Elon Musk censors the press
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Elon Musk is no free speech warrior. The thin-skinned new Twitter owner on Thursday banned the accounts of several high-profile…
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TikTok might be too big to ban, no matter what lawmakers say
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN In July 2020, the same month former President Donald Trump said he would ban TikTok in the United States, Callie Goodwin…
Continue Reading ‘There are red lines’: Elon Musk faces international outcry after Twitter bans journalists
By Julia Horowitz and Brian Fung, CNN Elon Musk’s decision to suddenly ban prominent tech journalists from Twitter is fanning a fierce backlash…
Continue Reading TikTok might be too big to ban, no matter what lawmakers say
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN In July 2020, the same month former President Donald Trump said he would ban TikTok in the United States, Callie Goodwin…
Continue Reading Elon Musk’s Twitter blocked links to rival Mastodon. That could raise alarms among regulators
By Brian Fung, CNN Elon Musk’s Twitter sparked an international outcry on Thursday by suspending a number of journalists at major news…
Continue Reading TikTok may push potentially harmful content to teens within minutes, study finds
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business TikTok may surface potentially harmful content related to suicide and eating disorders to teenagers within…
Continue Reading Tech groups ask Supreme Court to rule on hot-button Texas social media law
By Brian Fung, CNN Two technology industry groups asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to review a hotly debated Texas law restricting social media…
Continue Reading Tech groups ask Supreme Court to rule on hot-button Texas social media law
By Brian Fung, CNN Two technology industry groups asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to review a hotly debated Texas law restricting social media…
Continue Reading Uber Eats launches robot delivery service in Miami
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN The next time you order a meal from Uber Eats, it may be delivered by a robot — at least if you live in Miami.…
Continue Reading Former employees suing Twitter over layoffs score an early victory
By Clare Duffy, CNN A group of former employees suing Elon Musk’s Twitter scored an early win Wednesday when a judge ordered the company to…
Continue Reading The year that brought Silicon Valley back down to earth
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN On the first trading day of 2022, Apple hit a new milestone for the tech industry: the iPhone maker became the first…
Continue Reading Senate passes legislation to ban TikTok from US government devices
By Brian Fung, CNN The Senate passed legislation Wednesday evening to ban TikTok from US government devices, in a move designed to limit perceived…
Continue Reading Former employees suing Twitter over layoffs score an early victory
By Clare Duffy, CNN A group of former employees suing Elon Musk’s Twitter scored an early win Wednesday when a judge ordered the company to…
Continue Reading An Ethiopian professor was murdered by a mob. A lawsuit alleges Facebook fueled the violence
By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN The son of an Ethiopian chemistry professor who was killed during unrest in the country last year has filed a lawsuit…
Continue Reading Why Tom Brady, David Ortiz, Jimmy Fallon and other celebrities are getting sued over crypto
By Jennifer Korn With the implosion of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX dominating the headlines, celebrities who hawked cryptocurrency are now finding…
Continue Reading Why Tom Brady, David Ortiz, Jimmy Fallon and other celebrities are getting sued over crypto
By Jennifer Korn With the implosion of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX dominating the headlines, celebrities who hawked cryptocurrency are now finding…
Continue Reading Twitter suspends account that tracked Musk’s private jet, despite billionaire’s ‘free speech’ pledge
By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Twitter on Wednesday permanently suspended an account that tracked the location of Elon Musk’s private jet,…
Continue Reading US government charges 8 social media influencers over alleged pump-and-dump scheme
By Brian Fung, CNN The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged seven Twitter users and a podcaster in an alleged $100 million stock…
Continue Reading Why a growing number of states are cracking down on TikTok
By Brian Fung, CNN Two years after TikTok avoided a national ban in the United States, the popular short-form video app is now facing growing…
Continue Reading Blizzard tells China’s ‘World of Warcraft’ fans to back up data as it seeks new partner
By Michelle Toh, CNN “World of Warcraft” fans in China will have to back up their playing history as the distributor of the hit game…
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