Tik Tok ban and social media developments / MTR cross-border train exhibition

On today’s programme, we’re talking about the future of social media under incoming US President Donald Trump.

This comes as Tik Tok services in the US were briefly interrupted following a court ruling mandating its shutdown until it finds a new investors. The interruption — however — was rather short lived, as US users have reportedly regained access to the platform.

President-elect Donald Trump — who will be sworn in less than 24 hours — announced that he will give the app a 90-day reprieve until an agreement is settled on the platform’s future. But this is not the only major social media development happening in the run-up to the return of Trump.

Just last week, Meta announced that it would drop fact checkers in favour of community notes on Facebook and Instagram, in a move some see as a way to regain the hearts and minds of Trump supporters, who previously accused the platform of "censoring" conservative voices.

Some Trump critics — meanwhile — have called on the public to boycott X (formerly Twitter), with some activists accusing the platform — which is owned by Elon Musk — of turning into a conservative "mouthpiece". So are social media platforms at a turning point? We’ll find out.

After 9:50, we speak to a railway researcher on the relaunch of the "Station Rail Voyage" exhibition, featuring  the now defunct KTT train which formerly ran from Hung Hom to Guangzhou.





9:05am-9:50am: Tik Tok ban and social media developments

9:05am-9:50am: Eugene Chan, Assistant Professor in Public Relations and International Events Management, Technological and Higher Institute of Hong Kong (also known as THEi)

9:05am-9:50am: Brian Yeung, Co-Founder of Brandstorm Communciation

9:30am-9:50am: Florin Serban, social media scholar and Lecturer at the Department of Communication Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University


9:50am-10:00am: MTR cross-border train exhibition

9:50am-10:00am: Dennis Ho, Railway enthusiast and founder of railway interest group P.Nut Creations