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YouTube suspends President Trump’s channel after violating policy
YouTube said on Tuesday it’s suspended Donald Trump’s channel as it violated policies for inciting violence following last week’s assault on the US Capitol from t...
UK broadcaster talkRADIO reinstated on YouTube
UK radio station talkRADIO on Tuesday said that YouTube had reinstated its channel from the video-sharing platform after a review.
Google told its scientists to ‘strike a positive tone’ in AI research
Google this year moved to tighten control over its scientists’ papers by launching a “sensitive topics” review, and in at least three cases requested authors refr...
Facebook faces lawsuits that could force sale of Instagram and WhatsApp
Facebook might be forced to sell its prized assets WhatsApp and Instagram following the US Federal Trade Commission and almost every US state filed lawsuits against the social medi...
YouTube to remove new videos that falsely claim fraud changed US election outcome
YouTube has said it would begin removing content that falsely allege widespread fraud changed the outcome of the US presidential election, at an alteration to its hands-off stance ...
Amnesty: Vietnam steps up online crackdown, jailed activists at record high
The number of political prisoners in Vietnam has reached its highest on record, according to a tally from Amnesty International, which in a report has accused Facebook and Google o...
YouTube bans OAN from posting new videos for a week
YouTube has said it has barred the news outlet One America News Network from posting new videos for a week after it broke off the site’s rules against content which claims th...
YouTube to add link on COVID-19 vaccines to combat misinformation
YouTube has said that it is adding a hyperlink to provide details about the development of COVID-19 vaccines into the coronavirus panel on its site, expanding its attempts to fight...
How social media companies will handle post-US election scenarios
In the run-up to the US election in November, social networking companies such as Facebook and Twitter have announced a slew of new rules for assorted post-election scenarios.
YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
YouTube has said it might eliminate videos from YouTube comprising misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, expanding its current principles against falsehoods and conspiracy theori...
YouTube to provide more context on videos about mail-in ballots
YouTube will start revealing text and links from verified sources beneath videos which share mail-in ballots as part of its efforts to curb misinformation on the platform before th...
News short: YouTube to launch TikTok-like product
YouTube is rolling out its own version of societal networking competitor TikTok, a new short-form video service named Shorts, enabled within its video-sharing platform.
What is QAnon and how are social media sites handling it?
Social networking giants Facebook and Twitter have declared crackdowns on content connected with all the unfounded and sprawling conspiracy concept QAnon.
Google urges EU to be flexible in setting digital rule book
Google urged the European Commission on Thursday to prevent a one-size-fits-all approach into the technology sector in its coming Digital Services Act.