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Twitter announced that it would donate $1 million across two organizations for supporting the world of journalism during the pandemic. What Happened Twitter announced that the $1 million donations would be equally distributed between two organizations, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ...

It is the official's duty to regularly post information about the infection spread, news about the available treatments, alerts and similar. But at the same time, a lot of news is flying around social media networks- as social media has become more effective than traditional sources. So maybe...

Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) banned at least 70 accounts promoting Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg's campaign starting Friday, the Los Angeles Times reported. What Happened "We have taken enforcement action on a group of accounts for violating our rules against platform...

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) will pay users $5 for sharing their voice recordings, the company announced Thursday. What Happened The voice recordings would be used for improving Facebook's speech recognition technology, as first reported by The Verge. Users of Facebook's Viewpoints app, aimed...

The United States Department of Justice held a workshop discussing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act on Wednesday that grants technology companies immunity from legal actions arising from content published by third-parties on their platform. The Takeaways Attorney General William...

The beat goes on, but a little less intensely so far today. Though stocks enjoyed more overnight gains as China announced tariff cuts and overseas markets rose, it looks like the parabolic rally of the last two days is slowing down. That’s not too surprising. Major indices are at record highs...

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has joined other social media giants and has sent Clearview AI a cease and desist letter to stop using user images to identify them for law enforcement. What Happened Clearview AI has been scrapping billions of photos from the internet and facilitating more...

Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) on Monday said that a vulnerability in its android application might have been exploited by "state-backed actors" in Iran, Israel, and Malaysia. What Happened The vulnerability made it possible for anyone to generate random phone numbers and match them to...

The famous horror author Stephen King announced his decision to delete his Facebook account. King is an active social media user with 5.6 million followers on Twitter. What Happened Tweeting about his decision, King said, “I'm quitting Facebook. Not comfortable with the flood of...

A Chinese student at the University of Minnesota was arrested and jailed in China for posting tweets critical of the Chinese government while he was in the United States, reported Axios, citing a Chinese court document. What Happened The 20-year-old student, Luo Daiqing, allegedly tweeted some...

Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is sticking to its policy of allowing all political ads to appear on its platform, without any fact-checking, according to Reuters. What Happened Facebook, on Thursday, announced some changes in its political ads policy, including some additional “transparency...

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is giving away $9.1 million (JPY 1 billion) to his Twitter followers as a new year's gift. A Social Experiment Maezawa announced the giveaway in a video on Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) video-sharing platform YouTube on New Year's eve, saying that...

Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) is rolling out a new feature to let users limit who can reply to their tweets on the social media platform. The company announced the update at the CES 2020 event in Las Vegas on Wednesday, TechCrunch reported. What Happened The users will be able to choose who...