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Trump’s abrupt cancellation of the so-called de minimis rule, which allowed packages valued under $US800 to enter the US duty-free is bad news for Shein.

Shein’s Australian sales top $1b in online fast-fashion surge

Revenues at the Singapore-headquartered ultra-cheap goods retailer soar 25 per cent over the last year as local rivals struggle in a cost-of-living crunch.

Communications Minister Michelle Rowland’s decision to exempt YouTube from the social media ban for children under the age of 16 is under scrutiny from Google’s biggest rivals.

TikTok, Meta, Snapchat demand answers on YouTube ‘sweetheart deal’

The tech giants say Michelle Rowland’s unexplained favouritism towards Google’s video platform undermines new social media age restriction laws.

Jack Black, Jason Momoa and Sebastian Hansen in A Minecraft Movie.

How Hollywood learnt to love video games

While superhero franchises flag, ‘A Minecraft Movie’ shows the industry has finally cracked the formula for translating popular games into films.

The Dubai chocolate craze has caused a shortage of pistachios.

Dubai chocolate sparks pistachio shortage as TikTokers go nuts

A TikTok craze has helped drive pistachio kernel prices from $US7.65 a pound a year ago to around $US10.30 a pound now as importers scramble for supplies.

The US Supreme Court in Washington.

US Supreme Court temporarily blocks deportations of Venezuelans

The court issued the decision after lawyers asked it to intervene on an emergency basis, saying the men faced imminent deportation without judicial review.

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The government has given no logical explanation why YouTube is being exempted from its teen social media ban.

YouTube exemption exposes teen social media ban as a sham

The government’s preferential treatment of YouTube undermines the purpose of its under-16s social media ban, and is unfair to the other tech industry players.

‘A bouncy castle of idiocy’: The top political TikToks reviewed

We asked two advertising veterans to review the major parties’ highest performing TikToks. Here’s their verdict.

Michelle Rowland assured YouTube CEO Neal Mohan the platform would be exempt from a social media ban.

Rowland gave YouTube a personal exemption guarantee from social ban

Communications Minister Michelle Rowland wrote to YouTube’s global chief to reassure him the platform would not be covered by a contentious social media ban.

Chinese influencers spruiking cheaper luxury goods.

TikTok is flooded with how to buy cheap luxe goods vids. Thank Trump

As luxury goods are set to be hit with steep tariffs, TikTok creators are purporting to let their audiences in on fashion’s worst-kept secret.

Mark Zuckerberg leaves day one of the FTC hearing into Meta’s acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp.

Mark Zuckerberg takes stand to defend Meta against antitrust suit

The US government has contended that Meta illegally cemented a social media monopoly by acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp when they were tiny start-ups.

China’s influencers are urging US consumers to go direct to the suppliers to avoid high tariffs.

China TikTok influencers mock US consumers over trade war

The viral videos aim to “expose” how Western customers are paying too much for their Lululemons and Nikes given how cheaply they are made in China.

Does anyone want to run Vanity Fair?

The editor-in-chief is stepping down, and the global search for her replacement has begun. But many of the more decadent parts of the job are long gone.

anos Panay, president of The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, which presents the Grammy Awards.

Singing in English a ‘blessing and curse’ for Oz music: Grammy boss

The president of the Recording Academy says singing in English can be a disadvantage outside America – but Australia’s music industry can conquer it.

Jack Black, Danielle Brooks and Jason Momoa in a scene from “A Minecraft Movie”.

Box office smash ‘A Minecraft Movie’ ends Hollywood dry spell

Weekend ticket sales in the United States were set to total $257 million, analysts said, nearly double the expected amount, giving Hollywood a badly needed hit.

US tech giants envy TikTok's sharing technology.

Amazon adds eleventh-hour intrigue to TikTok acquisition drama

Even if the tech giant’s bid fails to gain traction inside the White House, its interest could compel other suitors to pay more.

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ASX wipes $38b; Australia’s ‘bizarre’ 29pc tariff; Scyne slashes staff

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

Daphne Berry, Molly Benjamin, Emma Edwards and Natasha Etschmann pose for an Instagram story before the lock-up.

Influencers in parliament? The outrage is as tired as it is sexist

The response to female influencers in Parliament House was extravagant and patronising. Confirmation that the political class still thinks young women shouldn’t worry their pretty little heads about money.

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Anthony Albanese’s government has ruled out YouTube from its social media ban, but has now given four different answers about its fate under the laws.

Labor’s latest excuse for YouTube ban exemption

New documents reveal a third reason the Albanese government has exempted YouTube from its social media ban for people under 16: “Broad community sentiment.”

The new Facebook feed is a sharp departure from the way social media has evolved over the past decade

Under fire Facebook returns to its roots: Showing posts from friends

After years of pushing suggested content to users, Facebook has now added a separate news feed featuring posts shared only by people’s friends and family.

Money, money, money podcaster Glen James.

Influencers invited on campaign trail in election first

Canberra press gallery membership will no longer be a prerequisite to join the travelling pack with “content creators” boarding the bus for the first time.

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