Sources: Apple and Google removed Kremlin critic Navalny's app in September after FSB agents came to top executives' homes and threatened to take them to prison
Russian agents came to the home of Google's top executive in Moscow to deliver a frightening ultimatum last September …
Meta will temporarily allow some violent speech, like “death to the Russian invaders”, in some countries; internal email: it will allow calls for death of Putin
Meta Platforms (FB.O) will allow Facebook and Instagram users in some countries to call for violence against Russians …
Twitter: governments made 43,387 content removal demands from a record 196,878 accounts in H1 2021; 95% came from Japan, Russia, Turkey, India, and South Korea
Twitter permanently suspended 453,754 unique accounts for violations of its child sexual exploitation policy — Twitter suspended 44,974 unique accounts for promotion of terrorism a...
Meta plans to shut down Facebook's decade-old facial recognition system this month, deleting the face scan data of 1B+ users following legal and regulatory woes
Saying it wants “to find the right balance” with the technology, the social network will delete the face scan data of more than one billion users.
Facebook says it will use the same tactics that it uses to remove bot networks to target real-user accounts engaging in tactics like mass reporting
but it's got bigger problems from its past James Farrell / SiliconANGLE : Facebook introduces new tactic to fight ‘social harm’ DW.COM : Facebook deletes accounts of German anti-lo...
WhatsApp launches its first test of a public directory for businesses within the app, starting in São Paulo
this is what utility based building looks like, for those who operate on WhatsApp daily this is SUPER USEFUL now I don't have to leave the app to search for a business WA number, a...
As Facebook bans the Taliban, Twitter says it only takes action against accounts breaking its rules and YouTube says it will terminate Taliban-linked accounts
Who will control Afghanistan's official Facebook page? — Social platforms including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are coming under …
WhatsApp shuts down Taliban helpline in Kabul that was allegedly for reporting violence and looting, as Facebook blocks other “official Taliban channels”
Complaints number meant to act as emergency hotline for civilians to report violence and looting
Citizen launches Protect, a $20/month service that offers access to a Citizen operator and other features, after a 100,000-user beta test
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Citizen launches Protect, a $20/month service that offers access to a Citizen operator and other features, after a 100,000-user beta test
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A look at Facebook's prayers feature and its outreach with faith groups, which Facebook says was given new urgency during the pandemic
including its new feature for praying on FB https://www.reuters.com/... (1/ Eric Johansson / @ericjohanssonlj : Is it just me or is there something really unsettling with a #bigtec...
TikTok has passed 3B installs globally across iOS and Android, the first non-Facebook app to do so
Recording of House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on platform misinformation with Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, and Jack Dorsey
The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology and the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce of the Committee on Energy and Commerce …
Facebook outlines multiple changes for Groups: probation for rule-breaking users, limiting civic and political groups' reach, and requiring more moderation
Ultimately culminating in a ban — Facebook is trying to clean up its Groups experience and limit the reach of potentially problematic users and communities.