Online disruption of Trump rally highlights K-pop’s political hustle

New York (AFP) – Legions of K-pop fans and TikTok users are taking credit for upending Donald Trump’s weekend rally after block-reserving tickets with no intention to attend an event…

Game theory not chaos rules the Trump White House. Let’s no longer play

President Donald Trump arrives on stage to speak at Saturday’s campaign rally at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press) The Trump presidency is often billed…

After Trump rally falls flat, TikTok teens take a victory lap for fake reservation campaign

For Diana Mejia, the idea to troll President Donald Trump with false ticket reservations to Saturday’s rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, came from TikTok. On June 12, Mejia, 19, saw a…

TikTok Teens and K-Pop Stans Say They Sunk Trump Rally

President Donald Trump’s campaign promised huge crowds at his rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday, but it failed to deliver. Hundreds of teenage TikTok users and K-pop fans say they’re…

U.S. appeals court blocks Trump appointee Michael Pack’s changes to Open Technology Fund, a U.S. internet freedom group

Pack had fired the technology group’s top officials and bipartisan board since being confirmed June 4 as chief executive of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America…

Meet Robert Mercer, the conservative billionaire who was a megadonor for Trump during the 2016 campaign but is notably absent in 2020

Robert Mercer and his daughter, Rebekah. Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Robert Mercer and his daughter, Rebekah, were amongst the most prominent conservative megadonors in 2016, extending unwavering support…

Combative TikTok Founder Races to Save App Before Trump Ban

(Bloomberg) — Zhang Yiming is the little-known Chinese entrepreneur who built TikTok into one of the most promising franchises on the internet. Now the brainy, combative founder is under pressure…

John Oliver slams Trump for pushing conspiracy theories about coronavirus

On Last Week Tonight With John Oliver Sunday, Oliver slammed President Trump for pushing baseless conspiracy theories. In the past, Trump has claimed that former president Barack Obama was born…