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In an unprecedented move, Twitter gave a state university access to a student's parody account after it complained that he was mocking the school

Business Insider | Jan. 31, 2020

 A verified Kendall Jenner TikTok account was deleted because it was an imposter — and TikTok won't say why it gave a fake account a verified blue checkmark

Business Insider | Feb. 5, 2020

TIKTOK:

ByteDance quietly leased 'massive' US data centers in 2020, a sign it may have planned to shift TikTok operations to the US (PAYWALL $$$)

Business Insider | Oct. 29, 2020

TikTok employees describe life inside the company as its future hangs in the balance (PAYWALL $$$)

Business Insider | Oct. 1, 2020

TikTok has enacted a hiring freeze and drawn up a shutdown contingency plan ahead of threat of US ban (PAYWALL $$$)

Business Insider | Aug. 27, 2020

SNAP:

Snap's head of editorial is leaving the company on the heels of two other major departures from its content team (PAYWALL $$$)

Business Insider | Dec. 2, 2020 

Snap releases diversity report for the first time in its history, shows Black and Latinx employees comprise 10.9% of staff

Business Insider | July 29, 2020

Snap CEO says in internal meeting he doesn't release diversity numbers because it would reinforce the perception that Silicon Valley isn't diverse

Business Insider | June 11, 2020

YOUTUBE'S 15TH ANNIVERSARY: A look back at YouTube's founding, its acquisition, and how the platform launched a multibillion industry for creators

Business Insider | May 2020

• 'We had no idea how to do it': YouTube's founders, investors, and first employees tell the chaotic inside story of how it rose from failed dating site to $1.65 billion video behemoth
• Take a look at the history-making pitch deck YouTube used to secure its first $11.5 million from Sequoia Capital in 2005, and the investor memo that convinced the firm of the platform's potential (PAYWALLL $$$)
• YouTube is now a money-making machine, but the platform's early success was fueled by group of 'misfits' who wrote the rulebook for internet fame

Inside the rapid and mysterious rise of Parler, the 'free speech' Twitter alternative, which created a platform for conservatives by burning the Silicon Valley script

Business Insider | Jan. 11, 2021

Inside MSCHF, the company behind Lil Nas X's 'Satan shoes,' which has gone viral for products like toaster-shaped bath bombs and AI-generated feet photos

Business Insider | Jan. 23, 2020

'Predatory' companies like Monat and Mary Kay are using memes and coronavirus anxiety to target millions of newly unemployed Americans

Business Insider | Apr. 10, 2020

One of the internet's oldest fact-checking organizations is overwhelmed by coronavirus misinformation — and it could have deadly consequences

Business Insider | March 31, 2020

Inside Mike Bloomberg's bizarre strategy to dominate social media that's dwarfed Trump's 2016 efforts by millions of dollars

Business Insider | Feb. 20, 2020

It's a difficult time for the 857 people in the US named Elizabeth Holmes who weren't the creators of Theranos

Business Insider | March 28, 2019

GUANTANAMO BAY

USA Today | March 2015

• Gitmo combines small-town feel with hard-core detention
• Military: Gitmo detainees not treated like in early days
• Military restrictions hinder Gitmo coverage, media say

Reddit ran wild with Boston bombing conspiracy theories in 2013 and is now an epicenter for coronavirus misinformation. The site is doing almost nothing to change that.

Business Insider | March 6, 2020

Mark Zuckerberg's $11 million push to change California tax policy ended in failure. It's the latest rebuke of the Facebook CEO's efforts to enter politics. (PAYWALL $$$)

Business Insider | Nov. 17, 2020

Facebook's much-hyped 'Supreme Court' that can overrule even CEO Mark Zuckerberg finally launched, but says it won't judge election content (PAYWALL $$$)

Business Insider | Oct. 22, 2020

A year after Tumblr's porn ban, some users are still struggling to rebuild their communities and sense of belonging

Business Insider | Dec. 20, 2019

I attended Instagram influencer Caroline Calloway's 5-hour, $165 creativity workshop that people have called a 'scam.' Here's what it was like inside.

Business Insider | Jan. 24, 2019

I spent 3 days with teens' favorite social media stars and now I'm convinced that you don't need YouTube to be internet famous

Business Insider | July 17, 2019

I've been trying to switch to an Android phone for months, but the iMessage blue bubble won't let me leave

Business Insider | Sept. 26, 2019

I brought Snapchat's new $380 smart glasses on a trip to London, and their biggest selling point was a major letdown

Business Insider | Nov. 21, 2019

Palm is selling a $350 credit-card sized smartphone as a standalone or companion phone. It's supposed to liberate you, but it's got some big problems.

Business Insider | June 18, 2019

How Kevin Mayer, the ex-Disney executive who left to be TikTok's CEO for only 3 months, has started to mount a comeback as an investor (PAYWALL $$$)

Business Insider | Oct. 16, 2020

TikTok will be around until at least after the presidential election. Here's what that means for the app's future.

Business Insider | Oct. 9, 2020

Under Vanessa Pappas, TikTok could go from political nightmare to a powerhouse focused on investing in creators (PAYWALL $$$)

Business Insider | Sep. 23, 2020

TikTok's CEO left 3 months into the job after getting boxed out by ByteDance during TikTok's biggest moment of crisis

Business Insider | Aug. 28, 2020

Walmart, Microsoft, and Oracle are just some of the companies jostling to buy TikTok. Here's who is, who isn't, and why they might want it. (PAYWALL $$$)

Business Insider | Aug. 28, 2020

No, Donald Trump really can't 'ban' TikTok.

Business Insider | Aug. 5, 2020

Facebook, Google, and the US government each have their own reasons to make you believe that TikTok is scary — but they're all self-serving

Business Insider | Aug. 3, 2020

TikTok's under pressure from the US government, and competitors like Snapchat, YouTube, and Instagram are capitalizing on the app's uncertain future

Business Insider | July 14, 2020

Dispo's employees grapple with the future of their $200 million startup after scandal hits their cofounder, YouTube star David Dobrik (PAYWALL $$$)

Business Insider | March 25, 2021

When your pet is a celebrity, your grief is put in the spotlight — and so is what you plan to do next

Business Insider | March 10, 2020

Jake Paul says he and his brother Logan are the 'big bad wolves' of YouTube that everyone wants to see fail

Business Insider | Jan. 10, 2020

Snapchat users are so upset about losing their streaks that they email the company to get them back

Business Insider | July 26, 2019

The latest Instagram update hides your Stories' viewer list after 24 hours, and people are furious they can't see who's stalking them anymore

Business Insider | Feb. 7, 2019

Trolls 'Zoombombed' TikTok's Pride event with racist and homophobic slurs, shutting down the day-long event only minutes after it started

Business Insider | June 25, 2020

Teens are using TikTok as a new way to come out to friends and family, and it shows how vital the app is becoming to Gen Z's LGBTQ community

Business Insider | Nov. 19, 2019

LGBTQ creators accuse YouTube of discrimination in class-action lawsuit alleging it unfairly restricts and demonetizes queer content

Business Insider | Aug. 15, 2019

A prominent transgender YouTube star was deadnamed at a panel on LGBTQ activism, and it sparked a big discussion and several apologies

Business Insider | July 27, 2019

The 23 most powerful LGBTQ+ people in tech

Business Insider | June 2, 2019

Trump supporters are flocking to alternative social networks to plan election-office protests after Facebook banned groups that attracted hundreds of thousands of members

Business Insider | Nov. 6, 2020

Trump's push to ban TikTok, explained in 30 seconds

Business Insider | Sept. 18, 2020

Rauner defeats Quinn to become state governor. 

The Daily Northwestern | Nov. 5, 2014