Woman reunited with dog she fostered when new owner turned up on her porch
A woman in the US was reunited with the puppy that she fostered for a week in November when the dog’s new owner walked past her porch.
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Twitter: Accounts of world leaders ‘not entirely’ above the rules
Twitter has said that accounts belonging to world leaders are not entirely above its rules, warning that it will do more to limit their reach.
Legitimate and legal speech in jeopardy, Facebook warns after EU ruling
Facebook has warned that legitimate and legal speech could be removed as a result of tougher controls put forward by the EU.
Facebook paid £28.5m in UK tax despite £1.65bn revenue
Facebook paid £28.5 million in UK taxes last year despite reporting growing revenue of £1.65 billion from advertising sales.
Twitter apologises after sharing user contact details with advertisers
Twitter has apologised for sharing personal contact information from users with advertisers which was only meant for account security purposes.
Instagram begins rolling out dark mode
Instagram has become the latest app to receive the dark mode treatment in a update being rolled out to some users from Tuesday.
EU’s tougher controls on Facebook a ‘troubling development’ – Zuckerberg
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has called an EU ruling that allows a country to order the removal of defamatory material globally as a “troubling development”.
Facebook removes more misinformation campaigns
Facebook said it has removed hundreds of accounts, pages and groups from the platform which were spreading misinformation about political issues in the Middle East.
Facebook can be forced to remove illegal comments worldwide, EU’s top court says
Online platforms such as Facebook can be ordered to remove defamatory posts declared as illegal, the EU’s top court has ruled.
Instagram expands anti-bullying tool to all users
Instagram’s Restrict tool, designed to combat bullying on the site by hiding abusive content, is to be rolled out globally, the social media platform has said.
Twitter working on fix for outage
An outage has hit Twitter, preventing some users from tweeting, receiving notifications and viewing direct messages.
Zuckerberg leak: It doesn’t make sense for me to go to hearings in every country
Mark Zuckerberg does not see the need for him to attend hearings across the globe scrutinising Facebook’s practices, according to leaked audio from an internal meeting.
Twitter rolls out tool to filter spam and abuse in direct messages
Twitter has launched a new filter tool which can hide spam and abusive messages that are sent to users via the platform’s direct messages feature.
China now a ‘global disinformation superpower’, say researchers
China has become a major player in global social media manipulation campaigns, researchers say, amid an overall increase in the number of countries sharing misinformation online.
Facebook posts by politicians can break usual rules, says Sir Nick Clegg
Facebook posts by MPs can break the usual rules on the social network because they are newsworthy, according to the tech giant’s communications head Sir Nick Clegg.
Twitter cracks down on financial scams
Twitter is targeting financial scams in its latest attempt to deal with malicious activity on its platform.
Twitter tests ability to hide replies to tweets
Twitter is testing a feature which allows users to hide replies to their tweets that they find abusive or irrelevant.
Twitter suspends account of former aide to Saudi crown prince in latest purge
A former senior aide to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, accused of playing a role in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has had his Twitter account permanently suspended.
Instagram announces new restrictions on diet and cosmetic surgery content
Instagram has announced that tighter restrictions are to be imposed on some posts related to diet products and cosmetic surgery.
Facebook and Met Police team up to tackle live streaming of terrorist attacks
Facebook is working with the Metropolitan Police to improve the social network’s ability to detect live streaming of terrorism and potentially alert officers about an attack sooner.