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Foxconn Scales Back $10bn Wisconsin Factory
Taiwanese manufacturing giant Foxconn dramatically scales back US factory that was heavily touted by former President Donald Trump
US Blacklists Seven Chinese Supercomputing Entities
Entity list additions. US Commerce Department adds seven Chinese supercomputing entities to US blacklist, for working with Chinese military
Facebook Removes Donald Trump Interview Video
Nope, you are still banned. Video of interview with former US President Donald Trump removed from his daughter-in-law Facebook page
YouTube CEO Outlines Criteria To Restore Donald Trump Account
Way back for Trump on social media? YouTube CEO says threats of violence must fall before Donald Trump account reinstatement
Facebook Oversight Board Confirms Appeal Over Trump Ban
Unnamed 'user' files appeal with Facebook's Supreme Court (the Oversight Board) against the 'indefinite' ban on Donald Trump
Parler App Back Online Using ‘Independent’ Tech
Controversial social platform Parler, popular with the far right is now back online, but difficulties remain for its users
Parler CEO Fired By Board Of Directors
Parler founder and CEO John Matze confirms he has been fired by board of directors, as far right social platform faces uncertain future
YouTube Extends Donald Trump Suspension
YouTube reviews its decision to ban Donald Trump from uploading to the plaform, and opts to keep its indefinite suspension in place
Facebook Refers Donald Trump Ban Decision To Oversight Board
Hot potato. Mark Zuckerberg refers his decision to indefinitely suspend Donald Trump over to its independent oversight board
Social Networking Giants Grilled By MPs On Hate Content
After Donald Trump's ban from many social networking platforms, British MPs grill executives on their respective hate content policies
Trump Pardons Former Google Engineer Anthony Levandowski
Engineer who stole self-driving car secrets from Google's Waymo division, receives pardon from outgoing US President Donald Trump
Apple’s Tim Cook Defends Parler Suspension
Amid criticism of big tech 'censorship' of free speech, Tim Cook defends decision to suspend far right Parler app from App Store
Twitter’s Jack Dorsey: Trump Ban Right Thing To Do
CEO of Twitter opens up about permanent ban on outgoing US President Donald Trump, after criticism from some quarters over 'freedom of speech'
YouTube Suspends Donald Trump Channel
Google streaming service YouTube becomes latest social network to suspend President Donald Trump, following attempted insurrection
Twitter Suspends 70,000 Accounts Sharing QAnon Content
Tens of thousands of accounts spreading QAnon conspiracy content in past few days after US Capitol attack have been suspended, Twitter confirms
Twitter Permanently Bans Donald Trump
Outgoing US President Donald Trump reportedly went 'ballistic' after he was permanently banned from his favoured messaging outlet
Facebook Bans Donald Trump ‘Indefinitely’ After Capitol Killings
With five dead including a police officer and talk of his immediate removal from office, Mark Zuckerberg extends Donald Trump's ban
Twitter, Facebook Block Donald Trump After Four Die In Capitol Siege
President Trump suspended from both Twitter and Facebook for posts to 'supporters', after mob storm US Capitol building and people die
President Trump Blacklists Eight Chinese Apps
Executive order signed by US President bans transactions with eight Chinese software applications including Ant's Alipay payment app
White House Appeals Judge’s TikTok Ruling
Trump administration has appealed a judge's decision to block US attempts to place tough restrictions on ByteDance's TikTok
Trump Vetoes $740bn Defense Bill Over Section 230
US President follows through on threat and vetoes major US defence bill over Section 230 protection for social networking firms
Twitter To Remove All Followers From Potus Accounts
Clean break. Twitter confirms it will remove all followers from US Presidential accounts after Trump handover to President elect Biden
Trump Threatens To Veto US Defence Bill Over Section 230 Protection
President Trump warns that unless Section 230 liability protection for social networking firms is removed, he will veto a major US Defence bill
Trump Administration Grants ByteDance TikTok Sale Extension
ByteDance granted seven day extension by Trump administration of TikTok sale order to new company including Oracle and Walmart
President Trump Fires CISA Cyber Boss Chris Krebs
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa) boss Chris Krebs has been 'terminated' by Trump after he contradicted President's claims
Facebook Extends US Political Ad Ban For Another Month
Email to advertisers confirms Facebook plan to extend its ban on political adverts in the United States for another month
ByteDance Challenges Trump Over TikTok Ban
'Now Donald Trump has lost the US election, are we still going to be banned?' TikTok owner ByteDance asks in legal challenge
TSMC Seeds Arizona Subsidiary With $3.5 Billion
Trump plan to bring manufacturing back to US sees Taiwanese chipmaker provide $3.5 billion for promised $12 billion Arizona factory
Tight Presidential Election Sees Facebook, Twitter Act On ‘Victory’ Posts
After both Donald Trump and Joe Biden claim victory, social networking giants Facebook and Twitter restrict posts claiming election victory