Apple rule that apps must get user consent for targeted ads will hit small apps’ revenues: Facebook
Facebook says Apple’s rules could reduce what apps earn by advertising through Facebook’s audience network.
If Trump loses, social media anticipates a fight, plans strategy to beat back misinformation
Facebook is considering options including a “kill switch” to shut off political advertising after election day to thwart misinformation.
Inappropriate posts appear on Noah Schnapp's hacked Twitter
Starting Saturday afternoon, Schnapp’s Twitter account began publishing and retweeting a range of bizarre posts, which were later deleted.
Twitter also in talks to purchase TikTok, says report
Twitter’s bid is a long shot, but it believes it would face less antitrust scrutiny than larger corporations such as Microsoft.
Facebook, Twitter crack down on Russia, China agents trying to sway US election
State-led influence campaigns were prominent on social media during the 2016 US elections and have been seen around the world.
Trump's Facebook, Twitter post removed for saying children 'almost immune' to coronavirus
Action taken over 'misinformation', but the American Academy of Pediatrics says children appear to transmit COVID-19 less than adults.
Turkey's new social media law will erode freedom of expression, says opposition
Over 408,000 websites are blocked in Turkey, and it also leads the world in Twitter removal requests, with 6,000 demands in 2019 first half.
Twitter removes virus misinformation video retweeted by Trump after Facebook took it down
The footage shared “false information about cures and treatments for COVID-19”.
Jair Bolsonaro allies' Twitter, Facebook accounts blocked on court's orders
Members of Bolsonaro’s inner circle are alleged to have run a social media campaign to discredit the Supreme Court and threaten its judges.
Bolsonaro supporters blocked out of Twitter, Facebook after court rule
Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered them blocked as part of a probe into an alleged disinformation campaign by the president’s allies