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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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Wall Street Advisory Firm Sues Twitter Over Unpaid Bill

Wall Street advisory firm sues Twitter claiming nearly $2m in unpaid bills from last year as Elon Musk continues cost-cutting drive

Apple, Google Urged To Remove TikTok From App Stores

A democratic senator in the US urges Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their respective app stores ahead of CEO meeting with US Congress

Meta Pleases Investors With ‘Year Of Efficiency’ Pledge

After heavy Metaverse spending in 2022, Mark Zuckerberg points to cost savings in 2023 after big drop in profits in 2022

Facebook Parent Seeks To Block £3bn UK Lawsuit

Facebook parent Meta seeks to block £3bn UK collective legal action claiming company abusively profited from users' personal data

Twitter Partners With Ad Verification Firms To Appease Advertisers

Twitter says it will team up with two digital ad verification companies, in a further attempt to attract advertisers back to platform

Meta To Reinstate Donald Trump Facebook, Instagram Accounts

Donald Trump regains more social media accounts, after two year ban for inciting an insurrection at US Capitol

Twitter Ad Spending Fell Over 70 Percent In December – Report

New data suggests advertisers continue to shun Elon Musk's Twitter, as another report states there are now just 550 engineers remaining

Twitter Shuts Down Third-Party Clients In Policy Shift

Twitter officially changes developer policy following technical changes that abruptly shut down most third-party clients

Musk Says Twitter To Launch Ad-Free Subscription

Elon Musk says Twitter to offer premium subscription tier without advertising, as company seeks new revenue sources

Twitter Plans More Staff Layoffs – Report

Weeks after Elon Musk tells Twitter staff there will be no further layoffs, comes report of more redundancies

Donald Trump Petitions Meta To Restore Facebook Account

Lawyers for Donald Trump petition Meta Platforms to restore his Facebook account, after his ban for 2021 Capitol attack

Tech Executives Face Prison For Online Safety Breaches

UK Government reaches agreement with Conservative MPs who had sought to amend the controversial Online Safety Bill

Twitter Revenue Down 40 Percent, As 500 Advertisers Pause Spending

Report that more than 500 advertisers have paused spending with Twitter, and it's daily revenue is 40 percent down from a year ago

Twitter Auctions Off Office Furniture, Fixtures And Fittings

Surplus to requirements or cost cutting? Elon Musk is selling office furniture, coffee machines, and even statue of famous bird logo

Twitter Offers Free Adverts To Major Brands – Report

Elon Musk's plan to turn around collapse in Twitter ad revenues reportedly sees platform offering free ads to existing advertising brands

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Twitter Says No Evidence Data Leak Originated From Its Servers

Data on 200 million Twitter users posted online by hacker did not come from a Twitter vulnerability, platform insists

Elon Musk Breaks World Record For Loss Of Personal Fortune

But will he care?. Largest ever loss of a personal fortune by Elon Musk has been confirmed by Guinness World Records

Twitter Makes More Cuts To Trust, Safety Teams – Report

Is there anyone left to sack? Owner Elon Musk reportedly makes more layoffs to Twitter’s trust and safety teams

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Wikimedia Denies ‘Infiltration’ By Saudi Spies

Wikimedia Foundation denies Wikipedia was infiltrated by Saudi agents after report by Middle East human rights groups

Hacker Posts Twitter Emails Of 200 Million Users Online

Researcher claims hackers stole the email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users and posted the data on hacking forum

Meta Blow As Irish Watchdog Confirms Hefty Fine

Facebook parent Meta may be prohibited from using personal data for advertising, after EU ruling and Irish fine

Twitter’s Last Pre-Musk Executives Resign

Katie Marcotte, a 10-year Twitter veteran and it's acting head of human resources, plus product engineering head Behnam Rezaei, have resigned

Twitter Eases Political Ad Restrictions Amid Falling Revenue

Free speech or needing the money? Elon Musk overturns Jack Dorsey's 2019 ban on all political advertising on the platform

Google ‘Developing Free Moderation Tool’ For Smaller Sites

Google subsidiary Jigsaw developing free tool to help smaller websites identify and remove extremist materials, as new content laws take effect

Twitter Back Online After Global Outage

Early hours outage at Twitter - the first major disruption at the platform after Elon Musk sacked most of the workforce