Tag: social media
The TikTok ban just got closer – here’s what the new US law means and what happens next
TikTok now faces the very real threat of being banned in the US unless the app is sold by its owner ByteDance, after President Biden signed a new bill into law that has set the clock ticking. The bill, which gives ByteDance nine months to divest itself of the app…
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Social Media without content moderation would ruin us and the Supreme Court should know it
As I write this, I feel a bit like a broken record, reporting again how the United States Supreme Court could, with a ruling today (Monday or soon after), decide the fate of social media as we know it. Justices could choose to leave content moderation decisions in the hands…
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Say goodbye to Google Podcasts, you’ll be forced to use YouTube Music by 2024
Google announced that Google Podcasts app users will have to migrate to YouTube Music later in 2024, as part of its wider efforts to transfer users and listeners to its new all-in-one app. Google previously expressed its intention to help out podcast creators through its YouTube service, with plans revealed…
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