The Surveillance Tools That Could Power Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Apps and ankle monitors that track asylum seekers in real time wherever they go. Databases packed with personal information like fingerprints and faces. Investigative tools that can break into locked…
TikTok Ban and Trump Executive Order Lead to Tech Company Dilemma
For more than six years, Amazon Web Services, the world’s largest cloud computing company, provided technical support to deliver TikTok videos to tens of millions of Americans. But over the…
Why You Might Suddenly Be Following Trump on Instagram and Facebook
On Tuesday, the day after the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump, many Instagram and Facebook users found themselves following him on the social media apps even though they had…
Trump Signs Executive Order in Attempt to Delay TikTok Ban
President Trump signed an executive order on Monday to delay enforcing a federal ban of TikTok for at least 75 days, even though the law took effect on Sunday and…
Trump Shuts Down CBP One App, Signaling the Start of His Immigration Crackdown
The Trump administration on Monday abruptly closed down a government program created by the Biden administration to allow migrants to use an app to secure an appointment for admission into…
TikTok Ban Behind Fire Set at a Mall With Congressman’s Office, Police Say
A man was arrested in connection with a fire set early on Sunday in response to “recent talks” of banning the popular video app TikTok, the authorities said. The fire…
What We Know About the TikTok Ban
Starting on Saturday night, TikTok, the short-form video app owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, was unavailable in the United States as a result of a new law that banned…
How TikTok Evaded a Ban Again and Again, Until Now
In mid-2023, TikTok had just eluded an effort in Congress to ban the video app, the latest Houdini-like escape for the young tech company. For several years, during both Republican…
‘Red Note,’ a Chinese app, is dominating downloads, thanks to TikTok users.
Manimatana Lee spent the past five years building one of the hottest commodities on the internet: a group of people who reliably watch her videos on TikTok. She built an…
Supreme Court Backs Law Requiring TikTok to Be Sold or Banned
The Supreme Court ruled against TikTok on Friday, rejecting the company’s First Amendment challenge to a law that effectively bans it starting on Sunday. The unanimous decision may deal a…
