Paid advertising— it has been around forever. It was first seen on radio, television, and billboards. Now, paid advertising and product promotion is everywhere you look online.   If you’ve browsed apps such as TikTok, YouTube or Twitch, you may have noticed a lot...

Earlier this month Facebook, Twitter, Google-owned YouTube, and Amazon-owned Twitch banned former U.S. President Donald Trump either permanently or indefinitely following his comments on the U.S. Capitol riots.  Shortly after, conservative social media app Parler was...