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TikTok Data Center Outage Triggers Trust Crisis for New US Owners

Trust Issues

TikTok Data Center Outage Triggers Trust Crisis for New US Owners

Zeyi Yang and Vittoria Elliott

Meta Seeks to Bar Mentions of Mental Health—and Zuckerberg’s Harvard Past—From Child Safety Trial

Child Safety

Meta Seeks to Bar Mentions of Mental Health—and Zuckerberg’s Harvard Past—From Child Safety Trial

Lauren Goode

Elon Musk’s Grok ‘Undressing’ Problem Isn’t Fixed

Half Measures

Elon Musk’s Grok ‘Undressing’ Problem Isn’t Fixed

Matt Burgess

Why Are Grok and X Still Available in App Stores?

Grotesque

Why Are Grok and X Still Available in App Stores?

Caroline Haskins

Operation Bluebird Wants to Bring ‘Twitter’ Back to Life

Free Bird

Operation Bluebird Wants to Bring ‘Twitter’ Back to Life

Cyrus Farivar

Apple Pulls China’s Top Gay Dating Apps After Government Order

App Control

Apple Pulls China’s Top Gay Dating Apps After Government Order

Zeyi Yang and Louise Matsakis

Scam Ads Are Flooding Social Media. These Former Meta Staffers Have a Plan

Lift the Veil

Scam Ads Are Flooding Social Media. These Former Meta Staffers Have a Plan

Craig Silverman

Kara Swisher Would Rather Work for Sam Altman Than Mark Zuckerberg

The Big Interview

Kara Swisher Would Rather Work for Sam Altman Than Mark Zuckerberg

Katie Drummond

Trump Executive Order Will Hand TikTok Over to US Investors

Power Play

Trump Executive Order Will Hand TikTok Over to US Investors

Zeyi Yang

Donald Trump Is Saying There’s a TikTok Deal. China Isn’t

Tick Tock

Donald Trump Is Saying There’s a TikTok Deal. China Isn’t

Zeyi Yang and Jake Lahut

How China’s Propaganda and Surveillance Systems Really Operate

Made in China

How China’s Propaganda and Surveillance Systems Really Operate

Zeyi Yang

Charlie Kirk Was Shot and Killed in a Post-Content-Moderation World

Violent Spread

Charlie Kirk Was Shot and Killed in a Post-Content-Moderation World

Lauren Goode

Scientists Are Flocking to Bluesky

Social Migration

Scientists Are Flocking to Bluesky

Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica

Alexis Ohanian’s Next Social Platform Has One Rule: Don’t Act Like an Asshole

Dad Mod

Alexis Ohanian’s Next Social Platform Has One Rule: Don’t Act Like an Asshole

Katie Drummond

Chinese ‘Virtual Human’ Salespeople Are Outperforming Their Real Human Counterparts

Sales Sims

Chinese ‘Virtual Human’ Salespeople Are Outperforming Their Real Human Counterparts

Jason Koebler and Zeyi Yang

Americans Are Obsessed With Watching Short Video Dramas From China

Made in China

Americans Are Obsessed With Watching Short Video Dramas From China

Zeyi Yang

Trump’s Defiance of TikTok Ban Prompted Immunity Promises to 10 Tech Companies

Guilt Free

Trump’s Defiance of TikTok Ban Prompted Immunity Promises to 10 Tech Companies

Paresh Dave

Meta’s ‘Free Expression’ Push Results in Far Fewer Content Takedowns

Data Is In

Meta’s ‘Free Expression’ Push Results in Far Fewer Content Takedowns

Paresh Dave

Bluesky Is Plotting a Total Takeover of the Social Internet

Birds of a Feather

Bluesky Is Plotting a Total Takeover of the Social Internet

Kate Knibbs

For Tech Whistleblowers, There’s Safety in Numbers

Full of Secrets

For Tech Whistleblowers, There’s Safety in Numbers

Victoria Turk