Sims

Chinese ‘Virtual Human’ Salespeople Are Outperforming Their Real Human Counterparts

Americans Are Obsessed With Watching Short Video Dramas From China

Made in China

Americans Are Obsessed With Watching Short Video Dramas From China

Trump’s Defiance of TikTok Ban Prompted Immunity Promises to 10 Tech Companies

Guilt Free

Trump’s Defiance of TikTok Ban Prompted Immunity Promises to 10 Tech Companies

Meta’s ‘Free Expression’ Push Results in Far Fewer Content Takedowns

Data Is In

Meta’s ‘Free Expression’ Push Results in Far Fewer Content Takedowns

For Tech Whistleblowers, There’s Safety in Numbers

Full of Secrets

For Tech Whistleblowers, There’s Safety in Numbers

Bluesky Is Plotting a Total Takeover of the Social Internet

Birds of a Feather

Bluesky Is Plotting a Total Takeover of the Social Internet

Elon Musk’s Grok AI Can’t Stop Talking About ‘White Genocide’

Elon’s World

Elon Musk’s Grok AI Can’t Stop Talking About ‘White Genocide’

A Judge Says Meta’s AI Copyright Case Is About ‘the Next Taylor Swift’

Courts

A Judge Says Meta’s AI Copyright Case Is About ‘the Next Taylor Swift’

Bluesky's Blue Check Is Finally Here

check yourself

Bluesky's Blue Check Is Finally Here

New Jersey Sues Discord for Allegedly Failing to Protect Children

Stranger Danger

New Jersey Sues Discord for Allegedly Failing to Protect Children

Will Meta Really Have to Sell Instagram and WhatsApp?

Uncanny Valley

Will Meta Really Have to Sell Instagram and WhatsApp?

FTC v. Meta Trial: The Future of Instagram and WhatsApp Is at Stake

Trial Ready

FTC v. Meta Trial: The Future of Instagram and WhatsApp Is at Stake

How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services&-and Why You Might Want To

Clean Break

How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To

Amazon Restricted Vaginal Health Products for Being ‘Potentially Embarrassing’

Prime Concerns

Amazon Restricted Vaginal Health Products for Being ‘Potentially Embarrassing’

TikTok Is Back in US App Stores

Pull to Refresh

TikTok Is Back in US App Stores

Inside the Bust That Took Down Pavel Durov&-and Upended Telegram

Flight Risk

Inside the Bust That Took Down Pavel Durov—and Upended Telegram

Meta Is Dismantling DEI Programs but Tells Investors It Still Wants ‘Cognitive Diversity’

DEI Rewind

Meta Is Dismantling DEI Programs but Tells Investors It Still Wants ‘Cognitive Diversity’