Ally of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Demands End to Ban on Social Media Platform X


by Time

Time— A key ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the social media platform X.

Tech Times—X TV App: Smart TV-dedicated Streaming Platform Coming Soon From Elon Musk’s Social Media. X TV app is X's upcoming streaming platform, offering social media content to watch on bigger screens.

Time—Here’s All the Countries With TikTok Bans as Platform’s Future in U.S. Hangs In Balance. Over 30 countries have imposed restrictions on the social media platform.

Fast Company—Banning TikTok just puts a Band-Aid over social media’s problems. When President Joe Biden signed a $95 billion foreign aid bill into law on April 24, it started the clock on a nine-month window for TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app. The president can extend the deadline by three months, and TikTok has indicated that it plans to challenge the law in court. If the law stands and the company fails to sell the app, TikTok will be blocked from any U.S. app store or web-hosting service. This would affect TikTok’s more than 170...