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Rolling news and analysis coverage of the major social networking businesses around the globe and the sector as a whole.
Senate Democrats unveil privacy bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic senators proposed legislation on Tuesday that would set penalties for online companies like Alphabet Inc’s Google and Facebook Inc if ...
Workers at Israeli surveillance firm NSO sue Facebook for blocking private accounts
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A group of employees from Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group filed a lawsuit against Facebook on Tuesday, saying the social media giant had unfairly bl...
Singapore invokes ‘fake news’ law for first time over Facebook post
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore political figure Brad Bowyer on Monday corrected a Facebook post questioning the independence of state investment firms following a government...
Former Twitter worker accused of spying for Saudi Arabia can be released on bond
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A former Twitter Inc employee accused of spying for Saudi Arabia may be freed pending trial, a U.S. District Court judge ruled on Thursday.
Facebook agrees to provide additional documents in California AG data privacy probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook Inc has agreed to turn over additional documents after the California state attorney general’s office went to court earlier this month t...
Twitter rolls out global ‘hide replies’ feature to give users more control
Reuters – Twitter Inc is globally launching a feature for users to hide certain replies on their tweets, in order to give people more control over their conversations on the ...
Trump wants Apple to be involved in 5G infrastructure building in U.S.
Reuters – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had asked Apple Inc Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook to look into helping develop telecommunications infrastructure ...
Factbox: How social media services handle political ads
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Online platforms including Facebook and Alphabet Inc’s Google face growing pressure to stop carrying political ads that contain false or misle...
Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple offer defence in congressional antitrust probe
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Four top U.S. tech companies, Alphabet’s Google, Facebook, Amazon.com and Apple, responded to questions from a congressional commit...
FTC chief says has ‘multiple’ investigations of tech platforms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission said on Monday that his agency had multiple investigations of tech platforms, in addition to its known pro...
SoftBank to create $30 billion tech giant via Yahoo Japan, Line Corp deal
TOKYO (Reuters) – SoftBank Corp plans to merge internet subsidiary Yahoo Japan with messaging app operator Line Corp to create a $30 billion tech group, as it strives to comp...
Exclusive: Interpol plans to condemn encryption spread, citing predators, sources say
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The international police organisation Interpol plans to condemn the spread of strong encryption in a statement Monday saying it protects child sex p...
Crypto backed by crypto: Dai seeks to change ‘stablecoin’ game
LONDON (Reuters) – Some are backed by dollars. Others by gold. But this “stablecoin” isn’t tied to any major asset – it’s backed by another cryp...
Women leaders driven offline and out of work by social media abuse
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Pervasive abuse of women on social media is driving female leaders off the internet and, in some cases, out of a job, a conference heard...