FEATURE (THE CONVERSATION) — The U.S. government moved closer to banning the video social media app TikTok on Apr. 23 after the Senate approved a $95 billion foreign aid bill. The bill includes a provision to force ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, to either sell its American holdings to a U.S. company or […]
By Dusty Sonnenberg, CCA, Field Leader, a project of the Ohio Soybean Council and Soybean Check-off You may know that Farmwithzoe is an agricultural social media influencer. You may know that Farmwithzoe shows the daily tasks of growing and marketing soybeans and corn to her 170,000 followers on Instagram, 198,000 followers on Facebook, and nearly
Creating viral videos on social media is a blend of art, strategy, and technical skill. Whether you’re just starting out or you’re an experienced content creator, this guide is designed to help you craft videos that captivate audiences globally. By understanding your audience, utilizing accessible tools, enhancing your video with proper lighting and audio, editing […]
A mostly forgotten footnote in the development of modern transportation is that early railroad passengers were often locked into their carriages. In retrospect, it seems obvious that bolting people into combustible and accident-prone vehicles was a bad idea, but the railroad is a useful reminder that humans are not always good at anticipating the effects […]
Popular Iraqi social media influencer Ghufran Mahdi Sawadi was shot to death outside of her Baghdad home on Friday evening. Security camera footage of the crime scene showed the assailant, who arrived on a motorcycle, discharge a handgun four times while the victim was sitting in her car. Iraq’s interior ministry has stated that they
While the right to freedom of expression is guaranteed, not all speech is constitutionally protected. When speech is wielded in a weaponized way, it cannot be protected.
Meta’s move into the open social web, also known as the fediverse, is puzzling. Does the Facebook owner see open protocols as the future? Will it embrace the fediverse only to shut it down, shifting people back to its proprietary platforms and decimating startups building in the space? Will it bring its advertising empire to […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
After confirming his relationship with the Viva producer, actor and director Xian Lim flexed Iris Lee on social media.
Researchers who track misinformation and hate speech in India say tech companies' poor enforcement of their own policies has created perfect conditions for harmful content that could distort public opinion, spur violence and leave millions of voters wondering what to believe.
The wife of one CMPD officer remembers the fear that came when her husband was called to duty at the same time Monday's tragic shooting occurred.