The Chief Executive Officer of X Linda Yaccarino has labelled the decision to scrap fact-checkers at Facebook and Instagram as “really exciting”. Earlier this month, Mark Zuckerberg — the co-founder of Facebook and current CEO of parent company,
Meta is canceling its diversity programs and its civil rights VP has resigned. Amazon.com also said it would roll back some DEI initiatives.
Fact-checkers who were put in place in the wake of Trump's 2016 election have proven to be "too politically biased" and have destroyed "more trust than they've created," particularly in the United States, Zuckerberg said. "The recent elections also feel like a cultural tipping point towards once again prioritizing speech," Zuckerberg said.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Patrick Agyemang and Matko Miljevic scored in their international debuts, Union midfielder Jack McGlynn got his first national team goal, and the United States beat Venezuela 3-1 on Saturday in a friendly between teams missing their regular starters.
Archer Aviation is building an eVTOL to help people travel quicker in congested urban areas. For example, it highlights the trip from downtown Manhattan to the Newark airport, which can sometimes take over an hour in a car. Once the company's eVTOL point-to-point air taxi network is built, the company says this trip will take under 10 minutes.
The advisory comes amid concerns that cases of H5N1 avian influenza will sicken more people in the United States.
The TikTok ban is about US tech hegemony, not national security or protecting Americans’ data, which homegrown social media companies make a business of collecting and selling.
Shares in TikTok competitors were little helped on Friday after the high court let the ban stand, indicating that investors are not convinced it will happen. Today, the United States Supreme Court announced its ruling to uphold the TikTok ban.
Biden's farewell speech warning that oligarchs pose a threat to democracy has echoed a growing problem in the world, economic and historical experts say.
TikTok plans to cease operations in the United States on Sunday unless President Joe Biden intervenes before he leaves office one day later.
The US Food and Drug Administration said it is tracking multiple cases of H5N1 bird flu in domestic and wild cats, including cases linked to contaminated pet food.
With a TikTok ban set to go into effect Sunday, influencers and strategists say politicians run the risk of losing a key communication tool and alienating the large number of people active there.