TikTok’s cultural footprint in America is huge. Why is its disappearance being met with a shrug?
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TikTok Butters Up Trump as It Navigates a Ban in the U.S.
The app has repeatedly name checked the president-elect in pop-up messages and statements, as it navigates a ban in the United States unless it is sold to a non-Chinese owner.
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(BPRW) Latimer.AI and Black Girls Code Partner to Empower the Next Generation of Black Women in Tech
(Black PR Wire) NEW YORK, NY – Latimer.AI, the first inclusive Large Language Model (LLM), is proud to announce a collaboration with Black Girls Code (BGC), a nonprofit organization that was founded in 2011 and is a trailbla…
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U.S. Ban of TikTok Is Set to Deal a Major Blow to ByteDance, Its Chinese Owner
While TikTok remains hugely popular in Brazil, Indonesia and other markets, its 170 million users in the United States are its most valuable.
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Instagram and YouTube Prepare to Benefit From a TikTok Ban
Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube are getting ready to welcome TikTok users, as the Supreme Court upheld a law that effectively bans the Chinese-owned app from the United States.
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Russian Disinformation Campaigns Eluded Meta’s Efforts to Block Them
A new report details how a covert influence operation linked to the Kremlin continued to place ads on Facebook despite U.S. and E.U. prohibitions on doing business with the organization.
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Spain Overhauls Domestic Violence System After Criticism
Spain uses an algorithm to score how likely a domestic violence victim is to be abused again. A Times investigation last year identified flaws in the system.
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How TikTok Evaded a Ban Again and Again, Until Now
After a decisive loss at the Supreme Court, the app is set to be blocked in the U.S. starting Sunday, ending its streak of Houdini-like escapes.
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Trump Is Said to Consider Executive Order to Circumvent TikTok Ban
The move is under discussion as the Chinese-owned app faces a Sunday deadline to find a new buyer or shut down in the United States.
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Apple Plans to Disable A.I. Summaries of News Notifications
The company’s Apple Intelligence system has erroneously characterized news stories, provoking a backlash from media companies.