Samsung launches the Access phone subscription service in the US, the US will join the Global Partnership on AI, and Zynga buys the mobilegame maker Peak for $1.8 billion.
US President Trumps signs an executive order authorizing the FCC to review liability protections of Section 230, IGTV will begin letting creators monetize videos, and Switzerland launches the first app with support for Google and Apple’s exposure notification API.
A New York Times piece by Taylor Lorenz examines the phenomenon of the TikTok cult. Rabid followers of seemingly innocuous TikTok creators. What can influencers expect from these fan bases are how are they different from ones that rise-up from Instagram and YouTube?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Lamarr Wilson, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe
President Trump signed an executive order authorizing the FCC to review when liability protections of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act apply to online platforms, Google will being rolling out its SameSite Cookie requirements with Chrome 84 in July, and co-watching features launch on Hulu and Plex.
After Twitter afixed a fact-check label on a tweet from Donald Trump the US president has threatened to sign an executive order removing safe harbor provisions from social media platforms. What does this mean and what will it do to social media outlets?
Starring Sarah Lane, Richard Stroffolino, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe
Arizona’s attorney general filed a lawsuit against Google over allegedly deceptive location tracking, GeForce Now will now only offer games that have opted in to the service, and Microsoft and Google are both reportedly investigating investing in Indian telecom companies.
As Twitter tries to navigate a highly-charged political landscape what things are they trying to do to insure tweets from World Leaders are filled with misleading or false information?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.