During Facebook’s Senate Hearing, Reddit Reveals It Banned Almost 1,000 Russian Trolls

Shutterstock.com Nearly 1,000 Russian trolls were banned from Reddit after it was discovered they were working for the same Putin-funded company that .....»»

Most had a Reddit karma score of zero, but one had almost reached 100,000......»»

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Representatives from Facebook Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Twitter Inc. have been invited to appear before the U.S. Senate in September for another hearing on foreign activity on their networks......»»

Top executives at Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc have agreed to testify at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in September as part of the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. elections, a person briefed on the matter said on Thursday......»»

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey are appearing at a Senate hearing to defend their platforms’ handling of manipulation by foreign actors......»»

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey appeared at a Senate hearing to defend their platforms’ handling of manipulation by foreign actors......»»

Russia's online disinformation campaign extended well beyond 2016 and focused heavily on the NFL kneeling controversy as part of a broader effort to stoke racial tensions, according to a new.....»»

Officials from the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission may provide more information on Tuesday afternoon about their antitrust probes that are targeting Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google......»»

Cannabis shares were mostly lower Monday, as investors braced for a Senate hearing Tuesday on cannabis and banking, an obstacle for many companies in the new sector as long as cannabis is banned at the federal level......»»

Lawmakers voiced concerns at a Senate hearing on July 16 about Libra, Facebook’s cryptocurrency, stating worries that the company will mishandle user data......»»

For a panel about a proposed cryptocurrency, Tuesday's Senate Facebook hearing was light on actual crypto talk......»»

Democratic and Republican lawmakers said on Tuesday that Facebook Inc's track record of what they described as untrustworthiness should stand in the way of it launching a digital currency, labeling the plan "delusional" and "crazy" at a Senate hearing......»»

As Facebook comes under fire before a Senate hearing Tuesday, Vespula Capital's Jeff Tomasulo tells Reuters' Fred Katayama he wonders how anyone could trust the company and its new currency......»»

Facebook's hearing in front of the U.S. Senate is live online and we will be running commentary all day......»»

Facebook Inc. executive Dave Marcus has some reassuring words for members of Congress on the company's maligned Libra digital currency. A day before he faces the Senate banking committee, Marcus' opening statement was released on Monday. I.....»»

The U.S. House Financial Services Committee has scheduled a hearing on Facebook's libra cryptocurrency for July 17, one day after the Senate holds its hearing......»»

The US Senate Banking Committee plans to hold a hearing .....»»

The U.S. Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing next month on Facebook's new cryptocurrency, Libra......»»

The Senate Banking committee on Wednesday se.....»»