A US appeals court signals skepticism with TikTok's arguments against the law that could force it to sever ties with China to keep operating in the US
Judges are considering the validity of legislation that could shut down Chinese-backed app used by half of Americans
Memo to US staff: TikTok vows a legal battle if the US' divestment bill becomes law, saying the bill is “a clear violation” of its users' First Amendment rights
TikTok told employees it will fight in the courts if a US bill forcing a ban or divestiture of the Chinese-owned app …
The US House passes a TikTok divestiture bill with a longer sale deadline, as part of a package of Ukraine/Israel bills, pressuring the Senate to vote on TikTok
The House passes a TikTok divestiture bill with a longer sale deadline as part of a package of Ukraine/Israel aid bills, pressuring the Senate to vote on TikTok
The House once again passed a bill that could ban TikTok from the US unless its Chinese parent company ByteDance divests it …
After hearing oral arguments, SCOTUS appeared wary of curbing US government contacts with social media platforms to remove posts deemed misinformation
After hearing oral arguments, SCOTUS appeared wary of curbing US government contacts with social media platforms to remove posts deemed misinformation
Unsealed court documents allegedly show how Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly thwarted initiatives meant to improve the well-being of teens on Facebook and Instagram
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has personally and repeatedly thwarted initiatives meant to improve the well-being of teens on Facebook and Instagram …
Unsealed court documents allegedly show how Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly thwarted initiatives meant to improve the well-being of teens on Facebook and Instagram
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has personally and repeatedly thwarted initiatives meant to improve the well-being of teens on Facebook and Instagram …
Unsealed court documents allegedly show how Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly thwarted initiatives meant to improve the well-being of teens on Facebook and Instagram
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has personally and repeatedly thwarted initiatives meant to improve the well-being of teens on Facebook and Instagram …
Former Meta consultant Arturo Béjar's Senate testimony: Meta executives ignored warnings of harms to teens and carefully crafted metrics to downplay the issue
Meta's top executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, ignored warnings for years about harms to teens on its platforms such as Instagram …
X tests Not A Bot, requiring new, unverified users to sign up for a $1 annual subscription to be able to post and interact, in New Zealand and the Philippines
The owner of X, Elon Musk, has long floated the idea of charging users $1 to use the platform.
Marc Andreessen's Techno-Optimist Manifesto lists trust and safety, sustainability, and tech ethics as “enemies”, says AI is “our Philosopher's Stone”, and more
In a 5,200-word manifesto published by the venture capitalist and billionaire Marc Andreessen on Monday …
Sensor Tower: Threads' DAUs fell to 8M on July 31, down 82% from launch; the daily average time spent fell from 19 minutes per day at launch to 2.9 on August 1
Threads user count falls to new lows, highlighting retention challenges — https://www.cnn.com/... #social #threads Bluesky: Brian Fung / @brianfung.me : Threads user engagement ...
A congressional investigation led by Senator Elizabeth Warren finds popular tax filing tools “recklessly” sent data, like income, to Meta and Google for years
https://www.cnn.com/... Mastodon: Paul Cantrell / @inthehands@hachyderm.io : Just beating my old drum: — The fines involved could tip some of these companies into bankruptcy. — ...
A congressional investigation led by Senator Elizabeth Warren finds popular tax filing tools “recklessly” sent data, like income, to Meta and Google for years
https://www.cnn.com/... Mastodon: Paul Cantrell / @inthehands@hachyderm.io : Just beating my old drum: — The fines involved could tip some of these companies into bankruptcy. — ...
A congressional investigation led by Senator Elizabeth Warren finds popular tax filing tools “recklessly” sent data, like income, to Meta and Google for years
https://www.cnn.com/... Mastodon: Paul Cantrell / @inthehands@hachyderm.io : Just beating my old drum: — The fines involved could tip some of these companies into bankruptcy. — ...
A Democratic report finds popular tax filing tools inappropriately and “recklessly” transmitted data to Meta and Google for years; tax data is tightly regulated
The investigation was opened in response to work published last year by The Markup
A Democratic report finds popular tax filing tools inappropriately and “recklessly” transmitted data to Meta and Google for years; tax data is tightly regulated
The investigation was opened in response to work published last year by The Markup
A Democratic report finds popular tax filing tools inappropriately and “recklessly” transmitted data to Meta and Google for years; tax data is tightly regulated
The investigation was opened in response to work published last year by The Markup
Adam Mosseri says Threads will not “encourage” politics and “hard news” as such content brings scrutiny that isn't worth the “incremental engagement or revenue”
Adam Mosseri ran Facebook's News Feed in 2016, and now he tells Alex Heath that politics … See also Mediagazer