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TikTok CEO Says US Data Never Shared With Chinese Government

As he prepares to face US lawmakers, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew says the app never shared US data with…

2 years ago

BBC Bans TikTok From Corporate Devices

BBC joins multiple Western governments in banning TikTok over security fears, but continues to use it to promote content

2 years ago

YouTube Reinstates Donald Trump Account After Two-Year Ban

YouTube reinstates account of ex-US president Donald Trump after two-year ban, as Trump prepares new presidential campaign

2 years ago

Crypto Investment ‘Scam’ Defrauds Thousands Of Users

Crypto trading app iEarn Bot appears to be massive scam drawing in thousands of investors in multiple countries, report finds

2 years ago

Meta To Layoff Another 10,000 Staff

Mark Zuckerberg's 'year of efficiency' continues after he makes “difficult decision” to axe 10,000 jobs, on top of November's 11,000…

2 years ago

New Meta Layoffs ‘Could Match Those of Last Year’

Upcoming layoffs at Meta could reportedly cut same proportion of staff as those announced last November, as company reins in…

2 years ago

Elon Musk Apologises To Sacked Twitter Worker

Musk issues rare apology over sacking of Twitter worker who publicly asked whether he had been fired or not, as…

2 years ago

Meta Considering Twitter-Like Social Network

Facebook parent Meta considering launching Twitter-style stand-alone text-based social network amidst chaos at Elon Musk-owned platform

2 years ago

FTC Admits It Is Investigating Twitter

Federal agency FTC confirms it is investigating Twitter under new CEO Elon Musk for potential violations of 2011 agreement

2 years ago

WhatsApp Will Not Comply With UK Online Safety Bill

WhatApp becomes second major platform to indicate it will not comply with the UK's revised Online Safety Bill

2 years ago

Elon Musk Admits “Massive Decline” In Ad Revenue

Elon Musk says Twitter may be cash flow-positive next quarter, which may not surprise observers after all his cost-cutting

2 years ago

Musk Apologises After Mocking Fired Twitter Director

Haraldur Thorleifsson asked Elon Musk if he had been fired. Musk mocked him in his reply, but later backtracked and…

2 years ago

Major Twitter Outage Caused By Single Engineer – Report

Cost of conducting mass layoffs? Major Twitter outage this week triggered by just one engineer shutting down free access to…

2 years ago

Meta Planning Thousands More Job Cuts – Report

Zuckerberg's promise of “year of efficiency” at Meta likely to entail more job losses, according to media report

2 years ago

Meta Cuts Prices For VR Headsets

Struggling to sell? Meta has cut prices for two of its virtual reality headsets amid reduced consumer spending on tech

2 years ago

Meta Forms AI Team To Compete With ChatGPT

Facebook, Instagram parent Meta forms AI-focused team to develop text and visual tools across its products, following success of OpenAI's…

2 years ago

Canada Bans TikTok From Government Devices

Canada government bans TikTok from all government devices, saying it presents 'unacceptible risk to privacy and security'

2 years ago

Twitter Cuts 10 Percent Of Staff, Including #SleepWhereYouWork Exec

Latest round of cuts at Twitter affects 10 percent of staff, incuding executive pictured sleeping on floor last November

2 years ago

Meta Prepping Fresh Round Of Layoffs – Report

Facebook parent Meta is reportedly planning a fresh round of job cuts, after axing more than 11,000 staff last year

2 years ago

Facebook, Instagram To Get Paid Verification

Facebook, Instagram to offer paid 'blue tick' verification starting in Australia and New Zealand this week, following similar move by…

2 years ago

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Steps Down

One of the first Google employees, YouTube's CEO Susan Wojcicki, has confirmed she is stepping down after 25 years

2 years ago

Mark Zuckerberg Gains Extra $4m To Protect Him, Family

Security cost to protect Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and his family has been increased by millions of dollars, after 'specific threats'

2 years ago

Twitter Created System To Promote Elon Musk Tweets – Report

Elon Musk hints at new CEO for Twitter, amid reports engineers were ordered to create system to promote his tweets

2 years ago

Meta Oversight Board Pledges Quicker Case Reviews

Facebook's Supreme Court, the Oversight Board, say it will review more content moderation cases and do it faster than before

2 years ago

Meta’s Chief Business Officer To Leave After 13 Years

Long-serving chief business officer Marne Levine is to leave Meta in the summer, following the departure of Sheryl Sandberg last…

2 years ago

Twitter Revenues From Top Advertisers Plummets – Report

More than half of Twitter's top 1,000 advertisers were no longer spending on the platform in early January, new data…

2 years ago

Twitter Tells Users They Have Hit Daily Post Limit

Twitter users informed they have hit their daily post limit, as European Commission criticises its disinformation takedown efforts

2 years ago

Twitter Access Restored In Turkey After Earthquake Criticism

Service restored after Turkey restricted access to Twitter after criticism of government response to devastating earthquakes

2 years ago

Chinese Version Of TikTok To Expand Food Delivery Service

Chinese version of Tiktok, Douyin, set to expand food delivery trial more broadly across China, capitalising on e-commerce success

2 years ago

Court Approves Lawsuit Against Meta In Kenya

Labour court in Kenya says Facebook parent Meta can be sued in the country by content moderator citing psychological harm

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