Meta removing more than 500 Chinese accounts
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Meta, earlier Facebook, has removed networks in Palestine, Poland, Belarus, Italy, France, Vietnam and one that was primarily based in China and comprised more than 500 accounts. The networks have
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Privacy on Twitter: unapproved photos and videos to be taken down
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Twitter has updated its privacy policy and says pictures and videos of private individuals that are shared without their permission violate the updated policies and can be taken down. “There are
Global cosmetics brand turning its back on social media
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Cosmetics brand Lush has stopped using most social media until it is a safer environment for users. The company says it is “turning its back on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and
Twitter CEO stepping down with a public tweet
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Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and public face of Twitter, will step down from his role as CEO, effective immediately, the company announced. Parag Agrawal, Twitter’s chief technology officer, will take
EU Commission proposing Media Freedom Act to secure media independence
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The EU Commission will next year propose a European Media Freedom Act to ensure the integrity and independence of the EU media market, Commissioner Thierry Breton announced at the European
Facebook taking down press freedom video
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Facebook has taken down a video honouring the winners of the International Press Freedom Awards (IPFA) referring to a copyright match to a 13-second clip owned by a Cantonese-language cable
‘Μeta’ investigation in 8 US States on Instagram’s impact on kids
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A U.S. investigation, by at least 8 member states, has been opened in order to examine whether Meta, previously known as Facebook, is promoting Instagram to kids and tracking their
Live streaming TV forecasted to get a new market lead
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Five major US-based platforms will control 53% of the world’s 1.7 billion live streaming video subscriptions by 2026. That equates to a collective 910 million subscriptions by 2026; up from
AFP and Google sign agreement on neighbouring rights
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French news agency AFP and Google announced an agreement on the remuneration of neighboring rights under French law. The agreement came after many months of negotiations after French competition authority
Hackers attacking human rights groups and journalists
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Meta says it has taken action against four groups of hackers in Pakistan and Syria that attacked people connected to the former government of Afghanistan, human rights groups and journalists.