Mr. White, a close ally of President-elect Donald J. Trump, further strengthens the social media giant’s connections with the incoming administration.
Category: Social Media
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Bethenny Frankel Uses ‘Dior Bags’ to Discuss Drones on TikTok
To weigh in on the rash of reported drone sightings without fear of content suppression, Bethenny Frankel borrowed a term from the fashion world.
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TikTok and Government Clash in Last Round of Supreme Court Briefs
The briefs, filed a week before oral arguments, offered sharply differing accounts of China’s influence over the site and the role of the First Amendment.
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Meta Appoints Joel Kaplan to Lead Global Policy, Replacing Nick Clegg
Joel Kaplan, who was a former senior adviser to George W. Bush, replaces Nick Clegg, who was a former deputy prime minister of Britain, as Meta’s head of policy.
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Carter Vail Takes the Leap From Social Media to Rock Star
He built a huge audience with ridiculous (and catchy) songs on social media. Despite negotiating a record deal and landing a European tour, he has no plans to change.
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The 2024 Good Tech Awards
In a year of continued A.I. progress, “founder mode” drama and a Trump election win, a few tech projects stood out for their clear benefits to humanity.
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The Men Who Use Instagram to Groom Child Influencers
Photographers and other men offer to build online followings for young girls, but some are pedophiles who work with parents to sexualize them.
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12 Trends Predictions in 2025: Hillary Clinton, Crypto and More
What will we wear, eat, buy, believe, desire?
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How Donald Trump Went From Calling for a TikTok Ban to Backing Off
In 2020, he moved to ban the Chinese-owned app. Now, he is opposing the Biden administration’s effort to do just that.
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Pop Musicians, Please Spare Me the Back Stories
The power of a lasting song is that it breaks free of its origins. Hits should be more than celebrity narratives.
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Trump Urges Supreme Court to Pause TikTok Ban
The president-elect took no position on the app’s First Amendment challenge to the law, which sets a Jan. 19 deadline to sell or close the popular platform.
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The Animal Celebrities Who Surprised, Soothed and Screamed at Us in 2024
Moo Deng the pygmy hippo, Flaco the escaped eagle-owl, Charlotte the maybe-pregnant stingray — they distracted us from the messy human world but were also clear reflections of it.