Category: platform

TikTok to Invest Billions of Dollars in Southeast Asia to Boost E-Commerce Business

JAKARTA—Short video app TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, said on Thursday it would invest billions of dollars in Southeast Asia over the next few years, as it doubles down on the region amid intensifying global scrutiny over its data security. Southeast Asia, a region with a collective population of 630 million—half of them under 30—is…


Elon Musk Suggests Twitter as New Platform for Tucker Carlson After Fox News Departure

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk suggested Twitter could be a platform where Tucker Carlson could prosper after the Fox News primetime host departed the network on Monday. Carlson had been a fixture at Fox News since 2009, and had hosted his own primetime “Tucker Carlson Tonight” show from November 2016 until his final installment last Friday….


TikTok Expects to Be Subject to Stricter EU Online Content Rules

BRUSSELS—Chinese social media company TikTok is likely to be subject to stricter EU online content rules because its number of active users exceed a threshold set out under the Digital Services Act (DSA), a senior executive at the company said on Wednesday. The landmark rules take a tougher line on very large online platforms, characterizing…


Goldman Sachs Platform Solutions Business Lost $3 Billion in Nearly Three Years

NEW YORK—Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lost $3.03 billion in nearly three years on its platform solutions business that houses transaction banking, credit card and financial technology businesses. This is the first time that Goldman has given a detailed look into the financials for the consumer and fintech arms that were intended to diversify the Wall…


LIVE: The Censorship Establishment Fears an Open Twitter; Arizona AG Says the Election Can’t Be Certified

Soon after Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, he began restoring accounts that were previously banned and took steps to restore citizen journalism on the platform. As this takes place, former voices of authority have been subject to increasing scrutiny, while community fact checks and Twitter trends are taking a sharp turn away from established narratives….


The Censorship Establishment Fears an Open Twitter; Arizona AG Says the Election Can’t Be Certified

Soon after Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, he began restoring accounts that were previously banned and took steps to restore citizen journalism on the platform. As this takes place, former voices of authority have been subject to increasing scrutiny, while community fact checks and Twitter trends are taking a sharp turn away from established narratives….


The Censorship Establishment Fears an Open Twitter; Arizona AG Demands Evidence Prior to Certification

Soon after Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, he began restoring accounts that were previously banned and took steps to restore citizen journalism on the platform. As this takes place, former voices of authority have been subject to increasing scrutiny, while community fact checks and Twitter trends are taking a sharp turn away from established narratives….


LIVE 10:30 AM ET: The Censorship Establishment Fears an Open Twitter; Arizona AG Says the Election Can’t Be Certified

Soon after Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, he began restoring accounts that were previously banned and took steps to restore citizen journalism on the platform. As this takes place, former voices of authority have been subject to increasing scrutiny, while community fact checks and Twitter trends are taking a sharp turn away from established narratives….


LIVE 11/22, at 10:30 AM ET: The Censorship Establishment Fears an Open Twitter; Arizona AG Says the Election Can’t Be Certified

Soon after Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, he began restoring accounts that were previously banned and took steps to restore citizen journalism on the platform. As this takes place, former voices of authority have been subject to increasing scrutiny, while community fact checks and Twitter trends are taking a sharp turn away from established narratives….


LIVE: Musk Suggests Twitter Board Lied to Court; BlackRock’s ESG Agenda Begins to Crumble

Twitter executives may have lied to the court about fake accounts on the platform, according to screenshots posted online by Elon Musk just days after taking over the company. The finding suggests that Musk could take legal action against the fired Twitter executives and expose the types of manipulation and censorship that were taking place…