Why TikTok Users Are Blocking Celebrities NYT: Technology By: Elizabeth Paton 18 May 2024 at 10:36 A TikTok movement is calling for followers to block famous people over their stances on the Israel-Hamas war. It began at the Met Gala. © Amir Hamja/The New York TimesZendaya at the Met Gala last week in a couture gown. Her image, spliced with photographs of Palestinian children, contributed to a TikTok movement.
Campus Protests Give Russia, China and Iran Fuel to Exploit U.S. Divide NYT: Technology By: Steven Lee Myers and Tiffany Hsu 2 May 2024 at 16:32 America’s adversaries have mounted online campaigns to amplify the social and political conflicts over Gaza flaring at universities, researchers say. © Amir Hamja/The New York TimesA protester with a Palestinian flag on a Columbia University building on Monday. So far, there is little evidence that U.S. adversaries have provided material or organizational support to the protests.
Google Fires 28 Employees Who Protested an Israeli Cloud Contract NYT: Technology By: Nico Grant 18 April 2024 at 14:17 The dismissals escalated longstanding tensions between company leaders and activist employees opposed to supplying technology to Israel’s government. © Nathan Frandino/ReutersA protest on Tuesday in a parking lot in Sunnyvale, Calif., near the Google Cloud offices.
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