In July 2023, Google said it would no longer restrict advertisers from using trademarks that belong to other organizations. That change quickly became a headache for nonprofits that buy Google search ads to find donors. Other outfits, they discovered, were using their trademarks in order to draw internet traffic. Samaritan’s Purse, a nonprofit that aids…
Hours before a new federal law banning TikTok from the United States was set to take effect, the social media app showed users a pop-up message that said it would be “temporarily unavailable” starting on Sunday. “We regret that a U.S. law banning TikTok will take effect on January 19,” the message said. “We’re working…
TikTok said late Friday that its service would “go dark” for its 170 million American users on Sunday in the face of a federal ban over fears that its Chinese ownership poses a threat to the United States’ national security. The company said in a statement posted to its website and on X that “unfortunately…
Follow live updates on the Supreme Court ruling against TikTok. On Wednesday afternoon, executives at Meta held a Q&A session with some of its employees about the state of American politics. Alex Schultz, the chief marketing officer, addressed questions about Meta’s embrace of the incoming Trump administration and what he said was the company’s precarious…