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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...
Yes, TikTok could still be banned. Here’s what you should know.

Tatum Hunter, Shira Ovide, Heather Kelly
Sep 16, 2024 3:16 pm - After years of failed attempts to ban video app TikTok because of its Chinese ownership, Congress passed a law in April requiring the company to shut down or sell to an A...
How social media became a storefront for deadly fake pills

By BARBARA ORTUTAY
Sep 15, 2024 6:00 am - Coco loved being the life of the party — cracking jokes, doing pranks and making people laugh, her mom, Julianna Arnold, recalled recently. “Her favorite pastime was fash...
Google faces a new antitrust trial after ruling declaring search engine a monopoly

By MATTHEW BARAKAT
Sep 09, 2024 2:30 pm - ALEXANDRIA, Va. — One month after a judge declared Google's search engine an illegal monopoly, the tech giant faces another antitrust lawsuit that threatens to break up t...
Political ads on social media rife with misinformation and scams, new research finds

By DAVID KLEPPER
Jul 10, 2024 10:29 am - WASHINGTON — The online advertisement to Donald Trump supporters was clear enough: Click here, and receive a free Trump 2024 flag and a commemorative coin. All in exchang...
Internet providers must now be more transparent about fees, pricing, FCC says

By CORA LEWIS
Apr 10, 2024 8:20 am - NEW YORK — Much like nutritional labels on food products, “broadband labels” for internet packages will soon tell you just what is going into the pricing of your service,...
Content creation holds appeal for laid-off workers seeking flexibility

By BROOKE SCHULTZ
Apr 09, 2024 8:27 am - With a compact mirror in one hand and an eyelash curler in the other, Grace Xu told her roughly 300,000 TikTok followers she was likely about to be laid off. She was rig...
Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads down in widespread outage

Associated Press
Mar 05, 2024 10:37 am - Users of Meta's Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Messenger platforms are experiencing login issues in what appears to be a widespread outage. Internet traffic observer Do...
Wikipedia, wrapped. Here are 2023's most-viewed articles on the internet's encyclopedia

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer
Dec 05, 2023 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Remember what you searched for in 2023? Well, Wikipedia has the receipts. English Wikipedia raked in more than 84 billion views this year, according to number...
Cyber Monday marks the year's biggest online shopping day, and one more chance to save on gifts

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer
Nov 27, 2023 12:00 am - Consumers are scouring the internet for online deals as they begin to cap off the five-day post-Thanksgiving shopping bonanza with Cyber Monday. Even though e-commerce i...

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