The Chinese-owned social media app was saved by Trump, leaving many on it to worry about potential political leanings.
Users say they are seeing fewer livestreams, and some activity is being removed or flagged at higher rates for violating community guidelines, including for behavior that was previously permitted.
DeepSeek has upset the top echelons of the AI order, with a dash of Chinese censorship. Experts tell us there is more to the picture than just world filtering.
U.S. TikTok servers went down for roughly 12 hours over the weekend, starting on the night of January 18. American users are now reporting a spike in censorship of political commentary and criticism since the app has been back up and running in the States,
American TikTok users are migrating to RedNote but face unexpected censorship challenges reflective of China's strict internet regulations.
I fear we may be entering the dark ages of mass media where vigilance will be more than a necessity, and where online communication will be clouded with state-aligned censorship. This country was a completely different place when I first joined TikTok ...
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and TikTok’s CEO Shou ZI Chew both attended the inauguration, alongside former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, the first tech boss to hitch his wagon to Trump.
China’s internet companies and their hard-working, resourceful professionals make world-class products, in spite of censorship and malign neglect by Beijing.
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Users are also posting messages such as "It's getting slippery" or "ICE cream trucks" to discreetly indicate the presence of immigration enforcement agents
Previously little-known Chinese startup DeepSeek has dominated headlines and app charts in recent days thanks to its new AI chatbot, which sparked a global tech sell-off that wiped billions off Silicon Valley’s biggest companies and shattered assumptions of America’s dominance of the tech race.
For Bitcoin accounts and those with dissident views, the takedown of accounts remind many that giant tech companies control much of what happens on the Internet.