Twitter to strip blue checks from some accounts, add new verification criteria in policy update
Twitter is taking a "new approach to verification," updating criteria for granting new blue check marks, along with a foundation...
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If Twitter really wants to give ‘links to a broader conversation’ on disputed posts, why not show both sides?
If the idea behind flagging posts as "disputed" and directing users to alternative links on Twitter is really about providing...
Understanding the dangers of social media (podcast)
Social media has become such a deeply entrenched part of our lives, that abandoning it all together seems like an...
Facebook & Twitter CEOs to testify on big tech censorship during ‘disputed’ presidential election
As information warfare exposes two completely different versions of reality concerning the presidential election, the Senate is slated to grill...
Analyzing blackout drinking culture on Twitter during lockdown (podcast)
Humans are social creatures, and self-isolation and living in quarantine can have a very negative impact on mental health. Therefore,...
‘Twitter is sabotaging public discourse regarding important national and homeland security issues’: DHS acting secretary
"Twitter is sabotaging public discourse regarding important national and homeland security issues," writes the Department of Homeland Security acting secretary...
DARPA to ‘exploit social media, messaging & blog data’ to track geopolitical influence campaigns
The power to monitor, track, and potentially quash online campaigns before they become popular is getting a whole lot easier....
Facebook ‘relied heavily on FBI’ briefings before trying to prevent NY Post story from ‘spreading wildly’: Zuckerberg
Facebook took its cue from the FBI before it decided to limit the distribution of the NY Post's "smoking gun"...
Senate is hovering over Twitter & Facebook: Dorsey, Zuckerberg to both testify before & after election
Two Senate committees are hovering over two big tech targets, with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey...
Conflicts of interest with Facebook censorship, the Atlantic Council, Burisma & politics: perspective
While receiving nearly half a million dollars from Burisma, the Atlantic Council partnered with Facebook to monitor election misinformation. Then,...
‘Censor social media content & harvest data from banned accounts’: House Intel witnesses testify on combating misinformation
Expert witnesses tell the House Intelligence Committee how to best combat "misinformation" online with more content restriction on social media...
Online censorship is toppling statues that haven’t been built yet: op-ed
To the victors go the spoils, they say, but in the siege of online censorship over freedom of thought, the...
‘Social media services that I & others have built are tearing people apart’: ex-Facebook ads chief testifies
Facebook's former director of monetization testifies that the social media services he helped build are tearing people apart, and that...
Facebook to censor anything it deems necessary to avoid ‘adverse legal or regulatory impacts’
Facebook will start removing user content that could get the social media giant into legal or regulatory trouble in a...
Twitter is flagging links to BitChute videos as potentially harmful & unsafe
Users on Twitter today are finding it difficult to share and open links pointing to video platform BitChute, as they...
US Senator wants answers from Dorsey on Twitter breach that appears to be inside job
On the day of what appears to be the largest breach in Twitter's history, US Senator Josh Hawley pens an...
Twitter acknowledges ‘security incident’ as high profile accounts reportedly hacked in bitcoin-related scam
Twitter says it's "aware of a security incident impacting accounts" as the accounts of high profile individuals such as Barack...
US politicians applaud UK move to ban Huawei from 5G networks
US politicians on one side of the aisle can scarcely contain their glee today as the UK moves to ban...
Facebook says it doesn’t benefit from hate, but its algorithms tell a different story: op-ed
At a time when huge companies are suspending their advertising campaigns on Facebook, the social media giant claims it doesn't...
‘Facebook’s business model is poison & its algorithms amplify misinformation’: digital forensics expert testifies
Facebook's business model is poison and its divisive algorithms are a driving force behind online misinformation, according to a digital...
