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Russia says TikTok deletes posts promoting illegal protest
Russia has said that TikTok had deleted some of what it called illegal posts promoting weekend protests aimed at securing the release of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
Twitter says it locked account of China’s US embassy over Xinjiang-related tweet
Twitter has locked the account of China’s US embassy for a tweet that defended China’s policies in the Xinjiang region, which the US social media platform said violated...
Facebook says starts process of appointing Turkey representative
Facebook has said it had begun the process of appointing a legal entity as a local representative in Turkey in compliance with a new social media law which critics have said will m...
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...
Signal ramps up hiring after WhatsApp controversy drives downloads
Messaging app Signal has seen “unprecedented” growth after a controversial change in rival WhatsApp’s privacy policy and is seeking to hire more staff as it attem...
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...
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 ...