SEATTLE – A person killed Saturday when a man who drove his car onto a closed Seattle highway and through a crowd protesting police brutality was remembered Sunday as someone dedicated to the cause. The other person affected by the incident, meanwhile, remained in serious condition Sunday at a Seattle …
Read More »RuPaul deletes his social media accounts including Instagram and Twitter
(Newser) – “What’s going on?!” That’s just one of many puzzled pleas for information Persons and We weekly Report on what has become a mystery on social media: RuPaul’s disappearance online. Fans noticed on Thursday that the 59-year-old drag queen and RuPaul’s Drag Race The host had removed all of …
Read More »TikTok distances itself from Beijing in response to India’s app ban
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The social media app TikTok distanced itself from Beijing after India banned 59 Chinese apps in the country, according to correspondence seen by Reuters. FILE PHOTO: File photo of the TikTok logo on a mobile phone screen in this image taken on February 21, 2019. REUTERS …
Read More »Canada’s largest banks join boycott of Facebook platforms
FILE PHOTO: The Facebook logo is displayed on a mobile phone in this image taken on December 2, 2019. REUTERS / Johanna Geron / Illustration / File Photo TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s largest lenders confirmed on Friday that they had joined a widespread boycott of Facebook IncFB.O) started by United …
Read More »Indian video-sharing apps rise in popularity due to TikTok ban
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian tech and entertainment companies are seeking to capitalize on sudden opportunities arising from a government ban on Chinese-owned apps, including the popular TikTok, with a rival video app that it says has added 22 million of users in 48 hours. India this week banned 59 …
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