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Facebook pays fines to Russia over banned content
Facebook has paid 17 million roubles (approximately $229,643) in fines owed in Russia for failing to delete content Moscow deems illegal, the Interfax news agency reported on Sunda...
Twitter tests overhaul of process to flag harmful tweets
Twitter Inc will begin overhauling how users report harmful tweets in an effort to make it easier for people to describe what is wrong with the content they are seeing, the social ...
EU countries agree on common stance on new rules for US tech giants
EU countries have now agreed on a common position on new rules to curb the power of US tech giants and force them to do more to police their platforms for illegal content.
Yandex delists Navalny’s tactical voting site after ban
Russian tech business Yandex has said it had removed jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s tactical voting website from its search engine to comply with a government ban ahe...
Sources: Amazon to proactively remove more content that violates rules from cloud service
Amazon.com Inc plans to take a more proactive approach to determine what types of content violate its cloud service policies and enforce its removal, according to two sources, a mo...
Russia fines Google for not deleting banned content
A Moscow court has fined Google a total of 14 million roubles (approximately $190,398) for violating Russian rules on banned content, the penalty coming amid a wider stand-off betw...
Russia fines Facebook and Twitter for failing to delete content
A Russian court fined US social media firms Facebook and Twitter for failing to delete illegal content, the latest salvo in a standoff between Russia and Big Tech.
Instagram to let users control how much sensitive content they see
Facebook Inc’s photo-sharing app Instagram will give users control over how much sensitive content they will see under its “Explore” tab, the company has said.
Twitter sees jump in govt demands to remove editorial content
Twitter Inc a surge in government demands worldwide in 2020 to take down content posted by journalists and news outlets, according to data released by the struggling social media p...
Facebook and Instagram will invest over $1 billion in content creators
Facebook will spend a cool $1 billion on social media creators through the end of 2022 in a fight for talent. The announcement comes in a week when TikTok became the first rival mo...
Twitter opens applications to test new content subscription features
Twitter Inc has said it will seek applications from users who want to be the first to test new content subscription and ticketing features, as the social platform works to build mo...
Australia’s Nine signs Facebook and Google deals
Australian broadcaster and publisher Nine Entertainment said it signed multi-year content-supply deals with Google and Facebook, harnessing tough new licencing laws to bolster prof...
Facebook to take action against users repeatedly sharing misinformation
Facebook Inc has said it would take “stronger” action against people who repeatedly share misinformation on the platform.
Russia fines Google, Facebook for failing to delete banned content
A Russian court said on Tuesday it has fined US technology giants Google and Facebook over a failure to delete content that Moscow deems illegal, the latest development in an escal...
Russia gives Google 24 hours to delete banned content
Russia’s communications watchdog has given Google 24 hours to delete what it called prohibited content or be fined and said Moscow could eventually slow down the company̵...