Trump's revenge. Officials at the US DoJ ready legislation to remove Section 230 protections from big name tech firms including…
Rule change for political ads to make clear who paid for it, as social networking giant seeks to tighten rules…
Tens of thousands of Twitter accounts operated on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party have been removed for spreading misinformation
Strategic move? Google, Facebook, Microsoft pledge to improve and standardise annual disclosures around online child exploitation
'We really want to read the information, before you retweet it' says Twitter, as it seeks to drive 'informed discussions'
State-controlled media organisations from Russia, China and other countries will be labelled as such by Facebook from the summer
Employees from the early days of Facebook denounce Mark Zuckerberg over his decision not to act against posts by US…
American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against facial recognition firm alleging “privacy-destroying surveillance activities”
Escalating row between Twitter and the White House sees tech firm call out US President over a new tweet for…
US President ready to follow up on threat to 'close down' social networking firms after Twitter places fact warning label…
Twitter applies fact-checking alert to a tweet from US President Donald Trump as part of new policy on misleading information
Online abuse clampdown. Twitter confirms it is testing new conversation settings that will allow users to limit who can reply…
More than a quarter of Coronavirus videos on YouTube contain “misleading or inaccurate information”, a new study has warned
That could difficult. French parliament passes a law that requires social media companies to delete certain content within an hour
Facebook has agreed a multi million dollar settlement with content moderators who sued it for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and…
With its offices remaining shut until at least September, Twitter tells its staff they can continue working from home forever…
Facebook names members of its content oversight board that can overrule Mark Zuckerberg over objectionable content on the platform
Toxic Twitter. Microblogging service tests sending users a prompt, warning them when their tweet reply uses “harmful language”
The global slowdown in the digital advertising market due to the Coronavirus pandemic, slows advertising revenue growth at Facebook
Search engine giant axes yet another social network only available in New York, to help people find group activities for…
Twitter says it is banning 'unverified claims' that could lead to attacks on critical infrastructure, such as the spate of…
Social network makes biggest acquisition since acquiring WhatsApp by purchasing 10 percent stake in Indian firm Reliance Industries
Facebook has rushed the launch of its gaming streaming app, in order to capitalise on the enforced lockdown of potential…
Social networking giant Facebook begins removing listings for anti-quarantine protests in California, New Jersey, and Nebraska
Federal Appeals Court has approved proposed class action by Facebook users over alleged tracking of their internet activity, even after…
Google has been instructed by the French competition authority to pay French publishers and news agencies for re-using content or…
False Covid-19 claims that has seen mobile masts and towers attacked, has resulted in WhatsApp imposing a strict limit on…
Twitter's Jack Dorsey pledges $1 billion, more than a quarter of his personal fortune, to help in the global fight…
Location data is being released by Google in 131 countries so officials can see if people are obeying self-isolating rules
Search engine giant Google opts out from any April fools' pranks this year, due to the Coronavirus pandemic impacting the…