Reddit users ban links to X in groups to protest Elon Musk’s controversial gesture
Protests erupted across Reddit after critics claimed Elon Musk's gesture at President Trump's inauguration resembled a Nazi salute. Moderators of the subreddit, which, like the NBA subreddit, runs topic-focused communities across the platform, said that group members were shouting at Musk to protest his controversial arm gesture. has banned people from posting links to X, […]
Meta denies platforms are forcing users to follow Trump, Vance
Meta on Wednesday refuted claims that its platform forced users to automatically follow President Trump and Vice President Vance's Instagram accounts on Inauguration Day. Shortly after Mr. Trump and Mr. Vance were sworn into office, some users posted online claiming that their Instagram and Facebook accounts automatically followed Mr. Trump and Mr. Vance. Some people […]
Instagram, Facebook users confounded by perceived auto-follow for Trump likely followed the POTUS accounts previously
Liberal Facebook and Instagram users were outraged after the inauguration when they discovered they were automatically following the accounts of President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance, with the platforms forcing Americans to follow their profiles. It falsely claimed that following was being forced as “part of a propaganda machine.” The left-handed account owner […]
TikTok restoring service to US users
TikTok announced on Sunday that it was “restoring” its service in the United States, just over 12 hours after cutting off access to the popular video-sharing platform in anticipation of a ban. “In agreement with our service provider, TikTok is working to restore service,” TikTok said in a statement posted on social platform X. “To […]
TikTok users freak out as ban shuts down app for 170M users in US
Heartbroken TikTokers are going cuckoo. Users of the now-defunct social app across the U.S. mourned its loss early Sunday after the app was shut down for its 170 million U.S. users in the face of a U.S. legal ban. There is. “It’s gone TIKTOK is gone”, one. User posted on X With a GIF of […]
TikTok shouts out Trump as app goes dark for millions of users across US
Pete Packal, technology analyst and founder of The Media Copilot, joins Mornings with Maria to discuss President-elect Trump's appeal to the Supreme Court to end the ban on TikTok. Discuss the administration's focus on AI in its second term. TikTok went dark for users across the U.S. late Saturday as it notified users of a […]
Hours before US ban, TikTok says users will see ‘temporary’ halt in service
Pete Packal, technology analyst and founder of The Media Copilot, joins Mornings with Maria to discuss President-elect Trump's appeal to the Supreme Court to end the ban on TikTok. Discuss the administration's focus on AI in its second term. Hours before the U.S. ban on TikTok went into effect, TikTok released a statement on its […]
TikTok to go dark for 170M US users after app announces services will be ‘temporarily unavailable’
TikTok will be shut down for now. The popular video-sharing app used by 170 million Americans is scheduled to cease service late Saturday after TikTok's Chinese-owned parent company announced the service would be “temporarily unavailable.” Ta. “We regret that the U.S. law banning TikTok goes into effect on January 19th and our service will be […]
‘Daily Show’ Mocks TikTok Users Saying Ban Is the Worst Thing U.S. Has Ever Done: ‘We Did Slavery’
comedy central of daily show Host Jordan Klepper mocked TikTok users expressing anger over the US ban on Chinese apps this Saturday. One TikTok user called the decision the worst thing the United States has ever done. “Is that the worst thing? I mean, America had slavery. Can we at least call it a draw?” […]
Capital One acknowledges 'outage' as users report issues accessing deposits – NBC News
Capital One said some users have reported issues with direct deposits, and unspecified technical issues are preventing access to customer accounts. according to Complaints on social media platform Xa Capital One representative said the bank had experienced a “technical outage” impacting “various functions” and there was no timetable for service restoration. Late Thursday, the company […]