Parler founder and CEO John Matze confirms he has been fired by board of directors, as far right social platform…
What pandemic? Strong performance in advertising sales and cloud business drives profits and revenues at Google parent Alphabet
Response to Apple privacy rule. Facebook testing new pop-up alert for iPhone apps, explaining benefits of data collection
Social network's 'supreme court' overturns four out of five Facebook decisions to remove questionable content from its platform
Mark Zuckerberg admits platform is looking at ways to reduce political content in news feeds, after it posts billion dollar…
Despite confrontation with Australian government over content payments, Google reportedly readies own news service down under
YouTube reviews its decision to ban Donald Trump from uploading to the plaform, and opts to keep its indefinite suspension…
Curated news service for UK Facebook users launches, after deals signed with the Telegraph, Daily Mail, Guardian, Sky News etc
'Birdwatch' pilot to give users the power to flag misleading tweets, and write background notes about reason for reporting
Hot potato. Mark Zuckerberg refers his decision to indefinitely suspend Donald Trump over to its independent oversight board
Delayed mandatory privacy policy update by Facebook's WhatsApp, to reportedly trigger questions from Indian parliamentary panel
After Donald Trump's ban from many social networking platforms, British MPs grill executives on their respective hate content policies
Lawsuit by US states filed in Texas, alleging Google collusion with Facebook, should be heard in California instead says Google
Controversial law in Turkey governing social media firms, sees Ankara imposing advertising bans on Twitter, Periscope and Pinterest
Amid criticism of big tech 'censorship' of free speech, Tim Cook defends decision to suspend far right Parler app from…
Major clash down under is looming, after Australia rejects US request to halt new law to force Google, Facebook to…
CEO of Twitter opens up about permanent ban on outgoing US President Donald Trump, after criticism from some quarters over…
Google streaming service YouTube becomes latest social network to suspend President Donald Trump, following attempted insurrection
Tens of thousands of accounts spreading QAnon conspiracy content in past few days after US Capitol attack have been suspended,…
Research shows installations of Signal messaging app approaching one million a day, amid concern over WhatsApp data policy update
Consequences from President Trump's attempted coup last week continues, with Google and Apple removing Parler from app stores
Outgoing US President Donald Trump reportedly went 'ballistic' after he was permanently banned from his favoured messaging outlet
With five dead including a police officer and talk of his immediate removal from office, Mark Zuckerberg extends Donald Trump's…
What is the point of end-to-end encryption? Facebook to access people's WhatsApp data, whether they like it or not, from…
President Trump suspended from both Twitter and Facebook for posts to 'supporters', after mob storm US Capitol building and people…
Streaming service YouTube restores talkRADIO after a “further review” of its controversial decision to remove it over Covid-19 content
Wikileaks founder denied bail and will remain at Belmarsh prison, as Assange still has “incentive” to abscond from unresolved proceedings
Rare step for tech industry sees workers at Google form their own bespoke trade union, after years of employee unrest…
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US President follows through on threat and vetoes major US defence bill over Section 230 protection for social networking firms