With a TikTok ban possibly hitting the United States in less than a week, another Chinese social media app is quickly gaining traction. Xiaohongshu, known as “RedNote” in English, surged to the top spot among free apps in the Apple App Store on Tuesday, Jan. 14. The app launched in 2013 and has 300 million…

Chinese officials are weighing options for TikTok as the popular short-form video app faces an outright ban in the U.S. on Jan. 19. One possible option they are discussing is selling its U.S. operations to X owner Elon Musk, according to a report from Bloomberg.  The Chinese government would “strongly” prefer TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance,…

Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that Facebook will be terminating all remaining fact-checking programs and implementing an X-style “Community Notes” feature, where users post notes for discussion without fact checks. Zuckerberg cited the results of the November 2024 U.S. election as a “tipping point,” proving to him that Americans are more interested in unrestricted free speech…

Words like “rawdogging,” “brainrot” and “brat” are among the American Dialect Society’s picks for words of the year for 2024. The group of hundreds of linguistics scholars voted on words or phrases that defined 2024 in a range of different categories, including the informal, political and digital words of the year, the most creative word…

Two Supreme Court justices expressed concern about redacted evidence the government presented in the TikTok case, which attorneys for the app were not able to review. According to an attorney representing TikTok users, the evidence is classified and a lower court agreed to make its decision solely based on the public record. “I’m concerned about…

Supreme Court justices cast serious doubt on TikTok’s free speech arguments in a case that will decide the future of an app that is used by 170 million Americans. TikTok is fighting a law passed by Congress last year that requires its parent company to sell the app or be prohibited from operating in the…

The death toll rises as the onslaught of fires continues in Southern California, destroying complete neighborhoods. And President-elect Donald Trump will be sentenced for his conviction in the New York hush money case after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid to stop the proceeding. These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. Death…

As the future of TikTok hangs in the balance, creators are flocking to Lemon8, an increasingly popular social media app. The app has been gaining attention for its unique blend of features. Lemon8 combines TikTok’s short-form videos with Pinterest and Instagram-like feeds. Owned by ByteDance, the same parent company as TikTok, Lemon8 is often referred…

The Southern California wildfires are leaving a path of devastation, destroying homes and uprooting lives. Hollywood celebrities are among the thousands forced to evacuate and face losing their homes. Actor James Woods flees flames Actor James Woods shared a harrowing experience on CNN of evacuating his home as flames engulfed everything around him. “One day,…

Two entrepreneurs—a billionaire sports team owner and an investor known for his role on a business-themed reality TV show—are joining together in a last-ditch effort to buy TikTok. The popular social media app, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, faces a Jan. 19 deadline to either sell to a U.S.-based owner or face a potential ban.…