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TikTok’s biggest problem is outside its control

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ByteDance is reportedly considering all manner of proposed solutions to keep TikTok alive around the world — it’s expected to generate $500 million in revenue this year , after all. Rascally TikTok teens are trying to pull one over on the president again. “I only have 3 million on Instagram and 500,000 on YouTube. That is not a typo.

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Mark Zuckerberg on why he doesn’t want to “put an Apple Watch on your face”

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A group of Republican senators led by Marco Rubio is calling on Trump to reject Oracle’s proposed deal with TikTok if the app doesn’t sever ties with ByteDance. “We Teen girls are dominating TikTok , going from zero followers to hundreds of thousands in a matter of days. Adi Robertson / The Verge ). Governing. ?

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Trump’s latest attack on Section 230 is really about censoring speech

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as part of that country’s debate over proposed online-harm legislation, would “require platform companies to ensure that their algorithms do not skew toward extreme and unreliable material to boost user engagement.” Joe Biden’s campaign is taking over a popular Instagram account created by a teen supporter. Jesselyn Cook / HuffPost ).

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It’s (still) time to end ‘Trending’ on Twitter

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They served the teen with a search warrant at the home where he lives with his parents. Facebook and Google are threatening to cut off news services in Australia if lawmakers pass a proposed law that would force both companies to negotiate with media companies and pay them for content that appears on their sites. Sorry for the errors.

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How to think about polarization on Facebook

The Verge

The second thing to say about “polarization” is that while it has a lot of negative effects, it’s worth thinking about what your proposed alternative to it would be. Is it national unity? One-party rule? Or just everyone being more polite to one another? And it will be all over Twitter.