The large fee is the latest example of the White House’s inserting itself into corporate deal making in unusual and aggressive ways.
Category: Social Media
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YouTube Adds Tool to Help Public Figures Report Fake Videos
Social media companies are under pressure to crack down on so-called deepfake videos that use deceptive images of real people.
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YouTube Adds Tool to Help Public Figures Report Fake Videos
Social media companies are under pressure to crack down on so-called deepfake videos that use deceptive images of real people.
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Fashionable Wall Street Bros Set Off a Social Media Storm
They said yes to an Interview magazine fashion shoot. Then came the haters.
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Fashionable Wall Street Bros Set Off a Social Media Storm
They said yes to an Interview magazine fashion shoot. Then came the haters.
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An Amish Avatar and an A.I. Monk Are Pitching Supplements on Social Media
Influencers have long hawked supplements on platforms like Instagram and TikTok. Increasingly, the influencers are fake.
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Instagram to Alert Parents to Teens’ Self-Harm Searches
Parents will receive notifications if a child has used the platform repeatedly to search for terms related to suicide or self-harm, but users must opt in to get them.
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Trump Media Explores Spinning Off Truth Social
The move would split off the money-losing social media platform as the company pursues a merger with a fusion power company.
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They Helped Women Fight Online Abuse. They Were Barred From the U.S.
The founders of HateAid, a German human-rights group that helps victims of online attacks, were accused by the Trump administration of being part of a “global censorship-industrial complex.”
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Kalshi Accuses a ‘MrBeast’ Employee of Insider Trading
The prediction-market platform said it had reported the employee to federal regulators. The show’s parent company said it had “no tolerance for this behavior.”
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Need an Outfit? Pickle Clothing Rental App Helps Users Stay on Trend.
Pickle, a new peer-to-peer apparel-rental app, helps users stay on trend without having to go into debt or rely on climate-unfriendly fast fashion.
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Inside the Big Tech Lobbying Machine Aiming to Halt Social Media Bans
Tech giants, including Meta and Alphabet, are spending lavishly on splashy billboard ads, courting on-the-fence politicians and bulking up their ranks of lobbyists.