TikTok’s Creator Economy Stares Into the Abyss
The US Senate passed a bill late Tuesday that allows the government to ban TikTok within a year if it doesn’t make meaningful progress toward separating from its China-based owner, …
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A boss’s text to staff member about starting shift early is dividing opinion
A worker has pushed back against their boss, who was demanding they come to work early every day — without compensation. The boss texted the worker after noticing they had …
‘Look between X and Y letters on keyboard’ meme is annoying
It’s out of Ctrl. A social media joke has recently amassed a great deal of popularity online — to the point that it has already worn out its welcome. If …
Countdown to TikTok crackdown: Popular app could see U.S. ban in 9 months
TikTok now risks becoming a high-profile casualty of the cold-war sequel developing between China and the United States. It’s one of the world’s most popular social media platforms, wildly popular …
Elon Musk escalates feud with Australia over X as spy chief warns of extremism
When an unnamed X user posted overnight that it was Lambie who “should be in jail for censoring free speech on X”, Musk replied to his 181 million followers, “Absolutely. …
National Enquirer publisher testifies he used tabloid to suppress unfavourable Trump stories
The first witness in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, testified on Tuesday that he used his supermarket tabloid to suppress stories that might …
U.S. prepares to rush $1B in military aid to Ukraine
Billions of dollars in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan advanced in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, heading for a final vote after the U.S. House of Representatives abruptly …
B.C. puts online harms bill on hold after agreement with social media companies
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 23, 2024 2:35 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The B.C. government is putting its proposed online …
ByteDance, TikTok spent over $7 million on lobbying, ad campaign
Omer Taha Cetin | Anadolu | Getty Images TikTok and its China-based parent company ByteDance combined to spend over $7 million so far this year to try and stop Congress …
TikTok digs in to fight US ban with 170 million users at stake
Zheping Huang, Sarah Zheng | (TNS) Bloomberg News Four years ago, when the Trump administration threatened to ban TikTok in the U.S., its Chinese parent company ByteDance Ltd. worked out …