Israeli media urge Facebook, Twitter to act on threats against journalists
The recent Israel-Gaza conflict has proved how both parties have an interest in limiting news reporting. A number of Israeli
Russia punishing social media for not following instructions
Moscow’s Tagansky District court announced it is fining Google 6 million roubles ($81,810) over three failures to delete content that
Facebook VP argues for regulation of internet
Regulation of the internet is overdue, argues Nick Clegg, Facebook’s vice president of global affairs, in an op-ed article published
Governments requesting user data from social media
Governments increasingly request user data from Facebook. During the second half of 2020 requests increased 10% to a total of
WhatsApp trying again with new terms of service
Facebook-owned WhatsApp will make another attempt to get users to accept its earlier controversial new terms of service. The company
Facebook’s plans for digital currency shrinking
Facebook’s shrinking plans for a digital currency was down-scaled again when digital currency group Diem Association, earlier known as the
Big Tech don’t pay broadcasters enough
Radio and television stations’ local content – particularly news – provides great value for audiences on the major technology platforms.
Think again before sharing an article on Facebook
Facebook is hoping to cut the spread of misinformation and fake news on its platform, by prompting users to read
It seems Facebook was right to worry about id-tracking
Apple’s new iOS 14.5 includes a new privacy feature so users of apps have to agree to id-tracking for advertising.
Facebook putting pressure on users to allow ad-tracking
Apple recently released iOS 14.5, and with it a new feature that, for the first time, allows users not to