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A TikTok ban is gathering steam in Congress. But what could it actually mean?
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Donald Trump called into CNBC’s Squawk Box on Monday where he talked about crypto, tried to defend his complete 180 on a TikTok ban, and promoted his

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Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard whose employees famously started publicly shit-talking as soon as he was out the door, is reportedly looking for a new company to rule. Word on the street is that the company is TikTok.

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Donald Trump appeared to come out in defense of TikTok, the social media platform facing a potential ban by Congress, in a post late Thursday on his social media platform Truth Social—the same platform that experienced a

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TikTok sent a push notification to United States users on Thursday morning asking them to call their local representative to “Stop a TikTok shutdown.” The app refers to a bipartisan bill gaining momentum in Congress this week which could ba

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TikTok is trying to encourage some users to speak up against a proposed ban of the app.
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At the beginning of 2023, TikTok was one of the weirdest and most delightful places on the internet. An app with a reputation for memes and 30-second dances had become the front page of the internet, and it seemed TikTok was only getting better as the platform matured. A year later, TikTok’s growth finally appears to…

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A new report from CNBC shows that lobbyists connected to the AI industry were quite busy last year. Indeed, in 2023, AI lobbying efforts shot up 185 percent from the previous year.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., infamous anti-vaxxer and 2024 presidential hopeful, says he wasn’t the one who posted a message on the TikTok page of a fitness influencer who was admiring her glutes after a workout. Sure, RFK Jr., we believe you as much as you believe Big Pharma.

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