January 18, 2018 Facebook, YouTube and Twitter warned about new type of extremism as lawmakers grill them Facebook, YouTube and Twitter were warned about an insidious new form of online extremism on Capitol Hill as they sought to push back on the notion that they aren’t doing enough to rid their platforms of terrorists and hate-filled content.
January 18, 2018 Is Twitter doing enough to crack down on porn links? Last year Twitter took steps to clamp down on tweets featuring non-consensual explicit sexual images and videos, but experts say that the platform still needs to tackle the issue of porn links.
January 17, 2018 Facebook, Google, Twitter: How tech giants are involved in the Russia investigation As congressional lawmakers investigate Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential election, they are looking at social media’s function in the spread of misinformation.
January 15, 2018 With his very first post, he became a Twitter sensation Gary Lee had zero tweets to his name as of Jan. 12.
January 12, 2018 The Satanic Temple is thinking about suing Twitter over 'religious discrimination' The Satanic Temple is considering suing Twitter for religious discrimination after a tweet appeared on the platform to burn down the Temple and was retweeted by several users, including by former child actor Corey Feldman.
January 11, 2018 Twitter responds to Project Veritas allegation that it can share Trump's direct messages Twitter pushed back on a Project Veritas video in which one of its engineers claims that the tech giant is “more than happy” to help investigators probing connections between President Trump and Russia.
January 11, 2018 Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, among others, write letter to Congress to save DACA The executives said ending the Obama-era legislation would translate into "an impending crisis for workforces across the country."
January 6, 2018 Twitter won't block world leaders or delete their messages Twitter says it has no plans to block world leaders from its social media site or delete any of their controversial posts because any such action would “hide important information” from people and likely not "silence" them.
January 5, 2018 Why President Trump won't ever get kicked off Twitter Despite repeated cries and protests that it should remove President Donald Trump from its service, Twitter has said that it would not remove a world leader because it "would hide important information people should be able to see and debate."
January 2, 2018 Mariah Carey gives us first meme of 2018 Mariah Carey's performance on ABC's New Year's Eve broadcast Sunday was meant to redeem the singer from last year's mess.