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Trump’s Truth Social tops downloads on Apple App Store; many waitlisted
Former President Donald J Trump’s new social media venture, Truth Social, has now launched in Apple’s App Store, potentially marking the former president’s return...
President Trump’s Truth Social app set for release today in the App Store?
Donald Trump’s new social media venture, Truth Social, appears set to launch in Apple’s App Store later today, according to posts from an executive on a test version vi...
NYSE moves closer to NFT trading with trademark application
The New York Stock Exchange has filed an application to register the term “NYSE” for a marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), taking a step closer to setting up an...
How a China-based dealmaker got shell company for Trump’s deal off the ground
A China-based financier, once reprimanded by US regulators and barred from taking his company public, played a bigger role than is publicly known in the shell company that agreed t...
Facebook should tighten doxxing rules, says its oversight board
Facebook owner Meta Platforms should not allow users to share people’s private residential information on its platforms even when the information is publicly available, the c...
Early Facebook investor Peter Thiel to step down from Meta board
Facebook-parent Meta Platforms Inc has said that controversial billionaire investor Peter Thiel, an early investor who has been on the company’s board since 2005, has decided...
Twitter convenes a team to prepare for Capitol riot anniversary
Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the storming of the US Capitol, Twitter convened a team to prepare the social networking site to address any harmful content associated with th...
Why Trump’s $1 billion capital raise was so popular
Former US President Donald Trump’s new venture inked the second-largest ever private placement with convertible stock for a merger with a blank-check acquisition firm, accord...
Controversial social media app Parler plans to expand into NFTs
Social media platform Parler has said it will expand its business into non-fungible tokens (NFT), in a move that underpins the rapid growth of the digital asset in recent months.
Biden administration reviewing app security recommendations
The Biden administration is holding talks among federal agencies about the security of Americans’ data and whether the US government has adequate tools.
US financial regulators investigate Trump social media deal
Wall Street’s top financial regulators are investigating former US President Donald Trump’s $1.25 billion deal to float his new social media venture on the stock market...
Facebook’s struggle with Gateway Pundit highlights key challenge
For years, Facebook has imposed sanctions on controversial Conservative news outlet Gateway Pundit’s account to limit the spread of what its critics describe as misinformation.
Facebook asks court to dismiss US FTC antitrust lawsuit for good
Meta Platforms Inc’s Facebook asked a US court to dismiss and not allow the refiling of an antitrust lawsuit by the US Federal Trade Commission which urges a court to demand ...
Sources: President Trump’s social media venture seeks $1 billion raise
Controversial former President Donald J Trump’s new social media venture is seeking to raise up to $1 billion by selling shares to hedge funds and family offices at several t...
Regulator: US banks must seek regulatory permission before engaging in certain crypto activities
US banks must seek and obtain written permission from their bank supervisors before engaging in certain activities involving cryptocurrency, a major regulator has said.