The biggest tech stories & social media trends on the internet from January 22nd, 2025.

Timestamps:

1:46 Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban

2:13 Rumours of TikTok going dark start circulating

3:27 Biden administration looks for ways to prolong the ban

3:48 TikTok officially goes dark and returns hours later

5:15 Theories why TikTok went dark

6:09 TikTok/Shou Chew cozies up to Trump

7:15 Trump signs Executive Order to prolong the ban

7:31 Theories why Trump saved TikTok

13:31 What is next for TikTok

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https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-656_ca7d.pdf 

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/01/supreme-court-upholds-tiktok-ban/ 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/biden-administration-keep-tiktok-available-us-rcna187902 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly57kxkmrxo 

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tiktok-prepares-for-immediate-shut-off-in-the-u-s-on-sunday 

https://www.garbageday.email/p/america-s-youth-longs-for-chinese-e-commerce 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2025/01/17/statement-by-white-house-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-regarding-tiktok/ 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-likely-give-tiktok-90-day-extension-avoid-ban-rcna188258 

https://www.tiktok.com/@shou.time/video/7460953702673829166?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=6899384367418131969 

https://apnews.com/article/trump-young-men-voters-election-latinos-democrats-ff30e38698a41132cf90345fffabe579 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/obama-undone-year-trump-unravels-predecessors-signature-achievements/story?id=52234311 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/11/donald-trump-barack-obama-legacy 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/us/politics/biden-trump-legacy.html 

https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-timeline-ban-biden-india-d3219a32de913f8083612e71ecf1f428 

https://www.reuters.com/technology/tiktoks-purveyors-creams-candies-under-threat-us-ban-2025-01-17/ 

https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/tiktok-economic-impact-report-2024-smb 

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/19/tech/tiktok-ban/index.html 

https://x.com/TikTokPolicy/status/1881030712188346459 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/application-of-protecting-americans-from-foreign-adversary-controlled-applications-act-to-tiktok/ 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/20/trump-executive-order-tiktok 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/technology/instagram-video-app-tiktok-ban.html 

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/20/x-is-rolling-out-a-dedicated-vertical-video-feed-for-us-users/ 

The biggest stories on the internet from January 21st, 2024.

Timestamps:

1:12 Severance recap

8:09 Molly-Mae: Behind It All recap

10:12 Kendrick Lamar saves TikTok

12:03 David Dobrik's return to YouTube received positively

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The biggest stories on the internet from January 20th, 2025.

Timestamps:

00:34 Justin Baldoni files $400 million lawsuit against Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds

7:15 TikTok ban & how creators reacted

12:10 Trisha Paytas & Alex Consani seemingly star in a new campaign (possibly) for MAC Cosmetics

13:45 Allanah Harris update

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Thank you so much to Jose Cuervo for sponsoring this episode. Buy Jose Cuervo here: https://www.danmurphys.com.au/list/jose-cuervo In this week's episode, I explore the Hollywood smear campaign through the lends of the 'It Ends With Us' legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. I look at the history of smear campaigns, politically and culturally, before questioning how the internet's mob mentality and our obsessive pursuit for virality aid in conducting these targeted attacks. Timestamps: 5:47 Definition & history of smear campaigns 7:34 Bye Sister (lol of course) 8:34 Political smear campaigns 9:57 Red Scare 11:57 Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni: Breaking down the lawsuits 21:46 How and why social media normalised the smear campaign

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https://www.liberties.eu/en/stories/smear-campaign/44721 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTqM6I-Inek&t= 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/political-smear-campaigns-arent-new-but-trump-takes-them-to-a-whole-new-level/2020/05/19/007932f2-99c2-11ea-89fd-28fb313d1886_story.html 

https://www.npr.org/2008/06/12/91441620/obama-campaign-opens-anti-smear-web-site 

https://www.uwyo.edu/ahc/collections/topics/hollywood10.html 

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/12/opinion/12mann.html 

https://variety.com/2003/film/markets-festivals/katharine-hepburn-1907-2003-1117888652/ 

https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a14455448/directors-harvey-weinstein-blacklist-mira-sorvino-ashley-judd/  

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/dec/15/peter-jackson-harvey-weinstein-ashley-judd-mira-sorvino 

https://www.tiktok.com/@itendswithusmovie/video/7400133808219032878?lang=en 

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/business/media/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-it-ends-with-us.html 

https://www.tmz.com/2024/12/21/blake-lively-sues-justin-baldoni-sexual-harassment-retaliation-on-it-ends-with-us-set/ 

https://dam.tmz.com/document/3b/o/2024/12/24/3b19ecedd98a4a3c8e78130b817e280e.pdf 

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/justin-baldoni-dropped-wme-blake-lively-sexual-harassment-lawsuit-1235214856/ 

https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Justin-Baldoni-LASC.pdf 

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/justin-baldoni-sues-new-york-times-blake-lively-allegations-story-1236263099/ 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/01/blake-lively-sues-justin-baldoni-alleging-harassment-and-smear-campaign-ntwnfb 

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/justin-baldoni-files-lawsuit-new-york-times-story/story?id=117243164 

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/johnny-depp-amber-heard-verdict-entertainment-1235283022/ 

https://centennialworld.com/selena-gomez-bella-hadid-kylie-jenner-hailey-bieber-full-breakdown-tiktok-eyebrow-drama/ 

https://x.com/liareigns/status/1633993711431327745 

https://www.tiktok.com/@duolingo/video/7208655051437460782 

https://x.com/kattenbarge/status/1634218867399467009 

https://centennialworld.com/hailey-bieber-witch-hunt-brands-capitalising-on-female-rivalry-for-social-media-marketing/ 

The biggest stories on the internet from January 16th , 2025.

Timestamps:

2:33 Mikayla Nogueira concerns fans with content about "worst year" of her life

4:50 Coors Light new ad goes viral for typo-- but is it all that it seems?

9:38 Australian influencer Chloe Barry-Hang unites corporate TikTok with story of negative workplace experience

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The biggest tech stories & social media trends on the internet from January 15th, 2025.

Timestamps:

3:01 Meta changes its moderation policies

6:33 Meta rolls back its DEI program

7:42 TikTok ban updates

10:25 TikTok users are migrating to RedNote

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https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEhf2uTJUs0/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=4acf800a-48e8-4eb4-bbe8-341515efbefd 

https://www.threads.net/@zuck/post/DEhgYx4JbEG?xmt=AQGzEZmuxjc06xn1GXMFEOHgoF_x6XFO7MVcXWqC12tkjQ 

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/7/24338305/meta-mark-zuckerberg-moving-meta-moderators-texas-california-bias 

https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-preventing-online-censorship/ 

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24-656/336144/20241227161148472_24-656tsGovt_final.pdf 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/us/politics/tiktok-ban-supreme-court.html 

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5079608-supreme-court-tik-tok-ban

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz9g91gn5ddo / 

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/xiaohongshu-china-instagram-transforming-travel-industry-intl-hnk/index.html 

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/10/meta-dei-programs-employees-trump 

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/10/meta-dei-memo-employees-programs 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/dei-programs/story?id=97004455 

https://www.tiktok.com/@pranjjain/video/7458841425967402283 

The biggest stories on the internet from January 14th, 2024.

Timestamps:

1:37 Tarte Cosmetics faces backlash for influencer trip to Necker Island amid LA fires (+ Ken Eurich and Brianna Chickenfry drama)

7:13 Bride goes viral for washing makeup off 20 minutes before wedding, MUA responds

11:27 Minecraft YouTube drama & what it can teach us about Gen Alpha

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(Some of) the biggest stories from the last three weeks while we were on Christmas break!

Timestamps:

3:17 TikTokers Ash Trevino x Santos lore explained

12:51 Madeleine White called out for 'See You Tomorrow' pyjama brand quality issues

16:08 Dave Portnoy exposes Grace O'Malley's Barstool Sports salary

19:07 Dua Lipa, Zendaya + MrBeast engagements

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For the final episode of 2024, I am joined by Annabel and Alex from my team to cover some pop culture predictions we have for next year!

Timestamps:

3:13 Relationship predictions

13:46 Music industry predictions

18:19 Tech predictions

28:30 Beauty & fashion predictions

33:41 Random predictions

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The biggest stories on the internet from December 19th, 2024.

Timestamps:

2:40 Are the Kardashians buying TikTok?

6:05 Lily B Chapman addresses copycat allegations about her jewellery merch line earlier this year

10:12 Ariana Grande says she won't tour any time soon

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The biggest stories on the internet from December 18th, 2024.

Timestamps:

1:35 Matilda Djerf returns to social media following toxic workplace allegations with a statement

6:31 Grace O'Malley exits Barstool & Dave Portnoy addresses drama

9:52 Trisha Paytas explains why she won't publish Jeffree Star episode of Just Trish

12:24 Halley Kate addresses viral clothing haul return video

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