Dec 23 Meta will pay $725M to settle Facebook user privacy lawsuit By Associated Press Facebook’s corporate parent has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the social media platform allowed millions of its users’ personal information to be fed to Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in… Continue reading
Dec 19 Twitter poll closes, majority of users vote for Musk to step down as CEO By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press More than half of 17.5 million users who responded to a Twitter poll created by billionaire Elon Musk over whether he should step down as head of the company had voted yes by the time the poll closed. Continue reading
Dec 18 Twitter bans linking to Facebook, Instagram, other rival platforms By Matt O'Brien, Brian P. D. Hannon, Associated Press Twitter users will no longer be able to link to certain rival social media websites, including what the company described Sunday as “prohibited platforms” Facebook, Instagram and Mastodon. Continue reading
Dec 13 Students turn to TikTok for lessons on cultural issues By Cheyanne Mumphrey, Associated Press The platform has opened new opportunities for educators looking to expand students' worldviews. Continue reading
Dec 06 Facebook parent Meta threatens to remove news from platform if Congress requires company to pay for material By Associated Press Facebook parent Meta Platforms says it will be forced to consider removing news content from its platform if Congress passes legislation that could require social media companies to pay news outlets. Continue reading
Nov 24 Twitter, other tech companies slip on removing hate speech, EU review says By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press European Union data shows that Twitter took longer to review hateful content and removed less of it in 2022 compared with the previous year. The figures were published Thursday as part of an annual evaluation of online platforms’ compliance with… Continue reading
Nov 19 Public safety accounts urge caution on Twitter amid tumultuous changes By Stephen Groves, Associated Press Amid the slew of changes at one of the world's most influential social media platforms, the public information officers who operate government Twitter accounts are cautiously waiting out the turmoil and urging the public to verify that it really is… Continue reading
Nov 18 Twitter workers continue to resign after Musk’s ‘hardcore’ ultimatum By Frank Bajak, Barbara Ortutay, Matt O'Brien, Associated Press Hundreds of employees signaled they were leaving ahead of a Thursday deadline set by Musk, posting a salute emoji or other symbols familiar to Twitter workers on the company’s internal Slack messaging board. Continue reading
Nov 07 Musk threatens to suspend account impersonators amid verification debate By Frank Bajak, Associated Press The platform's new owner issued the warning after some celebrities changed their Twitter display names and tweeted as ‘Elon Musk’ in reaction to the billionaire's decision to offer verified accounts to all comers for $8 month. Continue reading
Nov 04 Widespread Twitter layoffs begin a week after Musk takeover By Barbara Ortutay, Matt O'Brien, Associated Press Twitter's roughly 7,500 employees have been expecting layoffs since Musk took helm of the company. Already, Musk has fired top executives, including CEO Parag Agrawal. Continue reading