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Facebook to suspend Trump’s account for two years Decision follows oversight board recommendation over ex-president’s post on Capitol attack Facebook is suspending Donald Trump’s account for two years, the company has announced…
Facebook’s use of ad data triggers antitrust probes in UK and EU Facebook is facing a fresh pair of antitrust probes in Europe. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the EU’s Competition Commission both…
Not on NextDoor? You can still grab your neighbors’ stuff on Free Finds Nextdoor, the app that helps neighbors connect, launched a new feature called Free Finds today, which will help people browse the free items available…
Twitter starts rolling out Birdwatch fact checks inside tweets Twitter is looking to crowdsource its way out of misinformation woes with its new product Birdwatch which taps a network of engaged tweeters to…
Indivisible is training an army of volunteers to neutralize political misinformation The grassroots Democratic organization Indivisible is launching its own team of stealth fact-checkers to push back against misinformation — an experiment in what it…
Poparazzi hypes itself to the top of the App Store If Instagram’s photo tagging feature was spun out into its own app, you’d have the viral sensation Poparazzi, now the No. 1 app on…
We owe it to our kids to put an age limit on social media Ben Pring Contributor Share on Twitter Ben Pring is the co-founder and director of the Center for the Future of Work at Cognizant and…
Sensor Tower makes its first acquisition with deal for market intelligence company, Pathmatics Mobile app market intelligence firm Sensor Tower has made its first acquisition. The company this morning announced it’s acquiring Pathmatics, a market intelligence company…
Twitter to revamp user profiles with About tab, support for pronouns, ‘confirmed’ status and more Alongside news that Twitter is relaunching its account verification system to the public, the company previewed a slate of changes that will soon come…
Twitter opens account verification applications to the public under new guidelines The coveted blue badge may soon be within your reach. Twitter announced today it will begin rolling out its new verification application system, which…
TikTok rolls out tools to bulk delete and report comments, block users TikTok today is introducing a feature that will allow creators to deal with online abuse in an easier way. The company is launching new…
Facebook debuts ‘Live Shopping Fridays’ featuring beauty, fashion and skincare brands Facebook wants to whet consumers’ appetite for live streamed shopping with this week’s launch of “Live Shopping Fridays” event series, which will see larger…
Reface now lets users face-swap into pics and GIFs they upload Buzzy face-swapping video app Reface is expanding its reality-shifting potential beyond selfies by letting users upload more of their own content for its AI…
Facebook ordered not to apply controversial WhatsApp T&Cs in Germany The Hamburg data protection agency has banned Facebook from processing the additional WhatsApp user data that the tech giant is granting itself access to…
Twitter rolls out improved ‘reply prompts’ to cut down on harmful tweets A year ago, Twitter began testing a feature that would prompt users to pause and reconsider before they replied to a tweet using “harmful”…
Facebook launches Neighborhoods, a Nextdoor clone Facebook is launching a new section of its app designed to connect neighbors and curate neighborhood-level news. The new feature, predictably called Neighborhoods, is…
For Trump and Facebook, judgment day is around the corner Facebook unceremoniously confiscated Trump’s biggest social media megaphone months ago, but the former president might be poised to snatch it back. Facebook’s Oversight Board,…
Live video platform Bright lets you Zoom with your favorite creators What if you could Zoom with your favorite creator and ask them questions? That’s the promise of Bright, the new live video platform launching…
Twitter expands Spaces to anyone with 600+ followers, details plans for tickets, reminders and more Twitter Spaces, the company’s new live audio rooms feature, is opening up more broadly. The company announced today it’s making Twitter Spaces available to…