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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

Elon Musk’s Grok AI Can’t Stop Talking About ‘White Genocide’

Elon’s World

Elon Musk’s Grok AI Can’t Stop Talking About ‘White Genocide’

Kylie Robison and Paige Oamek

A Judge Says Meta’s AI Copyright Case Is About ‘the Next Taylor Swift’

Courts

A Judge Says Meta’s AI Copyright Case Is About ‘the Next Taylor Swift’

Kate Knibbs

Bluesky's Blue Check Is Finally Here

check yourself

Bluesky's Blue Check Is Finally Here

Kate Knibbs

New Jersey Sues Discord for Allegedly Failing to Protect Children

Stranger Danger

New Jersey Sues Discord for Allegedly Failing to Protect Children

Justin Ling

Will Meta Really Have to Sell Instagram and WhatsApp?

Uncanny Valley

Will Meta Really Have to Sell Instagram and WhatsApp?

Zoë Schiffer and Paresh Dave

FTC v. Meta Trial: The Future of Instagram and WhatsApp Is at Stake

Trial Ready

FTC v. Meta Trial: The Future of Instagram and WhatsApp Is at Stake

Paresh Dave

How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To

Clean Break

How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To

Violet Blue

Amazon Restricted Vaginal Health Products for Being ‘Potentially Embarrassing’

Prime Concerns

Amazon Restricted Vaginal Health Products for Being ‘Potentially Embarrassing’

Paresh Dave

TikTok Is Back in US App Stores

Pull to Refresh

TikTok Is Back in US App Stores

Paresh Dave and Louise Matsakis

Inside the Bust That Took Down Pavel Durov—and Upended Telegram

Flight Risk

Inside the Bust That Took Down Pavel Durov—and Upended Telegram

Darren Loucaides

Meta Is Dismantling DEI Programs but Tells Investors It Still Wants ‘Cognitive Diversity’

DEI Rewind

Meta Is Dismantling DEI Programs but Tells Investors It Still Wants ‘Cognitive Diversity’

Paresh Dave and Vittoria Elliott

How Meta Tried to Lure TikTok Users to Instagram

Seize the Moment

How Meta Tried to Lure TikTok Users to Instagram

Louise Matsakis

RedNote Recruited US Influencers to Promote App Amid TikTok Ban Uncertainty

Fame Farming

RedNote Recruited US Influencers to Promote App Amid TikTok Ban Uncertainty

Makena Kelly

TikTok Is Already Back Online

Miss Me?

TikTok Is Already Back Online

Zoë Schiffer

It’s Not Just TikTok: These Other ByteDance Apps Are Gone Too

bytes the dust

It’s Not Just TikTok: These Other ByteDance Apps Are Gone Too

Zeyi Yang and Andrew Couts