The Verge

JULY 15, 2020

The suit alleges that Google violated wiretapping and privacy laws. Trending down : Hong Kong activists worry Apple may be censoring the voting platform PopVote, which was developed for the opposition’s primaries — an unofficial election that also served as a protest against the city’s national security law imposed last month by Beijing.

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The Verge

JUNE 11, 2020

According to Romm, American Edge is set up to ”navigate a thicket of tax laws in such a way that it can raise money, and blitz the airwaves with ads, without the obligation of disclosing all of its donors.”. Might that mislead people about the identity, purpose, or origin of the entity that American Edge represents?

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The Verge

JUNE 23, 2020

How much of the low turnout should be attributed to the teens, and how much should be attributed to other factors — like that pandemic, for example? In the moment, Trump versus the TikTok teens offered a canvas that anyone could project their hopes and LOLs onto. Or was it something else? Sarah Holder / Bloomberg).

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The Verge

JULY 14, 2020

Law enforcement authorities are using a company called Dataminr to help monitor social media related to protests. Stylistically, they’re laws. Rascally TikTok teens are trying to pull one over on the president again. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. ?? The Hill ). That is not a typo.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

Here are Katie Roof and Zheping Huang in Bloomberg : The company owes much of its success to TikTok , now the online repository of choice for lip-synching and dance videos by American teens. The ambitious company is also pushing aggressively into a plethora of new arenas from gaming and search to music. Two, TikTok keeps finding new users.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Now, a deal with TikTok could mean it needs the law, too. Teen girls are dominating TikTok , going from zero followers to hundreds of thousands in a matter of days. Facebook published its “responsible innovation principles” on Wednesday — they’re meant to address the many concerns related to the development of AR glasses.

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The Verge

AUGUST 28, 2020

America’s two hottest teen tech brands, Microsoft and Walmart, are teaming up for a bid. One possibility might be a Glass-Steagall law for tech platforms, which would prohibit them them from running a platform and competing on it at the same time. Perhaps one of the companies now circling it can replicate them eventually.

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