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Trump extends TikTok ban deadline for a third time

By BARBARA ORTUTAY
Jun 19, 2025 11:34 am - President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 90 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under American ownership.
Beware of Facebook posts for ‘tariff relief’ payments. They’re lies.

By Shira Ovide
Apr 25, 2025 2:01 pm - Tricksters have been paying Meta to show you Facebook and Instagram posts touting a $750 “tariff relief credit” or $5,600 in “tariff relief benefits.”
Trump extends TikTok deadline another 75 days as US continues to look for a deal

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and SARAH PARVINI
Apr 04, 2025 2:21 pm - President Donald Trump on Friday said he is signing an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 75 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under American ownership.
Meta courted Trump; now comes the backlash from Facebook, Instagram users

Tatum Hunter, Heather Kelly
Jan 25, 2025 12:19 am - If you were surprised to see yourself suddenly following President Donald Trump on Instagram and Facebook this week, it’s not because Meta forced you to, the social media...
The Supreme Court is considering a possible TikTok ban. Here's what to know about the case

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Jan 10, 2025 7:19 am - The law that could ban TikTok is coming before the Supreme Court on Friday, with the justices largely holding the app's fate in their hands.
Australia is banning social media for people under 16. Could this work elsewhere — or even there?

By BARBARA ORTUTAY
Dec 04, 2024 8:51 am - It is an ambitious social experiment of our moment in history — one that experts say could accomplish something that parents, schools and other governments have attempted with varying degrees of success: keeping kids off social media until they turn 16.
US regulators seek to break up Google, forcing Chrome sale as part of monopoly punishment

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
Nov 21, 2024 7:21 am - U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court foun...
Russia amplified hurricane disinformation to drive Americans apart, researchers find

By DAVID KLEPPER
Oct 24, 2024 7:31 am - Russia has helped amplify and spread false and misleading internet claims about recent hurricanes in the United States and the federal government's response, part of a wider effort by the Kremlin to manipulate America's political discourse before the presidential election, new research shows.
US considers asking court to break up Google as it weighs remedies in the antitrust case

By SHAWN CHEN
Oct 09, 2024 6:55 am - The U.S. Department of Justice is considering asking a federal judge to force Google to sell parts of its business in order to eliminate its online search monopoly.
TikTok and the US face off in court over law that could lead to a ban on the popular platform

By HALELUYA HADERO
Sep 16, 2024 3:23 pm - TikTok faced off with the U.S. government in federal court on Monday, arguing a law that could ban the platform in a few short months was unconstitutional while the Justi...

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