Trump issues flurry of orders on TikTok, DOGE, social media, AI, and energy
President Donald Trump's flurry of day-one actions included a reprieve for TikTok, the creation of a Department of Government ...
American TikTokers Get a Taste of Chinese Censorship as They Rush to RedNote
It took only about a day for Chinese censors to crack down on posts from Americans who had flooded onto the Chinese ...
‘Propaganda arm’: TikTok search glitch stokes fear over Trump’s new alliance with tech titans
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and TikTok’s CEO Shou ZI Chew both attended the inauguration, alongside former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos ...
When TikTok Went Dark, an Unlikely App Won
After a US law temporarily forced Americans to find a new home for their short-video habit, TikTok clone Likee saw a surge in ...
TikTok, RedNote and the Crushed Promise of the Chinese Internet
China’s internet companies and their hard-working, resourceful professionals make world-class products, in spite of ...
RedNote Censorship Concerns Emerge As TikTok Users Flock to Chinese App
As self-described " TikTok refugees" pour onto the Chinese social media app RedNote, also known as Xiaohongshu, some foreign ...
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UC Berkeley Research Scientist Breaks Down the TikTok Ban, the “Digital Divide”, and the Rise of RedNote
In a historic development, Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok has become the center of a bipartisan bill to ban the ...
As US TikTok users move to RedNote, some are encountering Chinese-style censorship for the first time
Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, has been hiring for a surprising position in recent days: ...
The TikTok ban isn’t about national security — it’s censorship and government control
TikTok isn’t the villain here. It’s a symptom of a much larger issue: the lack of clear, enforceable rules for data privacy ...
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Washington’s TikTok Ban Hypocrisy: Internet Censorship Is Good, Now
If the U.S. believes TikTok is a clear and present danger to ... or anyone else’s — should be countered with state censorship, rather than counter-speech, marks an ideological abandonment ...
US bans TikTok. Here's what could come next
A U.S. ban of TikTok began to take effect on Sunday, capping a high-stakes battle that pitted the federal government against ...
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‘Censorship and propaganda in real time’: Trump’s alleged TikTok censorship seemingly hits right away
U.S. TikTok servers went down for roughly 12 hours over the weekend, starting on the night of January 18. American users are ...