Social Media
Articles involving social media businesses and their products, including Meta (Facebook, Instagram), X Corp (Twitter), Mastodon, LinkedIn and others.
Trump to renew deadline extension for TikTok, further delaying ban
President Donald Trump says he will extend a key deadline for TikTok to be sold to the United States.
ABC News suspends Terry Moran over social media post
The now-deleted rant called President Trump's chief of staff Stephen Miller a "world-class hater."
LinkedIn partners with Paramount, Innovid, Sprinklr on CTV ad opportunities
LinkedIn is building on its connected TV advertising opportunities through new partnerships with Paramount, Innovid, Sprinklr and Adobe.
Social banter between brands gets people buying
The line between entertainment and advertising is increasingly blurred thanks to social media. People no longer just consume content, they experience it – laughing, sharing and commenting. And brands have caught on.
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Zoe Lee, Denitsa Dineva & Federico Mangio
Woman fired by Wikipedia parent after harassment speaks out
A software engineer who claims she was fired by Wikipedia's parent organization after complaining about harassment is speaking publicly for the first time since filing a lawsuit against the company.
X restores once-suspended account linked to Voice of America workers
X has restored an account used by advocates of the Voice of America during legal challenges over the broadcaster's fate.
X suspends account linked to Voice of America workers
X, formerly Twitter, suspended an activist account used by current and former workers of Voice of America to raise public awareness about funding cuts.
Bluesky launches verification system for high-profile users
Social media platform Bluesky has launched its own version of the social media verification badge to certain high-profile users.
Bango: Young consumers more likely to have music subscriptions
Young American consumers are willing to pay more toward phone and Internet service if those companies offer a subscription management platform for their streaming music, video and social media services.
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Trump signs Executive Order extending TikTok deadline, averting ban
A deal was being worked to sell TikTok to American investors, but fell apart once a tariff and trade war was triggered this week.
X, formerly Twitter, suffers outage due to “Dark Storm” cyberattack
A group calling itself Dark Storm Team has claimed responsibility for triggering a prolonged outage on X, formerly Twitter.
NTSB claims no records of shifting media policy
The NTSB said it could not locate records that explained a decision to force the news media to receive updates on two recent plane crashes exclusively through X.