TikTok is growing fast as a destination for news, but news and politics accounts make up less than one percent of accounts followed by U.S. adults, the Pew Research Center says. Around half of all TikTok accounts followed by U.S. adults are influencers and creators, the study shows. Plus, content related to news and politics […]
Stephen Curry politics: Warriors star says he would consider running for president in future
The United States has had both a movie star and a TV star serve as presidents. How about a basketball star? Stephen Curry won’t rule out the possibility of a presidential run in the future. Curry gave a “maybe” when asked whether he might run for president at some point after his NBA career. Curry, […]
Despite distancing itself from politics, the topic is dominating Threads’ trends
Meta’s newest app Threads, a would-be Twitter/X rival, may not want politics on its platform, but it’s coming to the app anyway — or so Threads’ search trends indicate. The app began testing its Twitter-like trends feature last month with a small group of U.S. users, but it’s now more broadly available to Threads’ global […]
Lionel Messi Insists Hong Kong No-Show Was Due To Injury, Not Politics
File image of Lionel Messi© AFP Argentine football star Lionel Messi insisted on Monday that his absence from a match in Hong Kong two weeks ago that drew the ire of spectators was not a snub but prompted by injury. In a video posted on China’s Weibo social media platform, Messi rejected chatter that his […]
As Threads deprioritizes politics, Bluesky’s CEO touts custom feeds and user choice in social media
Meta is in hot water after announcing plans to remove politics from its recommendations across Instagram and Threads, its new Twitter-like app for text-based posts. That leaves a window of opportunity for the startup Bluesky, whose CEO Jay Graber recently explained that Meta’s decision is emblematic of the types of problems that could emerge when […]