2025-08-14
This is almost certainly an effort by the Russian government to force most Russians onto the new “Max” app by the Russian tech/social media giant VK (and thereby allow the government to more closely monitor all of its citizens)
Associated Press
Russia is “partially” restricting WhatsApp and Telegram calls, saying the apps are used “to deceive and extort money” and “in sabotage and terrorist activities”
Russian authorities announced Wednesday they were “partially” restricting calls …
2025-01-18
Biden ending his presidency really the only way he could: dithering and unable to actually make a crucial decision
CNBC
TikTok says it will go dark in the US on Sunday unless the Biden admin provides a “definitive statement” to critical service providers assuring non-enforcement
TikTok said its services will go dark on Sunday without a guarantee from the Biden administration that it won't punish Apple …
Biden ending his presidency really the only way he could: dithering and unable to actually make a crucial decision
NBC News
Some US congressional leaders who championed the TikTok law now want to delay the ban from going into effect, showing how much politics has shifted on the issue
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a bipartisan law that aims to ban TikTok nationwide beginning … Alan Friedman / PhoneArena : TikTok admits things look bleak with the app likely “...
2025-01-11
After listening to the oral arguments, I don't see how SCOTUS does not rule against TikTok and push the forced divestiture. They simply could not get around the fact that their parent company is ultimately/legally obligated to assist Chinese intelligence agencies
Bloomberg
SCOTUS signals it is likely to uphold the TikTok divest-or-ban law, as a majority of justices suggested they see national security overriding free speech issues
TikTok went before the Supreme Court on Friday for one last attempt to put an end to the impending ban. Stephen Schenck / Android Authority : It may be time to start accepting that...
2023-05-10
Tucker is going to slough off a big portion of his audience due to the - relatively - lower reach of Twitter to key older demographics. But it still gives him a wide audience in the younger nat-con audience he's helped himself develop https://twitter.com/...
Washington Post
In a Twitter video, Tucker Carlson says he will relaunch his Fox show on the social network; Elon Musk says Twitter did not sign a deal “of any kind whatsoever”
The former Fox News host tweeted a video saying he's moving his show to the social media site.
2022-09-20
Good news for Republican fundraising efforts. Their fundraising emails have contained massive amounts of language that has tripped e-mail spam sensors for years now (which probably says a lot about Republican woes in digital fundraising as anything else) https://twitter.com/...
Axios
Google plans to launch a pilot program this week to keep political campaign emails from going to Gmail's spam folder, following pressure from GOP politicians
Ashley Gold / Axios :