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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Big tech’s addictive business model makes us ‘attention vampires,’ distracts from urgent threats like China: ‘Social Dilemma’ star testifies
Ex-Google design ethicist and star of the Netflix documentary "The Social Dilemma" Tristan Harris tells lawmakers that no amount of...
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...
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...
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"...
Twitter censored the NY Post for ‘showing direct material’ to back up claims, violated hacked materials policy: Dorsey
Facing a grilling in the Senate, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies that Twitter censored the New York Post for "showing...
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...
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...
4 House members ask Facebook, Twitter & Google to give them COVID-19 disinformation reports monthly
Four House Committee on Energy and Commerce members are asking Facebook, Twitter, and Google to give them monthly reports about their...
Symptoms of shadowbanning on social media for your diagnosis
Shadowbanning is not uniformly defined, but here we show you the symptoms of this cyber affliction, so you can make...
Internet Accountability Project launches to take on big tech’s ‘bad acts’
A former Senate staffer is taking a stab at big tech through the non-profit Internet Accountability Project (IAP), which aims...
As big tech and govts differ over hate speech, should AI neutralize it?
As big tech platforms and governments have their own policies on hate speech, should society task AI with neutralizing it...
White House wants to hear your experience with online political censorship
The Trump White House is asking people to share their stories of being censored online due to political bias with...
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Have you ever thought that "liking" a tweet didn’t quite do it justice? Well now you can tip the creator...
A look into big tech user data requests from governments worldwide
Facebook came out with its biannual Transparency Report yesterday, and we decided to take a look at big tech companies...
