Tag: media platforms

• Why China Cracked Down on the Social-Media Giant Bytedance

  July 15, 2020

  Last week, just as Mark Zuckerberg, the C.E.O. of Facebook, was emerging largely unscathed from two days of congressional testimony about how his company works, the Chinese C.E.O. https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/why-china-cracked-down-on-the-social-media-giant-bytedance more ›

• Manchurian

  July 15, 2020

  The point, though, is not just censorship, but its inverse: propaganda. TikTok’s algorithm, unmoored from the constraints of your social network or professional content creators, is free to promote whatever… more ›

• The TikTok War

  July 15, 2020

  Over the last week, as the idea of banning TikTok in the U.S. has shifted from a fringe idea to a seeming inevitability (thanks in no small part to India’s… more ›

• Tiered Governance and Demonetization: The Shifting Terms of Labor and Compensation in the Platform Economy

  July 13, 2020

  Social media platforms have profoundly transformed cultural production, in part by restructuring the terms by which culture is distributed and paid for. In this article, we examine the YouTube Partner… more ›

• The chip-making machine at the center of Chinese dual-use concerns

  July 12, 2020

  An extreme ultraviolet lithography machine is a technological marvel. A generator ejects 50,000 tiny droplets of molten tin per second. A high-powered laser blasts each droplet twice. The first shapes… more ›

• Apps within apps

  July 5, 2020

  “We think that interactive is the next frontier,” Shapiro said, “and not only interactive, but this kind of remixable interactive.” https://www.protocol.com/kojihttps://www.protocol.com/koji more ›

• The startup taking on Apple and Snapchat in a mini-app war

  July 5, 2020

  Here’s Dmitry Shapiro’s big idea: apps that go inside your apps. Want to play a game inside a Reddit post, make a GIF without leaving the iMessage window, or pick… more ›

• For Lesbians, TikTok Is ‘the Next Tinder’

  July 2, 2020

  Young women feeling alienated by dating apps and bar culture are finding love on their For You pages. On Feb. 3, Lauren Vlach received $8 on Venmo, spread across four… more ›

• How TikTok recommends videos #ForYou

  June 28, 2020

  TikTok’s mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. We’re building a global community where you can create and share authentically, discover the world, and connect with others. The For… more ›

• The push to redefine “good design” amid the Black Lives Matter movement

  June 27, 2020

  Looking at Big Tech as the next Big Oil. In 2015, Nextdoor, the location-based social networking app, gained a reputation as a locus of racial profiling. Users were sending alerts… more ›