2024-12-14
new: DC court denies TikTok's request for a temporary freeze of the sale-or-ban law. this surprised several legal experts i've been in touch with. now it'll try its luck with the Supreme Court, as Jan. 19 looms: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/b...
CNN
A US appeals court declines to temporarily block a ban on TikTok; TikTok had indicated it would ask SCOTUS to step in on an emergency basis to block the law
A federal appeals court on Friday declined to temporarily block a ban on TikTok, teeing up a showdown at the Supreme Court over whether …
2024-10-08
based on internal docs, TikTok “knew the harms to children,” Rob Bonta, the Democratic AG of California, told us. “They chose addiction and more use and more eyeballs and more mental and physical harm for our young people in order to get profits — it's really that simple.”
NBC News
A bipartisan coalition of 14 US state AGs file lawsuits accusing TikTok of damaging young users' mental health and collecting data without parental consent
it's really that simple.”
2024-07-19
Carlos has more TikTok followers than Beyoncé or Reese Witherspoon (and made more than $1 million last year) but has flown under the radar in the national press because his videos are in Spanish. but he's a huge force and taped a video with Biden last month.
New York Times
A profile of Carlos Espina, who has 9.4M TikTok followers, posts in Spanish about immigration and politics, and whom the White House treats as a broadcaster
a one-man news channel for millions of Latinos and a case study in how the White House works with creators on key issues: https://www.nytimes.com/... (w/@kenbensinger!) Anupam Chan...
i went to Texas last month to hang with TikTok star Carlos Espina (@cespina1998) — a one-man news channel for millions of Latinos and a case study in how the White House works with creators on key issues: https://www.nytimes.com/... (w/@kenbensinger!)
New York Times
A profile of Carlos Espina, who has 9.4M TikTok followers, posts in Spanish about immigration and politics, and whom the White House treats as a broadcaster
a one-man news channel for millions of Latinos and a case study in how the White House works with creators on key issues: https://www.nytimes.com/... (w/@kenbensinger!) Anupam Chan...
2024-06-21
TikTok filed a massive brief today in its case challenging the new law targeting the co. It shared a ton of detail on its confidential talks with top federal officials in the last year — which had been shrouded in secrecy. Eager for more revelations: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Reuters
In a filing, ByteDance urged a US court to strike down a law that could ban TikTok in the US, recounting lengthy talks that it says the US ended in August 2022
which had been shrouded in secrecy. Eager for more revelations: https://www.nytimes.com/... David Shepardson / @davidshepardson : More from TikTok brief: “In short, Congress reache...
2024-04-22
the TikTok bill got my colleagues and i thinking about how the app has shaped American culture and life in the last few years. here's what we came up with — please take a read!: https://www.nytimes.com/... (amazing editing + steering by @NoreenMalone + @AshwinSeshagiri)
Bloomberg
Memo to US staff: TikTok vows a legal battle if the US' divestment bill becomes law, saying the bill is “a clear violation” of its users' First Amendment rights
TikTok told employees it will fight in the courts if a US bill forcing a ban or divestiture of the Chinese-owned app …
the TikTok bill got my colleagues and i thinking about how the app has shaped American culture and life in the last few years. here's what we came up with — please take a read!: https://www.nytimes.com/... (amazing editing + steering by @NoreenMalone + @AshwinSeshagiri)
New York Times
How TikTok has influenced US culture and shaped Hollywood, privacy, fashion, shopping, news, music, trends, cooking, mental health, national security, and more
2024-04-21
the TikTok bill got my colleagues and i thinking about how the app has shaped American culture and life in the last few years. here's what we came up with — please take a read!: https://www.nytimes.com/... (amazing editing + steering by @NoreenMalone + @AshwinSeshagiri)
The Verge
The House passes a TikTok divestiture bill with a longer sale deadline as part of a package of Ukraine/Israel aid bills, pressuring the Senate to vote on TikTok
The House once again passed a bill that could ban TikTok from the US unless its Chinese parent company ByteDance divests it …
2024-01-09
TikTok has quietly restricted access to a data tool that researchers and lawmakers have been using for months to scrutinize content on the site related to geopolitics and the Israel-Hamas war: https://nytimes.com/...
New York Times
TikTok restricts Creative Center, meant to help advertisers track hashtags, after critics used the tool to scrutinize content on the Israel-Hamas war and more
and its critics—to assess content on its platform Meera Navlakha / Mashable : TikTok restricts data tool after accusations of geopolitical bias Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Tod...
2023-12-15
one lawyer, who's helping represent more than 1,000 guardians & minors claiming an array of harms from TikTok usage, has challenged the updated terms. he said he believed TikTok made the changes in anticipation of a wave of litigation based on the AG investigation and CA suit.
New York Times
TikTok quietly changed its TOS in July 2023, including removing requiring users to go through private arbitration, making it more difficult to sue the company
Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times :
2023-10-21
Cameo, the celeb video greeting app, has gone from a pandemic darling valued at $1 billion, with nearly 400 employees, to a husk of its former self. @eringriffith & i chronicled the startup's boom days and stark decline to 33 staffers and a hazy future: https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
A look at Cameo's peak during the pandemic and subsequent fall due to its trouble recruiting big stars, CEO Steven Galanis' unfocused management style, and more
the service that lets you request a personalized video from Dr. Pimple Popper or Dennis Rodman—was valued at $1 billion in 2021. All it had to do was keep growing. What could go wr...
Cameo, fueled by VC zeal, believed it could create a co “as enduring as what Walt Disney did for the last century.” but the world reopened and the market for its main product dwindled. it tried Web3/crypto art, buying a merch company, corporate deals, etc: https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
A look at Cameo's peak during the pandemic and subsequent fall due to its trouble recruiting big stars, CEO Steven Galanis' unfocused management style, and more
the service that lets you request a personalized video from Dr. Pimple Popper or Dennis Rodman—was valued at $1 billion in 2021. All it had to do was keep growing. What could go wr...
2023-09-18
New: TikTok is rankling U.S. employees with a new internal tool & dashboard called “MyRTO” that tracks their office attendance via badge swipes. the company has threatened disciplinary action if employees don't show up or explain absences. https://www.nytimes.com/... with @emmabgo!
New York Times
TikTok's US staff complain about a new internal app to track office attendance; TikTok requires most staff to be in the office three times per week from October
2023-09-17
New: TikTok is rankling U.S. employees with a new internal tool & dashboard called “MyRTO” that tracks their office attendance via badge swipes. the company has threatened disciplinary action if employees don't show up or explain absences. https://www.nytimes.com/... with @emmabgo!
New York Times
TikTok's US staff complain about a new internal app to track office attendance; TikTok requires most staff to be in the office three times a week from October
The company is requiring many employees to use an app that tracks their in-person attendance. — TikTok employees …
2023-08-07
wrote about Gee Thanks Just Bought It! and the fashion and beauty Substacks that are helping fill the void left by women's print magazines. online and in the Sunday Business section: https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
After social media upended the fashion, beauty, and lifestyle magazine industries, some women turn to Facebook Groups and Substack for curated recommendations
and they want to trust the person telling them. The Women's Magazines of 2023 Are in a Facebook Group and Your Inbox https://www.nytimes.com/... Sapna Maheshwari / @sapna : wrote a...
2023-07-26
front page story with @4evrmalone today on how creators are under pressure from Hollywood's mega strike. we talked to nonunion creators who are turning down $25K deals, others who are frustrated w SAG & one aspiring actor/influencer w a Jim Carrey tattoo https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
Despite not being in SAG-AFTRA, many influencers are passing up deals to promote movies and TV shows to avoid being barred from the guild and online criticism
Despite not being in the actors' union, many content creators are passing up deals to promote films or TV shows …
2023-07-14
New: First Amendment lawyers filed a lawsuit today challenging the TikTok ban in Texas and saying it threatens academic freedom. it cites a media professor in TX who said her teaching + research work have been compromised now that she can't access the app https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University files a lawsuit challenging Texas' TikTok ban on state devices, for limiting research and teaching
Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times :
2023-06-08
the letter cited this story from @RMac18 and me, which described how sensitive U.S. user data was shared at TikTok and ByteDance through its internal messaging and collaboration system, Lark. we also reported on Lark data being stored on servers in China. https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
In a letter, two US senators accuse TikTok of misleading Congress on the company's handling of US user data, demanding answers to 12+ questions by June 16
Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times :
the senators are requesting responses to more than a dozen questions by next Friday, focused on how sensitive data about American users may be stored in China and accessed by employees there
New York Times
In a letter, two US senators accuse TikTok of misleading Congress on the company's handling of US user data, demanding answers to 12+ questions by June 16
Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times :
NEW: @SenBlumenthal and @MarshaBlackburn sent a letter to TikTok's CEO on Tuesday, accusing the company of making misleading claims to Congress around how it stores and handles U.S. user data. the letter cited new reports in May from Forbes and @nytimes https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
In a letter, two US senators accuse TikTok of misleading Congress on the company's handling of US user data, demanding answers to 12+ questions by June 16
Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times :