Apple Blocks WhatsApp, Signal, and Threads in China
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during a parallel session of the China Development Forum at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, on Sunday, March 24, 2024.Photo: Tatan Syuflana (AP)…
Porn Industry Wants Supreme Court to Rule on Texas Age Verification Laws
Photo: Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Getty Images) A Texas age verification law went into effect earlier this month leading to Pornhub pulling its service from the state. This week,…
Only 28% of Americans Support Banning TikTok, Poll Says
Only about 28% of Americans support banning TikTok, according to a new poll from market research firm Savanta. And while it remains to be seen whether the U.S. Senate will…
Who Is Jeff Yass, The Trump Money Man Reshaping American Social Media?
It’s springtime in the United States, and the country’s social media landscape is budding with change. Lawmakers in the Senate are considering a bill that could ban TikTok, or force…
Texas Escalates Its War on Porn
Image: Mehaniq (Shutterstock) Pornhub already left Texas like a pizza guy hurrying back to his job after making a “special delivery” to a lonely housewife. It seems like the Lone…
Politicians Who Voted to Ban TikTok May Own as Much as $126 Million in Tech Stocks
Financial disclosures show that members of Congress who voted for the so-called “TikTok ban” last week may own between $29 million and $126 million worth of stock in competing tech…
Remember When the U.S. Secretly Built a Social Network to Destabilize Cuba?
The House of Representatives passed a law this week that would force China-based ByteDance to divest from the US version of its popular app TikTok or face a ban in…
Shein Customer Says She Was Sent a Vial of Human Blood and a Can of Beans in Viral TikTok
A customer is using TikTok to force Shein and FedEx to explain how they allowed a glass vial of human blood and a can of Goya beans to be inserted…
The TikTok Bill Could Get a Lot of Apps Banned
A bill banning TikTok, unless it is sold, passed through the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday and is on its way to the Senate. The bill being rushed through…
Pornhub Bans Texas
Image: Pe3k (Shutterstock) It’s going to be a little harder to find porn in the Lone Star State. Pornhub is no longer available to Texas residents thanks to a lawsuit…