US presidential administration targeting YouTube as well as Facebook and other social media companies over Covid-19 vaccine misinformation as cases…
Jack Dorsey, Sundar Pichai and Mark Zuckerberg appear before Congress for fourth time this year amidst lawmaker fury over January…
Platform increases use of warning labels on misleading Covid-19 vaccine posts, and introduces scaling “strike” system for repeat offenders
Latest effort by US lawmakers to limit legal protections of online giants over misinformation takes on greater urgency after deadly…
Streaming service YouTube restores talkRADIO after a “further review” of its controversial decision to remove it over Covid-19 content
Facebook confirmed it is placing limits on algorithmic group recommendations ahead of this week's US elections as company cracks down…
Twitter will no longer block links to articles containing hacked materials, following criticism over treatment of controversial New York Post…
Google to ban political ads after polls close after 3 November US presidential election, as internet companies face pressure to…
Russian meddling in the United States has been detected again and dismantled, after Facebook receives tip off from the FBI
Tens of thousands of Twitter accounts operated on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party have been removed for spreading misinformation
'We really want to read the information, before you retweet it' says Twitter, as it seeks to drive 'informed discussions'
Social media companies should be regulated as something between a newspaper and a telecommunications firm, Facebook chief tells conference
Google, Facebook and Twitter work with major consumer brands and ad buying agencies on coordinated self-policing amidst calls for stricter…
Technology from the London-based start-up is to be used to track down misinformation and spam and 'improve the health of…
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slams Facebook for failing to take down heavily edited video
As political pressure mounts, Mark Zuckerberg calls for a common regulatory framework covering issues such as harmful content, misinformation and…
State television reported it as a high-tech robot, but the android was in fact only an elaborate costume
RSA Conference 2019: Following a year of controversies around politics, misinformation, data leaks and massive security breaches, RSA Conference looks…
In a year of belligerent hearings targeting Facebook and Twitter, Google is now set to come in for its moment…
Amidst growing pressure over data scandals and political misinformation, Facebook allegedly hired a PR firm to encourage attacks on rivals
A new regulatory body is needed to police social media firms' 'very disturbing' use of personal data for political purposes,…