China Appears to Block Popular Clubhouse App
After a brief honeymoon, China appears to have blocked a popular, invite-only audio app called Clubhouse. The iPhone-only app had...
Myanmar Internet Providers Block Facebook Services After Government Order
Internet providers in Myanmar, including state-owned telecom MPT, were blocking access to Facebook Inc.-owned services in the country on Thursday,...
Amazon’s Bezos to Step Down as CEO
Amazon.com Inc. on Tuesday said founder Jeff Bezos would step down as CEO and become executive chairman, as the company...
Downdetector: Social Media Platform Reddit Hit by Outages in US
Social media company Reddit was experiencing problems on its website on Saturday, according to outage monitoring website Downdetector.com. Customers...
Facebook Oversight Board Announces First 5 Rulings
Facebook’s quasi-independent oversight board has ruled the social media company must restore four of five posts that it had taken...
Facebook Says it Will Permanently Stop Recommending Political Groups to Users
Facebook Inc’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday the company would no longer recommend civic and political groups to users...
Facebook’s Profits Surge as Pandemic Fuels Use
Facebook’s profits surged in the final three months of last year as people enduring the holidays in a pandemic turned...
Internet Outages, Slowdowns Reported from Boston to Washington
People from Boston to the Washington area were reporting internet outages or slow service Tuesday. According to Downdetector.com, which tracks outages,...
Twitter to Crowdsource Content Policing
Twitter on Monday unveiled a new tool it is piloting to combat misinformation. Called Birdwatch, the crowdsourcing tool aims to enlist...
Twitter Bans Suspect Iran Account After Post Threatens Trump
Twitter said Friday it has permanently banned an account that some in Iran believe is linked to the office of...
Judge Says Amazon Won’t Have to Restore Parler Web Service
Amazon won’t be forced to immediately restore web service to Parler after a federal judge ruled Thursday against a plea...
Google Seals Content Payment Deal with French News Publishers
Google and a French publishers lobby said Thursday that they had agreed to a copyright framework for the U.S. tech...
Facebook Oversight Panel to Review Suspension of Trump’s Accounts
Facebook’s independent oversight board said Thursday that it had accepted the company’s request to review its decision to suspend the...
Twitter Says It Locked Account of China’s US Embassy Over Xinjiang-Related Tweet
Twitter has locked the account of China’s U.S. embassy for a tweet that defended China’s policies in the Xinjiang region,...
Official US Government Social Media Accounts Switch to New Administration
When Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th U.S. president Wednesday, he inherited several social media accounts, including the...
Palestinian High-Tech Sector Takes Off
In the West Bank and Gaza Strip, dozens of Palestinian high-tech startups are flourishing. Some are branches of international companies,...
Skirting the Water: An Electric Bike Opens Up New Horizons for Bikers
Take a ride on a new kind of bike — one that skirts across lakes and waterways – powered by an...
Turkey Hits Twitter, Pinterest with Advertising Bans
Turkey imposed advertising bans Tuesday on Twitter, Periscope and Pinterest for not complying with a new law requiring social media...
Parler Partially Reappears with Support from Russian Technology Firm
Parler, a social media website and app popular with the American far right, has partially returned online with the help...
Should Social Media Platforms Lose Legal Protection?
The decision by social media giants to police more content, along with banning U.S. President Donald Trump and some of...
After Trump Social Media Ban, Questions About Future of Online Speech
The attack on the U.S. Capitol has reignited criticism of social media and its alleged role in inciting violence. While...
Facebook Shuts Down Accounts Linked to Ugandan Information Ministry
Facebook has shut down several accounts of a network in Uganda linked to the country’s Ministry of Information. The social...
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