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Economy Oct 04

Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer worldwide outage

Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms were down across wide swathes of the world Monday. Facebook's internal systems used by employees also went down.

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Apple is planning to scan U.S. iPhones for images of child abuse, drawing applause from child protection groups but raising concern among some security researchers that the system could be used to surveil citizens.

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A decision on suspended Trump Facebook account expected this week

The social network's quasi-independent Oversight Board says it will announce its decision Wednesday on a case concerning the former president's account.

Economy Apr 06

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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…

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