Netflix Is Letting Some People Speed Up Playback. That's A Big Deal For Blind Fans People who are blind spend a lot of time listening to words. So much that they often prefer to listen at faster speeds, including for TV shows. James Doubek
California Judge Orders Uber And Lyft To Consider All Drivers Employees Uber and Lyft have been fighting California over whether drivers are employees, entitled to benefits, or independent contractors. A state judge ordered them to consider all those drivers employees. Bobby Allyn
Advocates For Deaf And Blind Laud Netflix's New Playback Features NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Everette Bacon, a board member with the National Federation of the Blind, about Netflix's new playback features, which he says will improve accessibility.
Trump Signs Executive Order That Will Effectively Ban Use Of TikTok In the U.S. The president also issued an executive order aimed at cutting ties between the U.S. and the owner of the popular Chinese communications and social media app WeChat. Bobby Allyn
Twitter, Facebook Remove Trump Post Over False Claim About Children And COVID-19 Both social networks said the president's false claims that children are "almost immune" from COVID-19 violated its policy on coronavirus misinformation. Shannon Bond
Facebook Launches Instagram Reels, Hoping To Lure TikTok Users The social network's new Reels feature on Instagram is launching as TikTok faces scrutiny in Washington over its Chinese ownership. Shannon Bond
Are Conspiracy Theories Good For Facebook? Viral conspiracy theories are dangerous, and maybe profitable. Greg Rosalsky
Trump Administration Imposes Deadline For TikTok To Be Sold The U.S. operation of video-sharing app TikTok is on the market. President Trump says the company that owns the app has to sell it by next month or he will ban it over national security concerns. Bobby Allyn
Florida Teen Charged As 'Mastermind' Of Massive Twitter Hack Federal prosecutors also charged two other people were also charged for their involvement in the July 15 hack, which involved the accounts of the social media network's richest and most famous users. Shannon Bond
Facebook Has Moved To Ban Sales Of Looted Antiquities. Will It Make A Difference? Archaeologists have ID'ed 100-plus Facebook groups offering looted and illicit antiquities for sale. New rules ban the sale of "historical artifacts" on Facebook but critics want more enforcement. Jane Arraf