Bobby Allyn
Stories
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Politics
Traffic on Bluesky, an X competitor, is up 500% since the election. How will it handle the surge?
Unlike other social media sites, Bluesky allows users to create their own algorithm. The site does not have ads, nor harvest data for artificial intelligence training. But it is still very small, and it does not make money.
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Technology
Social media's lax rules around misinformation worry election watchers
Leading up to the 2020 election, online platforms were policing misinformation. Now, days before the election, social media companies are taking a more hands-off approach -- particularly X.
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Politics
An Elon Musk-backed political group is posting fake Kamala Harris ads on Facebook
Ads seemingly advocating for Vice President Kamala Harris on Facebook are really part of an effort by a dark money group to mislead voters. The messages have been viewed millions of times.
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Politics
How Elon Musk has used X as a megaphone for the re-election of Trump
It's been nearly two years since Elon Musk bought Twitter and turned it into X. He's turned the platform into a megaphone for himself and, increasingly, for former President Donald Trump.
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Technology
Soon, when a user sues X, the case will go to Texas where a judge is a Tesla investor
Elon Musk's X seems to be trying get its cases litigated in the court of one particular Texas judge -- who appears to be a Tesla shareholder.
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Business
New records show Texas judge on X case didn't sell his Tesla shares after taking the suit
The judge, Reed O’Connor, in Fort Worth, Texas, has rejected calls for him to step down from the high-profile case Musk filed against Media Matters, a watchdog group.
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Technology
TikTok has known about how the app can harm teens and preteens, new documents show
New internal documents reveal that TikTok has known about the app's potential dangers to teenagers and pre-teens.
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Business
Inside the TikTok documents: Stripping teens and boosting 'attractive' people
A trove of secret documents show teens’ increasing reliance on TikTok and how executives were acutely aware of the potential harm the app can cause young people, but appeared unconcerned.
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Business
TikTok executives know about app’s effect on teens, lawsuit documents allege
In communications newly revealed, TikTok executives discuss being aware of the harms caused by their app. TikTok officials were warned of the app’s dangers to minors.
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Law & Courts
Lawsuit documents reveal what TikTok executives know about app’s effect on teenagers
Kentucky is one of 14 states to sue TikTok for failing to protect kids on the app. Kentucky Public Radio and NPR have reviewed dozens of pages of the lawsuit that were blacked out from public view.
