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August 29, 2018

Dozens of Facebook employees challenge 'intolerant' liberal culture

A senior Facebook engineer called out what he termed the company’s “political monoculture” in an internal message board post, prompting over 100 fellow employees to join a group advocating for political diversity.

August 26, 2018

Russian trolls, bots 'spreading discord' over vaccine safety, scientists say

Bots and Russian trolls spread false information about vaccines on Twitter in order to sow discord and propagate malicious content prior to and during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, according to a new study.

August 16, 2018

Suspension of Tesla whistleblower on Twitter shows inconsistency of platform's policies

Twitter, which has taken flak for not banning conspiracy theorist Alex Jones outright, did temporarily suspend a man who is embroiled in a legal dispute with Tesla.

August 16, 2018

Fake news backlash? Twitter CEO rethinking how platform works, wants to reduce 'echo chambers'

Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey said he is rethinking core parts of the social media network so that it does not enable the spread of hate speech and disinformation.

August 15, 2018

Twitter suspends Alex Jones from key functions of account

Twitter on Tuesday announced that it had placed the account of InfoWars host Alex Jones on read-only status for seven days.

August 12, 2018

Twitter says Alex Jones broke its rules, but he has not been banned

Twitter can’t seem to catch a break when it comes to far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

August 9, 2018

Why Twitter won't ban Alex Jones

Twitter is facing heat for deciding not to ban conspiracy theorist Alex Jones from its platform, breaking ranks with Facebook, Apple, Google and Spotify—all of which banned him or removed his podcasts.

August 5, 2018

Twitter 'bots' crackdown sweeps up Trump supporters who tweet very often

Twitter is having trouble distinguishing between bots trying to meddle in U.S. politics and fervent supporters of President Donald Trump who tweet very often.

August 3, 2018

GOP leader McCarthy wants Twitter CEO to testify on 'censorship' of conservatives

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy wants Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to testify before Congress on the “censorship” of conservatives amid allegations the social media platform is “shadow banning” prominent Republicans.

August 3, 2018

Facebook goes down, users vent their frustration on Twitter

Facebook was down for a number of users Friday, prompting them to vent their frustration elsewhere on social media.