social media

Chinese Social Media Requires Real Names For Biggest Influencers

China's top six social media platforms now require influencers with more than 500,000 followers to display real names in latest…

1 year ago

Biden Campaign Launches Account On Trump’s Truth Social

Trolling Trump. Campaign for Joe Biden launch account on Donald Trump's Truth Social, saying 'converts welcome'

1 year ago

Spotify AI Tool Translates Podcasts In Speaker’s Own Voice

Spotify offers popular podcasts with OpenAI translation tool that adapts speaker's own voice to multiple other languages

1 year ago

SEC Probe ‘Collects Thousands Of Wall Street App Messages’

SEC reportedly reviewing thousands of private messages from apps such as WhatsApp and Signal in Wall Street record-keeping probe

1 year ago

Police, Teachers Say TikTok ‘Frenzies’ Placing Strain On Services

Police and teachers say spikes in TikTok engagement in certain subjects placing strain on public services following BBC documentary

1 year ago

UK Online Safety Bill Set To Become Law

Government ignores tech objections, as Online Safety Bill looks set to become UK law after passing both houses of parliament

1 year ago

Chinese Tech Firms ‘Shut Down’ Livestream Features Amidst Crackdown

Chinese tech giants including NetEase and Tencent said to have shut down lucrative live streaming features amidst gambling crackdown

1 year ago

Canada Demands End To Facebook News Ban Amidst Wildfires

Canada's government demands Meta lift news ban on Facebook, Instagram as tens of thousands evacuated in Northwest Territories

1 year ago

YouTube To Remove False Cancer Treatment Claims

Doesn't already do this? YouTube updates its medical misinformation policy and starts removing false claims about cancer treatment

1 year ago

Zuckerberg ‘Not Holding Breath’ Over Musk Cage Fight

Mark Zuckerberg says 'not holding breath' in anticipation of cage fight with Elon Musk as companies duke it out for…

1 year ago

X Suspends Fake Account After Warning By Japan Gov’t

X, formerly Twitter, suspends account impersonating vice finance minister after rare warning by Japan Ministry of Finance

1 year ago

Musk, Yaccarino To Jointly Oversee X Trust and Safety

Owner Elon Musk, chief executive Linda Yaccarino to jointly oversee trust and safety at X as company reorganises under new…

1 year ago

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

1 year ago

Twitter Threatens To Sue Hate Speech Research Firm

Twitter, rebranded as X, threatens lawsuit against London-based hate speech research firm as it reinstates Kanye West account

1 year ago

Musk Says X Users Reach ‘New High’

Elon Musk says users of X – formerly Twitter – reach 'new high' amidst sudden rebrand and launch of Meta…

1 year ago

Twitter Scraps Iconic Blue Bird, Officially Rebrands As ‘X’

Twitter officially rebrands as 'X' as Elon Musk revamps site to turn it into 'everything app' based on communications and…

1 year ago

China Delivery Giant Meituan Expands Livestream Commerce

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

1 year ago

Musk Says Twitter Has Lost Half Of Ad Revenue

Elon Musk says Twitter revenue down by half since acquisition as company faces new competitor Threads from Facebook owner Meta

1 year ago

Online Safety Bill: Lords Demand Changes To Social Media Algorithms

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

1 year ago

Judge Blocks Biden Officials Communicating With Social Media Firms

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

1 year ago

Twitter Requires Sign-In To View Tweets

Twitter requires users to sign in or create an account to view tweets in what owner Elon Musk calls 'temporary'…

1 year ago

Yaccarino Lays Out Vision For Twitter 2.0 As ‘Global Town Square’

New Twitter boss Linda Yaccarino lays out vision for platform as 'global town square', urges staff to 'think big'

2 years ago

Twitch ‘Removes’ New Ad Rules Following Outcry

Amazon-owned streaming service Twitch removes restrictions that would have drastically reduced revenues for content creators and charities

2 years ago

Meta ‘Prepares To Launch Twitter Rival’

Facebook and Instagram parent Meta prepares to launch text-based Twitter rival as it looks to offer 'sanely run' alternative

2 years ago

Thousands Of Reddit Forums Go Dark In Protest

Moderators of thousands of of Reddit's forums, representing the vast majority of its content, have gone dark in protest at…

2 years ago

US State’s TikTok Lawsuit Criticised For ‘Irrelevant Posturing’

US state of Indiana criticised for devoting more than 90 percent of complaint against TikTok to 'irrelevant posturing'

2 years ago

Linda Yaccarino Clocks In As Twitter Boss

Former NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino spends first day as Twitter chief executive after being named by Elon Musk last month

2 years ago

Top NBCUniversal Exec Joins Twitter

Former NBCUniversal executive vice president Joe Benarroch to join Twitter in role focusing on business operations

2 years ago

Twitter Quits EU Code Of Practice On Disinformation

Twitter leaves EU's voluntary code of practice amidst cost-cutting, but industry commissioner Thierry Breton warns obligations remain

2 years ago

WhatsApp Lets Users Edit Sent Messages – For 15 Minutes

Meta encrypted messaging platform WhatsApp introduces editing of sent messages, but only for 15 minutes after original post

2 years ago