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US States Fight Court Order Blocking Social Media Misinformation Efforts

Group of Democratic US states attorney general joins appeal against court order blocking government social media misinformation efforts

Honeymoon for Twitter rival Threads is over, but Meta Platforms plans “retention-driving hooks” for the messaging app

Year of efficiency paying off for Mark Zuckerberg, as Meta enjoys a strong second quarter thanks in part to advertising uptick

Potential trouble for Elon Musk as it emerged that Meta Platforms, Microsoft, and hundreds of others, own X trademarks

Elon Musk's Twitter asks US court to nullify consent order with FTC over data breaches, and takes aim at prominent Musk critic

Chinese food delivery giant Meituan expands livestreaming to attract consumers in face of competition from TikTok sister site Douyin

Amid reports that Twitter traffic is tanking, Elon Musk platform offers content creators part of advertising revenue

Lawsuit from Twitter's head of employee benefits alleges Elon Musk platform owes sacked staff $500m in severance payments

Lawsuit filed against four unnamed entities in Texas after Elon Musk railed last week against data scraping and limited user views

House of Lords fails to object to encryption demands in Online Safety Bill, but rather harmful algorithms for social media

E-commerce giant Amazon pushes back against European listing it as an online gatekeeper, subjecting it to new laws

European Commission on Monday adopts its “adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework”, but legal challenge is threatened

Musk seeks recovery of $90m in fees law firm received from Twitter board for defeating Musk's attempt to walk away from acquisition

Worrying sign for Elon, as Zuckerberg's Threads app surpasses 100 million users in less than a week since launch

Jack Dorsey backed Twitter rival, Bluesky, surpasses one million global downloads, just four months since closed launch

Round two? Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads app, as Elon Musk says “competition is fine, cheating is not”

Should Elon worry? Twitter rival Threads gains instant traction, as app is downloaded by tens of millions, and signups surpass 30 million

Federal government in Canada pulls its modest amount of advertising on Facebook, Instagram after Meta pulls news for Canadians

Round One. Mark Zuckerberg's Meta launches direct challenge to Elon Musk's Twitter, with official launch of Threads

Win for US republicans, after federal judge restricts some Biden officials from meeting and communicating with social media companies

With downloads for Jack Dorsey's Bluesky booming, Meta this week is expected to launch its Twitter rival, Instagram Threads

New CEO decision? Weeks after Twitter quit EU's disinformation code, platform agrees to comply with tough new EU laws

Meta's Quest+ VR game subscription service gives users access to two specially selected games each month in strategy shift

As promised, Meta is to pull news content from Facebook and Instagram in Canada, after the Online News Act becomes law