TikTok vows to fight White House ban with ‘all remedies available’

Posted on 07/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

TikTok has issued a statement on the White House’s plan to ban its popular app, saying it was “shocked” by the executive order and that it will respond in court, if necessary. The order, issued yesterday by President Trump, means that TikTok could di...

Trump’s threat to ban TikTok might be legal, but it’s super shady

Posted on 06/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

On Friday July 31st, aboard Air Force One, Donald Trump issued a bold proclamation: “As far as TikTok is concerned we’re banning them from the United States,” he told the assembled reporters, asserting that “I have that authority. I can do it with an...

Instagram ‘bug’ heavily favored Trump content over Biden for months

Posted on 05/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

In yet another evidentiary blow to the conservative mythology that social media platforms are biased against them and actively silencing right-wing voices, Buzzfeed reports that for the past two months Instagram’s algorithms have been heavily favorin...

White House withdraws FCC commissioner renomination

Posted on 04/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The Trump administration has changed its tune about backing what was supposed to be Mike O’Rielly’s third term as an FCC Commissioner. According to Reuters and Bloomberg, the White House has withdrawn O’Rielly’s renomination and has notified the Sena...

Trump says TikTok has until September 15th to sell US operations or close

Posted on 03/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

According to the New York Times, President Donald Trump said at a White House briefing that TikTok must sell its US operations by September 15th, or be forced to shut down. He is open, however, to a Microsoft takeover of the outfit. He also wanted th...

TikTok owner reportedly agrees to sell US stake to avoid ban

Posted on 01/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

TikTok may drop its ties to China in very short order. Reuters sources claim TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, has agreed to sell its stake in the social network’s US operations to avert a possible ban. The agreement would have Microsoft protect Ame...

Trump admin will reportedly force ByteDance to sell TikTok

Posted on 31/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

It looks like Donald Trump is about to make good on his promise to go after TikTok. The Trump administration will soon force ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, to sell the app to a U.S. owner, Bloomberg reports.And there’s already one t...

US government drops online class restrictions for international students

Posted on 14/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The Trump administration has backpedaled on a policy that would have forced international college students to leave the US if their fall courseload was entirely online. A federal judge in Boston announced that the Department of Homeland Security has...

Twitch restores Donald Trump’s account after a two-week suspension

Posted on 13/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Twitch has lifted its temporary ban on Donald Trump’s account. It suspended the president two weeks ago for “hateful conduct” related to controversial comments regarding Mexican migrants that he made in two streams.The service cited a quote from Trum...

Trump confirms cyberattack against Russian trolls during 2018 midterms

Posted on 11/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The US is normally secretive about its cyberattacks against Russia, but it just acknowledged one of them. President Trump confirmed to the Washington Post in an interview that he authorized an attack against the Internet Research Agency (a troll team...

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