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The business world is watching to see whether the Supreme Court—or possibly Donald Trump—saves TikTok. But another man may be more important to the app’s fate: Zhang Yiming, the elusive founder of TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance.
Zhang holds supervoting shares that give him effective control over ByteDance and its businesses, according to investors and former executives, even though he doesn’t sit on the board of the company. That means he will make the final call—subject to the Chinese government’s con
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Meta Platforms’ announcement last week that it had relaxed its content moderation stance immediately raised the question of whether others, such as OpenAI, would follow suit.When I asked Chris Lehane, OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer, about that during an interview on Friday, he pointed me to a new broad-ranging policy proposal from the startup—released publicly on Monday morning. Lehane highlighted a section on users being able to personalize AI tools.... Read more ›
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The business world is watching to see whether the Supreme Court—or possibly Donald Trump—saves TikTok. But another man may be more important to the app’s fate: Zhang Yiming, the elusive founder of TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance. Zhang holds supervoting shares that give him effective control over ByteDance and its businesses, according to investors and former executives, even though he doesn’t sit on the board of the company. That means he... Read more ›
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The Information is pleased to announce that Ken Brown is joining The Information as senior finance editor. Ken’s name is synonymous with in-depth financial reporting about the biggest business stories of our time. As an editor at the Wall Street Journal, he has overseen investigative teams devoted to breaking news on financial scams, corporate bad behavior, private equity and cryptocurrency. As Money & Investing editor, he oversaw the Journal’s coverage... Read more ›
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Employees of Meta Platforms and European regulators criticized changes to the company’s content policies announced Tuesday. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Meta would end its third-party fact-checking program in the U.S., take less action on content that might violate its policies and recommend more ... Read more ›
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Amazon is ending a service that allowed Prime members to order clothing, try it on and decide whether or not they want to keep it before being charged for the goods. The service, Prime Try Before You Buy, will end on Jan. 31, according to notices Amazon has sent U.S. users. Amazon, which ... Read more ›
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Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: A casual sex website with an underage sex problem• Power and Influence: DOGE goes headhunting • The Top 5: Where to travel after Davos • Plus: When a corporate marvel may be a communist spy ring; piecing together “Severance”; and an uncomfortable masterpieceA couple years ago, Donald Trump was banned from Facebook, and just a few months ago, he was threatening to... Read more ›
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