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Dorsey says banning Trump was right decision but sets dangerous precedent
Twitter Inc CEO Jack Dorsey has stated that banning President Trump out of the social networking platform following last week’s violence at the US Capitol building was the &#...
Suspension of President Trump may test Twitter CEO’s truce with key investors
Twitter’s decision to suspend President Trump’s account on the platform will potentially reignite an issue involving CEO Jack Dorsey and leading shareholders of the con...
Twitter suspends 70,000 accounts dedicated to sharing conspiracy
Twitter has said it has suspended more than 70,000 accounts which were primarily dedicated to sharing QAnon content after last week’s violence in Washington DC when supporter...
Sandberg suggests Facebook has no plans to lift Trump ban
Facebook Inc’s COO Sheryl Sandberg has said the world’s largest social media business needed no plans to raise its own block on the balances of US President Trump, sinc...
Twitter shares dive after they suspend the account of President Trump
Shares of Twitter slumped by some 7% on Monday, which knocks off about $2.5 billion of the market value of the controversial social networking business after it suspended the accou...
Tractors to Twitter: India’s protesting farmers battle on highway, online
In a standoff between farmers in India’s northern breadbasket and the government, the farmers have a 21st-century ally: a handful of fans scattered around the world running a...
Facebook to add more account security features next year
Facebook has said it would start allowing users to prepare physical safety keys as a way to confirm their identity before logging to the social network’s mobile app, beginnin...
Facebook removes anti-vaccine ‘fake news’ in Israel, government says
Facebook has taken down content which distribute lies in Israel from coronavirus vaccinations since the government attempts to drum up support to the programme, the Justice Ministr...
Twitter planning to create label for automated ‘bot’ accounts
Twitter is planning to create a new type of accounts for bots next year which will identify them automated, the company stated in a blog article finalizing plans to get a reboot of...
Australia sues Facebook over user data, echoing US antitrust case
An Australian ruler sued Facebook on Wednesday accusing it of gathering user data without consent, building on government attempts around the world to rein in the social media.
Zuckerberg and exec’s set Facebook roadmap at year-end meeting
Facebook Inc’s leading executives sought to rally employees around business priorities such as commerce and virtual reality in a yearlong assembly on Tuesday, playing critici...
Quelle surprise: Twitter says it ‘inadvertently’ limited engagements on Trump’s tweets
Twitter Inc said on Saturday it had “inadvertently” limited engagements for a brief period on US President Donald Trump’s tweets with “disputed” tags ...
China tweet that enraged Australia propelled by ‘unusual’ accounts
A Chinese official’s tweet of a picture of an Australian soldier who sparked a furious reaction from Canberra was amplified across societal media by odd accounts, of which ha...
Facebook bans false claims about COVID-19 vaccines
Facebook has said it would eliminate false claims about COVID-19 vaccines that have been debunked by public health specialists, following a similar announcement by YouTube in Octob...