Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) defended pressing TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew about potential ties to the Chinese Communist Party at a Senate hearing Wednesday. “Singapore, unfortunately, is one of the places in the world that has the highest degree of infiltration and influence by the Chinese Communist Party,” Cotton said on Fox News’s “The Story … Read more
Several of the major technology companies with CEOs slated to appear before Congress on Wednesday have announced new initiatives or positions on efforts to protect children’s safety online ahead of this week’s hearing. The heads of Discord, Meta, Snap, TikTok, and X, formerly known as Twitter, are set to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee … Read more
Elon Musk‘s X/Twitter is back up after going down tonight all over the world. The usually reactive owner of the struggling social media platform hasn’t said anything about what happened or why, but for users it was certainly like someone pulled the plug for nearly an hour late Wednesday. Detected by Downdector just before 10 … Read more
