Bobby Allyn
Stories
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National
California Judge Orders Uber And Lyft To Consider All Drivers Employees
Uber and Lyft have been fighting California over whether drivers are employees, entitled to benefits, or independent contractors. A state judge ordered them to consider all those drivers employees.
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National
Trump Signs Executive Order That Will Effectively Ban Use Of TikTok In the U.S.
The president also issued an executive order aimed at cutting ties between the U.S. and the owner of the popular Chinese communications and social media app WeChat.
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National
Class Action Lawsuit Claims TikTok Steals Kids' Data And Sends It To China
A lawsuit alleging that TikTok collects and sends American users' data to China could cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Politics
Trump Administration Imposes Deadline For TikTok To Be Sold
The U.S. operation of video-sharing app TikTok is on the market. President Trump says the company that owns the app has to sell it by next month or he will ban it over national security concerns.
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National
Microsoft Consults With Trump About Ongoing Talks To Buy TikTok From Chinese Firm
In its first public acknowledgement of a deal that could be worth in the billions of dollars, Microsoft said it is continuing talks with TikTok about a potential takeover of the hugely popular app.
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National
Microsoft In Talks To Buy Teen Fav TikTok As Trump Ramps Up Pressure
The talks comes just as the Trump administration considers taking action against TikTok, including banning the app which is owned ByteDance, a Chinese company.
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Law & Courts
4 Key Takeaways From Washington's Big Tech Hearing On 'Monopoly Power'
Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., says Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple operate like monopolies and need to be broken up or regulated.
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National
Will TikTok Be Banned In The USA? It May Depend On Who Owns It
The White House is considering a number of economic sanctions to cut off the hugely popular Chinese-owned app from U.S. users over national security concerns.
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Politics
Trump Administration Is Considering Ban On TikTok In The U.S.
While Congress is debating whether to ban the popular video-sharing app TikTok on government devices, the Trump administration is threatening a broader clampdown, given the app's Chinese roots.
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National
Twitter Removes Thousands Of QAnon Accounts, Promises Sweeping Ban On The Conspiracy
Twitter has removed more than 7,000 accounts associated with QAnon as part of a broad-based crackdown on the pro-Trump conspiracy theory. Twitter says QAnon postings have lead to real-world harm.