Twitter bans ‘media of private individuals’ with exceptions for corporate media after Agrawal replaces Dorsey
One day after Jack Dorsey resigns as CEO of Twitter and Parag Agrawal takes his place, the social media company...
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Facebook ‘whistleblower’ Haugen felt betrayed by Facebook after it dissolved Civic Integrity division: Senate hearing
Facebook "whistleblower" Frances Haugen tells Congress "it really felt like a betrayal" when Facebook dissolved its Civic Integrity team, and...
Facebook ‘working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible’ after outage
As Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram go offline today, Facebook tweets that it is "working to get things back to...
DARPA wants AI to moderate social media groups, mitigate ‘destructive ideas’ during humanitarian efforts
DARPA is launching a new research project called Civil Sanctuary to develop multilingual AI moderators to mitigate "destructive ideas" while...
Citizens all over the world are rising up against vaccine passports, lockdowns
Citizens all over the world are rising up against mandatory vaccine passports, health passes, and lockdowns. Freedom, once surrendered, must...
Google-backed RAND report recommends infiltrating & subverting online conspiracy groups from within
Google's Jigsaw unit sponsors a RAND report that recommends infiltrating and subverting online conspiracy groups from within while planting authoritative...
Jennifer Poole promoted to CRO of digital PR startup Publicize
Publicize, a digital PR company for technology startups and enterprises, has announced that executive Jennifer Poole has been promoted to...
SXSW festival explores the heights of creativity in digital event, sets 2022 dates
Braving the new online world in true style, South by Southwest (SXSW), the premier destination for creatives across the globe,...
Take time to connect the right people together, says co-founder of Global Startup Awards
We have all heard a lot about the importance of connecting with the right people that can help advance our...
The rise of TikTok: What are the components of a successful social media platform? (podcast)
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There is no doubt that 2020 will be remembered as the year that COVID lockdowns stole from us, but it...
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...
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,...
