Porn, rap interrupt Zoom hearing of Twitter hacking suspect

The interruptions — including one by a user who shared a screen and took over the hearing with a porn video — forced Hillsborough County Judge Christopher C. Nash to temporarily halt the session for Graham Ivan Clark, 17.

TikTok announces new rules to curb misinformation ahead of 2020 election

The Chinese-owned video platform announced new steps to combat misinformation and foreign interference ahead of the 2020 presidential election.

Trump OK with Microsoft buying TikTok, says app will close Sept. 15 if no acquisition

The Trump administration has been weighing TikTok's fate since last year, launching an investigation into the short video company amid fears that its Bejing-based parent ByteDance shares customer information with the Communist Chinese government.

Microsoft confirms talks seeking to buy US arm of TikTok

In a statement, Microsoft said Microsoft and ByteDance have provided notice of their intent to explore a deal resulting in Microsoft owning and operating the TikTok service in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Trump says he'll act to ban TikTok in US as soon as Saturday

President Donald Trump says he will take action as soon as Saturday to ban Chinese-owned video app TikTok from the United States.

Lawsuit: Trump still blocks Twitter critics after court loss

Some individuals identified in a lawsuit filed in 2017, along with dozens of others who were blocked on the basis of viewpoint, have been unblocked, the lawsuit said.

Twitter: Hack hit 130 accounts, company 'embarrassed'

The San Francisco-based company said in a blog post Saturday that for up to eight of these accounts the attackers also downloaded the account’s information through the “Your Twitter Data” tool.

US could ban TikTok, Sec. Mike Pompeo says

The United States is looking at the possibility of banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok.

Starbucks latest to say it will pause social media ads

Starbucks is the latest company to say it will pause social media ads after a campaign led by civil rights organizations called for an ad boycott of Facebook, saying it doesn't do enough to stop racist and violent content.

Facebook and Instagram will let users turn off political ads ahead of 2020 election

The feature will allow people to turn off all social issue, electoral or political ads from candidates, Super PACs or other organizations that have the "Paid for by" disclaimer on them.

Trump escalates war on Twitter, social media protections

President Donald Trump escalated his war on social media companies Thursday, signing an executive order challenging the liability protections that have served as a bedrock for unfettered speech on the internet.