After McDonald’s introduced a beverage named after its bloblike character, Grimace, online video makers went to work.
Category: Social Media
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Shein Flew Influencers to China to Help Its Image. A Backlash Ensued.
The fast-fashion company’s attempt to rebut allegations of forced labor and poor working conditions was met with incredulity online.
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Twitter’s New CEO, Linda Yaccarino, Eases Into the Hot Seat
Linda Yaccarino, who initially could not take ad sales meetings because of a noncompete clause, is adjusting to her new role reporting to Elon Musk.
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TikTok Is Funding Montana Users’ Suit Against Ban
The popular video service had deflected questions about its involvement in the creators’ lawsuit for more than a month.
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Noah Lyles’s Campaign to Bring Fashion to Track and Field
The fashion runway to the locker room has become ubiquitous in professional sports like basketball and football. Can the walk into a running event become the same thing?
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How TikTok Brought Meghan Trainor Back
The video app drives streams on Spotify and influences the Billboard charts. Years after she broke through as a musician, the singer is gaining new fans, one viral dance soundtrack at a time.
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Reddit Wants to Grow Up. Will Its Community Let It?
As the social media site matures, its users and moderators have made their displeasure about corporate changes known, putting the company into a bind.
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Canada’s Online News Act Targets Facebook and Google
A new Canadian law will require technology companies to license news content. Facebook’s owner said it would drop news from the platform.
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TikTok Shakes Up Leadership Amid Questions About Its Future
The app’s chief operating officer is stepping down, and the company is bringing in a new executive to run its sprawling communications department.
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Elon Musk Proposes ‘Cage Match’ With Mark Zuckerberg
The technology moguls who run Twitter and Meta appeared to agree to a fight, the latest twist in a long-running feud.
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In Los Angeles, Beauty 2 the Streets Battles Homelessness With Soap and Beauty
Through Beauty 2 the Streetz, Shirley Raines helps those without a home by administering a little “spiritual C.P.R.”
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Reddit Communities Still Dark As Protest Continues
Users’ anger continued to bubble over changes to the company’s business model.