DC Canna Coffee owner Greg Harris berates Uber Eats driver to ‘learn English’ in viral TikTok before health officials shut down store
A Washington DC coffee shop owner has launched a racist tirade at a Spanish-speaking Uber Eats delivery driver, demanding that he “learn English” and mocking his language. Greg Harris, owner of Canna Coffee, TikTok On Monday, the driver, Gregorio Amundarain, was accused of making “money” in the US and not speaking English when picking up […]
More Americans getting their news from TikTok: Research
The share of U.S. adults who regularly get their news from TikTok is growing, due to the app's growing popularity among adults under 30, according to the research firm. New Analysis From the Pew Research Center. An analysis of the survey, conducted between July 15 and Aug. 4, released Tuesday, found that 17% of respondents […]
From TikTok to trouble: How your online data can be weaponized against you
Let's talk about an issue that's really been bothering me lately: your online presence and how it can negatively impact you. A notable example is the case of 20 teachers at Great Valley Middle School in Malvern, Pennsylvania, who were victims of a scammer who used information they found online to impersonate their students on […]
Obama goes to TikTok to push voter registration
Former President Barack Obama is trying his hardest to grow the Democratic Party's base, including partnering with a popular TikTok creator to appeal to younger voters on National Voter Registration Day. Creators involved in the effort, which reaches more than 30 million people across social media, will be working with Obama to release a video […]
TikTok couple Matt and Abby Howard deny leaving their toddlers unattended in cruise cabin
An influencer couple have been forced to explain “unfounded” allegations that they left their two young children alone in their cabin while enjoying a romantic dinner at a cruise ship restaurant. Influencers Matt and Abby Howard took their two sons, Griffin, 2, and August, 1, on a seven-night weekend cruise, with Abby posting a photo […]
Barack Obama teams up with TikTok influencer for National Voter Registration Day
Former President Obama is reportedly planning to appear on TikTok to encourage voter registration. As Axios reports, President Obama conducted a series of interviews for TikTok with 25-year-old TikTok influencer and nonprofit president Carlos Espina, as part of the Democratic Party's broader effort to reach some 30 million potential voters through non-traditional means on National […]
Bottom Line: TikTok on the clock
technology TikTok The company signaled its continued engagement in Washington, less than five months after President Biden signed a bill to force Chinese parent ByteDance to invest or face a nationwide ban. employment Ballard Partners Lobby on issues related to the regulation of internet technologies and content platforms. The lobbying team includes veteran Republican lobbyist […]
TikTok, U.S. head to court over law that may ban popular platform
TikTok faced off against the US government in federal court on Monday, arguing that legislation that could ban the platform within months is unconstitutional, but the Justice Department said the legislation is necessary to eliminate national security risks posed by popular social media companies. For more than two hours before a three-judge panel at the […]
TikTok grilled in appeals court as judges consider challenge to sale-or-ban bill
TikTok faced tough questions from a U.S. appeals court on Monday as China-based ByteDance pushes to block legislation that would force it to stop selling the video-sharing app by Jan. 19 or else ban it entirely. TikTok's lawyers argued before a three-judge panel that the law, signed by President Joe Biden in April, violates the […]
Threatened US ban against TikTok ‘unconstitutional’, platform argues | TikTok
TikTok filed suit in federal court on Monday against the threat of a ban in the United States, arguing that laws targeting the video platform are “unconstitutional.” TikTok presented its case to a three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., on Monday. Andrew Pincus, a lawyer for TikTok and ByteDance, said […]