Category: Big Tech

Biden Admin May Freeze Musk's Twitter Acquisition, Citing 'National Security'

Elon Musk Responded on Twitter With a 'Laughing Emoji' to News of the New Federal Investigation

Germany Fines Telegram $5 Million for Failing to Establish Illegal Content Reporting System

Telegram is based in Dubai and operated by Pavel Durov

Kanye West to Buy Social Media Platform Parler After Being Censored on Twitter and Instagram

TikTok Plans to Build Fulfillment Center in the US

The social media company wants to build an 'e-commerce ecosystem that is innovative, secure and...

Republican AGs Sue Biden Admin, Dozens of Others Over Alleged COVID-19 Censorship

‘We’re only just getting started’ Missouri’s Eric Schmitt said

BREAKING: Twitter Trading Halted Amid News That Musk Will Go Through With Deal at $54.20 Per Share

Pornhub Permanently Banned from Instagram

Pornhub accused Instagram of unfairly applying its community standards and discriminating against...

TikTok Could Be Fined More Than $29M Over Failure To Protect Childrens' Privacy

The company allegedly breached children's privacy between 2018 and 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs Bill Strengthening Online Protections For Kids

Advocacy groups have called the legislation unconstitutional and a 'poison pill for the internet'

Facebook Worked With the FBI to Spy on Conservatives Who Questioned 2020 Election

The company has been sending direct messages of its users to the FBI for 19 months

Newsom Signs Social Media Bill Targeting 'Hate Speech' and 'Disinformation' Into California Law

Twitter Shareholders Approve Elon Musk's $44 Billion Acquisition

Sale cannot be completed until Musk's lawsuit against the company is resolved

Whistleblower Says Twitter Unable to Track Foreign Agents Embedded at the Company

Peiter Zatko warned half the company's employees have access to sensitive user data during...

White House Outlines Parameters For Big Tech Reform

Listening session reiterated calls to reform section 230

Instagram Removes Pornhub’s Account

The pornography website had more than 13 million followers on the platform

Irish Data Protection Commission Fines Meta $400 Million For Violating Children's Privacy

California Lawmakers Pass Bills Aimed at Protecting Children on Social Media

Critics argue legislation violates the First Amendment

US Patent and Trademark Office Denies Trademark for Trump's Truth Social

YouTube ‘Unbanned’ Questioning Mask Effectiveness in The Latest Iteration of the Platform’s COVID-19 Misinformation Policy

CEO Susan Wojcicki said the policy was intended to 'raise up authoritative and trusted content'

Yelp Adds Labels to Pregnancy Center Listings to Avoid Misleading Abortion Seekers

The company’s vice president of User Operations says pregnancy centers that do not provide...

Meta to Pay $37.5 Million Settlement Over Facebook Tracking User Locations Without Permission

Meta's AI Chatbot Says 2020 Election Was 'Stolen' and Keeps Talking Trash About Facebook and Zuckerberg

Twitter Announces Plan to Tackle 'Misleading Narratives' Ahead of Midterms, Vows to Throttle Tweets Deemed Incorrect

Snapchat Unveils New Parental Controls

The features will deactivate once a user turns 18 years old