Post Reports

A secret campaign against TikTok

How Facebook’s parent company Meta paid one of the biggest Republican consulting firms in the country to orchestrate a nationwide PR campaign against TikTok. And, where we stand with booster shots and covid antivirals. Read more: Meta, Facebook’s parent company, is paying the Republican consulting group Targeted Victory to try to turn the American public against TikTok. They’ve done everything from placing op-eds in major regional news outlets to promoting dubious stories about alleged TikTok trends that are harming kids.<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/30/facebook-tiktok-targeted-victory/?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=post-reports" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" target="_blank"> Drew Harwell reports on why Facebook is targeting TikTok</a>. And, an update from science reporter Carolyn Johnson on <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/03/29/fda-authorizes-second-booster-shot/?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=post-reports" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" target="_blank">efforts to get another booster to older adults</a> and expand access to covid antiviral medicines.

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