Economy Apr 06 Lawmakers call YouTube Kids a ‘wasteland of vapid’ content In a letter sent Tuesday to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, the House Oversight and Reform subcommittee on economic and consumer policy says YouTube isn't doing enough to protect kids from material that could harm them.
Politics Mar 25 WATCH: Congress press Big Tech CEOs over speech, misinformation The CEOs of social media giants Facebook, Twitter and Google face a new grilling by Congress Thursday, one focused on their efforts to prevent their platforms from spreading falsehoods and inciting violence.
Politics Jan 21 Facebook’s oversight board to rule on indefinite Trump ban The social media giant said it's referring the matter to the oversight board for what it called an "independent judgment" on on upholding the decision. Twitter, by contrast, has permanently banned Trump.
Nation Jan 06 Twitter suspends Trump amid Capitol violence In an unprecedented step, Twitter suspended the account of President Donald Trump for 12 hours Wednesday after he repeatedly posted false accusations about the integrity of the election and threatened him with a permanent ban.
Politics Nov 05 Facebook bans big ‘Stop the Steal’ group for sowing violence Facebook banned a large group called "Stop the Steal" that supporters of President Donald Trump were using to organize protests against the presidential vote count.
Nation Nov 03 Pennsylvania emerges as online misinformation hot spot Misleading claims have spread for hours on social media about polling machine outages in Scranton and a poll worker destroying ballots cast for President Donald Trump.
Nation Oct 18 Is Facebook really ready for the 2020 election? Ever since Russian agents and other opportunists abused its platform in an attempt to manipulate the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Facebook has insisted — repeatedly — that it’s learned its lesson and is no longer a conduit for misinformation, voter…
Nation Oct 15 YouTube follows Twitter and Facebook with QAnon crackdown The Google-owned video platform said Thursday it will now prohibit material targeting a person or group with conspiracy theories that have been used to justify violence.
Politics Oct 07 Facebook braces for a contested election Facebook said it's readied new safeguards for the 2020 U.S. elections that have it better prepared to deal with candidates who prematurely declare victory or contest official results.
Politics Oct 06 Facebook says it will ban groups that ‘represent’ QAnon The move comes less than two months after Facebook said it would stop promoting the group and its adherents — but faltered with spotty enforcement.