Trump signs executive order that could ban TikTok, WeChat in 45 days
The ban will go into effect if TikTok isn’t sold by its Chinese owners in time
ByteDance considers establishing TikTok headquarters out of the U.S.
London has been listed as a potential city
How a TikTok ban could work, and what it means for your content
President Donald Trump casually dropped Friday that he would “ban” TikTok. That added heft to earlier statements made by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the administration was considering a…
TikTok says it’s not going anywhere after Trump promised a ban
TikTok said Saturday it has no plans to leave the U.S. Of course it may not be totally up to the company after President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday…
Donald Trump Jr. suspended from Twitter for posting misleading COVID-19 news
Donald Trump Jr., the president’s very online son, got dealt a temporary suspension from Twitter on Monday after posting a misleading video about COVID-19. Trump Jr. shared a video from…
Election 2020: The presidential candidate’s views on tech
We examine their outlooks on social media, Section 230, and more
Trump administration strips some COVID-19 data from CDC website
Restricting the public’s access to information is always a good sign for a free society, right?! The website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) usually contains a…
Trump takes credit for a 2018 cyberattack on Russian troll farm
President Trump personally confirmed in an interview with The Washington Post that he authorized a 2018 cyberattack against the Internet Research Agency (IRA), a Russian troll farm responsible for meddling…
Social media platforms are finally acting like the mini-governments they are
Is this burst of proactive community moderation just a temporary trend?
Every platform that took action against Trump accounts and groups so far
President Donald Trump has been saying covertly and overtly racist stuff since before he became the president. Now, after protests against police brutality and systemic racism swept the country, some…