Social Media Platforms Face Reckoning Over Hate Speech
For years, social media platforms have fueled political polarization and hosted an explosion of hate speech. Now, with four months...
India Bans 59 Chinese Apps Amid Border Tensions
India has banned the use of 59 Chinese-owned apps, including TikTok, citing security concerns Monday, as relations between the two...
Facebook to Label All Rule-breaking Posts — Even Trump’s
Facebook says it will flag all “newsworthy” posts from politicians that break its rules, including those from President Donald Trump....
Microsoft to Close Physical Stores, Take $450 Million Hit
Microsoft Corp said on Friday it would close its retail stores and take a related pre-tax asset impairment charge of...
Twitter Tackles Violent Upsurge Against Women in Lockdown
Twitter has launched a new prompt to fight gender-based violence in response to a surge in sexual assaults and domestic...
Boston Approves Ban on Facial Recognition Technology
The Boston City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to pass a ban on the use of facial recognition technology by city...
Google Tweaks Privacy Settings to Keep Less User Data
Google is tweaking its privacy settings to keep less data on new users by default. The search giant said that...
For Silicon Valley, a Worker Pipeline Cut Off
Tech executives said Monday they were disappointed in the Trump administration’s decision to temporarily ban an array of work visas, including those used by the technology industry....
Trump vs. Twitter: The Debate Over Free Speech, Censorship in Social Media
Twitter has been important in burnishing the image President Donald Trump wants to portray of a brash straight-talking politician, but...
Trump vs. Twitter: The Debate Over Free Speech and Censorship in Social Media
Twitter has been important in burnishing the image President Donald Trump wants to portray of a brash straight-talking politician, but...
Police Use of Facial Recognition Technology Raises Alarm in Wake of George Floyd Death
Activists want to ban police from using facial recognition — and now some big tech companies are scaling back cooperation...
Twitter Labels Trump’s Tweet as ‘Manipulated Media’
Twitter Inc added a ‘manipulated media’ label on a video posted on U.S. President Donald Trump’s Twitter feed on Thursday...
Australia Says it Has Been Target of ‘State-Based’ Cyberattacks
A “sophisticated state-based cyber actor” has been attempting to hack a wide range of Australian organizations for months and had...
Social Media Companies Battle Evolving Threat Ahead of 2020 Election
Top social media companies Google, Facebook and Twitter told U.S. lawmakers Thursday that foreign interference on their platforms has evolved...
COVID-19 Sparks Technology Innovation
Engineers at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, are developing new technology for health care workers on the front lines of...
Twitter Removes China-linked Accounts Spreading False News
Twitter has removed a vast network of accounts that it says is linked to the Chinese government and were pushing...
Apple Removes Podcast Apps in China
A popular podcasting platform, Pocket Casts, has been removed from Apple’s app store in China at Beijing’s request, according to...
Zoom Temporarily Suspends Account After Hosting Tiananmen Square Anniversary Event
Videoconferencing company Zoom temporarily shut down the account of a U.S.-based activist group days after it held an event commemorating...
Microsoft Joins Amazon, IBM in Pausing Face Scans for Police
Microsoft has become the third big tech company this week to say it won’t sell its facial recognition software to...
Amazon Bans Police Use of its Face Recognition for a Year
Amazon on Wednesday banned police use of its face-recognition technology for a year, making it the latest tech giant to...
Republican Senators Push FCC to Act on Trump Social Media Order
Four Republican U.S. senators on Tuesday urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to review whether to revise liability protections for...
China’s Computers Run on Microsoft Windows: Are They Vulnerable to US Pressure?
As tension grows between China and the United States, there is worry in Beijing that the conflict could end up...
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