January 10, 2022 Meta announced Friday that the company's head of communications, John Pinette, is leaving the organization. A Meta spokesperson said that Chris Norton, vice president of international communications, will fill Pinette's position on an interim basis. more...
January 10, 2022 Residents of Zeewolde in the Netherlands have protested against Meta's plan to choose the small town to build its first giant data center in the Netherlands. Their stance reflects a larger shift against Big Tech's more...
January 6, 2022 Twitter is set to mark the first anniversary of the Capitol riot by assembling a team of experts to address the problem of harmful content. Twitter stated that the assembled team consists of members across more...
December 17, 2021 Facebook uncovered six private surveillance companies for criminal activity targeting some 50,000 people on its platforms. The criminal actions as revealed by Facebook in its reports included various abuses, including hacking attacks. Facebook or Meta more...
December 8, 2021 Social media giant Instagram is launching new features to better protect teenagers and young users on its app. One of the new features is the "take-a-break" feature, which asks users to pause for a certain more...
December 2, 2021 Meta has confirmed that Kyle Rittenhouse will be able to use his Facebook and Instagram accounts from now on after initially being banned in 2020. This comes as he was cleared of all charges against more...
December 2, 2021 On Monday, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey announced that Parag Agrawal, Twitter's chief technology officer and architect of the social media platform's efforts to develop a decentralized and open standard or the social media industry, will more...
December 2, 2021 Meta, the rebranded name of tech giant Facebook Inc, has been ordered to sell Giphy by the U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority. The social media juggernaut acquired the gif-sharing search engine in mid-2020 for $315 more...
December 1, 2021 Twitter recently announced that images or videos of private individuals shared on the app could be removed from the platform if requested. Before removing an image or video, the company said it must have been more...
December 1, 2021 The Australian federal government will conduct a parliamentary inquiry into the activities of major technology platforms. The inquiry will examine the nature of the "toxic material" on these platforms and also examine their practices. The more...
