Social Networking
Elon Musk says bitcoin is ‘on the verge’ of being widely accepted
Elon Musk has commented that bitcoin was “on the verge” of being more widely accepted among investors as he expressed his support for the digital currency in a chat on ...
UK’s competition watchdog begins probe into Facebook’s Giphy deal
UK’s competition watchdog has launched its first evaluation of Facebook Inc’s completed acquisition of GIF website Giphy, in a time when the social networking network i...
German cartel office extends probe of ties between Facebook and Oculus
Germany’s antitrust regulator said on Thursday that it was expanding the scope of its abuse proceedings against Facebook related to the links between its Oculus virtual reali...
Twitter users fact check misinformation in new trial program
Twitter Inc has said that it is establishing a pilot program that has users flag tweets they think are deceptive and write notes to give context.
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...