Disruptive Tech Research founder questions Truth Social's competitive edge
Disruptive Tech Research founder and chief analyst Lou Basenese discusses Trump's social media platform amid alleged censorship of conservatives on Big Tech sites, arguing you 'need controversy to spur on engagement.'
FOX Business Headlines 2/22
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Trump's Truth Social tops downloads on Apple App Store; many waitlisted
Donald Trump's new social media venture, Truth Social, launched late on Sunday in Apple's App Store and was the top free app available on the App Store early Monday.
Snapchat unveils real-time location sharing
The Live Location tool can only be used by individuals who have mutually added each other as friends on the app. In addition, the feature can only be utilized for a limited amount of time and sharing can be paused at any time.
Trump's TRUTH Social appears on Apple App Store
Former President Donald Trump's TRUTH Social appears to be widely available on Apple's App Store, not just to Americans who pre-ordered it.
Mother-daughter duo launches selfie studio in Virginia
A new selfie studio in Newport News, Virginia, has 32 cubes with backdrops inspired by movies, businesses and holidays.
FaZe Clan CEO: Super Bowl LVI was moment Gen Z rose to power
FaZe Clan CEO Lee Trink explains how they are connecting with Gen Z and Millennials on 'The Claman Countdown.'
Texas AG Paxton investigating Chinese app TikTok over human and drug smuggling posts
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announces an investigation into TikTok and its border crossing content.
Biden giving ‘no transparency’ on border crisis: AG Paxton
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says the President doesn’t want Americans to know about border crossings and conflict.
Texas AG launches investigation into TikTok, smuggling content
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton details a new lawsuit aimed at social platform TikTok for recruiting cartel-related activities.
Gettr senior vice president: Cancel culture is a more global issue
Gettr Senior Vice President and chief spokesperson Kaelan Dorr discusses Canada's Justin Trudeau threatening to freeze personal bank accounts of anyone involved in trucker protests, and rips the media, as well as Big Tech for being one-sided.
Twitter experiences global outage
Twitter on Friday afternoon experienced a global outage.
Adidas criticized for sharing explicit images on Twitter to promote sports bras
The company argued that it wanted to help remove the stigma around naked breasts, which some people have tied to the "Free the Nipple" campaign.
Trump 'TRUTH Social' launch expected by end of March, sources say
EXCLUSIVE: The servers for Trump’s TRUTH Social are up and running and will have the platform fully operational by the expected end-of-quarter launch date, Fox News has learned.
Privacy not the 'actual value' of Apple: Palantir co-founder
Joe Lonsdale argues Apple is using privacy 'to attack Facebook in the U.S.,' but is 'willing to host apps in the Olympics' where every athlete 'has to download something from the iOS store' in an alleged effort to track their activity.
Meta threatens to shut down Facebook, Instagram in Europe without data deal
Meta has warned that it might be forced to pull social media apps including Facebook and Instagram offline in Europe over the European Union's laws on data.
Market expert: We've had an 'unusual level of volatility' in Big Tech names
Evercore ISI senior managing director Mark Mahaney discusses Big Tech's volatility in the markets as shares of Meta, Facebook's parent, tank.
AOC says Facebook 'should be broken up,' 'subject to antitrust activity'
Meta – formerly known as Facebook – should be broken up, AOC said in an interview with Yahoo Finance published Tuesday.
Sheriff disables Facebook comments over fears of crime tips getting lost
A Florida sheriff's office made the decision to stop allowing comments on its social media accounts over concerns that it would miss critical crime tips submitted through platforms such as Facebook.
Oregon mom sues Snap, Meta over 15-year-old daughter's declining mental health: 'Deliberate addictive design'
A lawsuit has been filed against Snap and Meta Platforms on behalf of the family of a 15-year-old who was allegedly hospitalized for psychiatric episodes related to her social media addiction.