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Trump Promises to Save TikTok With Executive Order, Asks Tech Companies to Keep App Online
The President-Elect also pledges a “50% ownership position” of the popular platform for the United States
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David Lynch’s Children to Host Worldwide Group Meditation in His Honor
“Let us come together, wherever we are, to honor his legacy by spreading peace and love across the world,” they write
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Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban, Paving Way for Sunday Shutdown
The popular app will not be allowed to be carried by the Apple or Google app stores starting Jan. 19
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Biden Appoints ATTN: CEO Matthew Segal to Holocaust Memorial Council Board of Trustees | Exclusive
“The promise to ‘never forget’ the horrors of the Holocaust is more urgent than ever,” the 39-year-old media entrepreneur says
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TikTok in Limbo: What Happens to Creators – and Can Trump Save Them?
If Trump signs an executive order overturning the TikTok ban, it would give the app “more leeway” to find a buyer as it works its way through the courts, one legal expert tells TheWrap
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Lawyer Drops Meta Over Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘Toxic Masculinity’
Stanford professor Mark Lemley says the company and its founder have descended into “Neo-Nazi madness”
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Snap, Meta Stocks Jump as TikTok Ban Approaches
Wall Street investors appear to be betting on Snapchat and Instagram benefiting from TikTok’s U.S. exile
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Meta Cuts 5% of Workforce to ‘Move Out Low-Performers,’ Zuckerberg Says
The parent company of Facebook and Instagram is cutting 3,620 jobs
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What to Know About RedNote and Why TikTok Users Are Flocking There
RedNote – or Xiaohongshu – is currently the top-ranked free app in the United States
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Trump Slams Seth Meyers as ‘Dumb and Untalented,’ Threatens Comcast in Truth Social Rant
The president-elect takes aim at the NBC late night host’s parent company, saying they should “pay a big price” for “political hits”
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Chinese Apps Xiaohongshu and Lemon8 Jump to Top of App Store as TikTok Ban Looms
The two social media services are the top-ranked free apps on Apple’s App Store, just days before TikTok is set to be kicked out of the U.S.
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TikTok Dismisses Report of Elon Musk Sale as ‘Pure Fiction’
The social media app is facing a ban later this month if it’s not sold to a US-owned company
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Public Enemy’s Chuck D Says ‘Burn Hollywood Burn’ Should Not Be Used to Celebrate LA Wildfires
The 1990 track “has nothing to do with families, losing everything they have in a natural disaster,” says the rapper
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LA Rattled by Accidental All-County Evacuation Order: ‘That’s a Big Oops’
Local TV stations confirmed that the citywide emergency notice was issued by mistake
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Elon Musk Applauds Meta’s ‘Awesome’ Decision to Copy His Community Notes
The X boss says it’s “cool” that Facebook and Instagram will follow in his social media footsteps as they end their fact-checking programs