Sources: Oracle, Silver Lake, and Abu Dhabi's MGX will be the main TikTok USA investors, with a ~45% stake; ByteDance will own 19.9% and ByteDance investors 35%
We may never know if the administration-brokered TikTok sale complies with the law … New York Times : Trump Clears Way for American-Owned TikTok Valued at $14 Billion Financial Times : TikTok US to be...
Sources outline negotiations between the Biden administration and TikTok ahead of the ban, as company insiders refute claims that a blackout helped their case
When TikTok pleaded with outgoing Biden officials and threatened to go offline, the White House pushed back, declaring it all a “stunt.” Bluesky: @karaswisher and @drewharwell.com . Threads: @drewharw...
A US court rules TikTok must face a lawsuit over a 10-year-old's death and the “blackout challenge”, saying algorithmic curation isn't protected by Section 230
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/ 21... Daphne Keller / @daphnek.bsky.social : Now the 3rd Circuit is engaging in the absurd pretense that the Court actually decided this issue in Moody v. NetChoice, be...
A profile of Carlos Espina, who has 9.4M TikTok followers, posts in Spanish about immigration and politics, and whom the White House treats as a broadcaster
a one-man news channel for millions of Latinos and a case study in how the White House works with creators on key issues: https://www.nytimes.com/... (w/@kenbensinger!) Anupam Chander / @anupamchander...
SCOTUS orders lower courts to take another look at Texas' and Florida's social media laws, saying neither lower court conducted proper analysis of 1A challenges
The First Amendment was written in the 18th century … The Hill : Morning Report — Is a Trump election interference trial off the table? CCIA : Supreme Court Issues Ruling in CCIA, NetChoice Challenge ...
After the House vote, Chinese officials say the US has shown “robber's logic” toward TikTok, and Washington must “stop unfairly suppressing foreign companies”
TIKTOK IS LESS OF A DANGER TO THE USA THAN META (FACEBOOK!), WHICH IS A TRUE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. Jessica Kwong / Metro.co.uk : Trump's ex-treasury secretary is trying to buy TikTok amid ban threat Mo...
A look at the proliferation of pirated movies and TV shows on TikTok, posted as small clips by accounts that don't appear to make any money from the content
The videos violate copyright laws, but they remain available—for now — “Barbie” just hit streaming platforms. It was on TikTok first. X: @wsj and @anupamchander . Forums: Hacker News X: @wsj : Face...
The EU issues Meta a record €1.2B GDPR fine for sending European user data to the US and orders stopping the transfers and unlawful processing within six months
but only for 15 minutes European Data Protection Board : Binding Decision 1/2023 on the dispute submitted by the Irish SA on data transfers by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited for its Facebook service (...
A look at the Open App Markets Act, aimed at curbing anti-competitive behavior from large app store operators like Apple and Google and headed to a Senate vote
it is hardly clear how that would shake out in practice: e.g., denying API access to Parler, denying App store access—might be viewed in different ways by different courts. 3/3 Craig Aaron / @notaaron...