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…
DEI dominates conversation among CEOs
There are three buzzwords among politicians and business leaders at this year’s World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland: diversity, equity and inclusion. It’s no surprise DEI is on…
Instagram and Facebook Blocked and Hid Abortion Pill Providers’ Posts
Instagram and Facebook has recently blurred, blocked or removed posts from two abortion pill providers. Instagram also suspended the accounts of several abortion pill providers and hid the providers from…
In the TikTok Show ‘Famehungry,’ All the World’s an Audience
“If you get me to 20,000 likes, I’ll do something amazing.” That is what the performance artist Louise Orwin promises audiences in “Famehungry,” a TikTok-set existential crisis about being an…
China hopes to ‘properly manage differences’ with the U.S. on trade
U.S. President Donald Trump meets China’s President Xi Jinping at the start of their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 29, 2019. Kevin Lemarque |…
Reddit Users Boycott X Links After Elon Musk’s Gesture at Inaugural Event
Many Reddit users are boycotting the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, after Elon Musk twice made a gesture during President Trump’s inaugural celebration that drew comparisons to…
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…
TikTok, RedNote and the Crushed Promise of the Chinese Internet
The Chinese social media app RedNote is full of cute, heartwarming moments after about 500,000 American users fled to it last week to protest the looming U.S. government ban on…
TikTok Engineered Its Shutdown to Get Saved. But Trump’s Solution May Fall Short
When TikTok pulled down its services early Sunday, it added a politically attuned notice for disappointed users: “We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with…
