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Top Facebook, Twitter execs to testify on US election meddling

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......»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralJul 26th, 2018

Facebook "supercharged" the Stop the Steal campaign that led to the Capitol insurrection, US lawmaker says

Twitter .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 25th, 2021

Democrats attack Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter over the Capitol riots, saying the tech giants play "whack-a-mole" with radicalization

Lawmakers recommended Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter make sweeping design changes to stop chasing user engagement in order to curb extremism. .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderJan 22nd, 2021

What is Gab? The far-right social media site that Google and Apple banned and that is still gaining thousands of new users after Twitter and Facebook deplatformed Trump

Gab was launched in 2016 for users who don't like Twitter and Facebook's rules on f.....»»

Category: dealsSource: nytJan 11th, 2021

Facebook Sends Cease And Desist Letter To AI Startup, Joins Twitter, Venmo, YouTube

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has joined other social media giants and has sent Clearview AI a cease and desist letter to stop using user images to identify them for law e 0 read more.....»»

Category: blogSource: benzingaFeb 6th, 2020

How fake news on Facebook and Twitter could complicate efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus

Eroding trust in public institutions and the rapid spread of misinformation will make health officials’ jobs more difficult......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchJan 31st, 2020

Facebook, Google and Twitter scramble to stop misinformation about coronavirus

Major social-media sites already are rushing to prevent pervasive conspiracy theories about the illness, including a hoax that wrongly claims U.S. government officials secretly created the disease in a lab......»»

Category: topSource: washpostJan 27th, 2020

‘Putin’s chef,’ architect of interference in 2016 U.S. election, is now meddling in African politics, Facebook says

The man behind Russia's Internet Research Agency trolls that worked to elect Donald Trump has been active in Africa, too, according to Facebook, which took down more than 170 accounts with nearly 1 million followers overall......»»

Category: topSource: washpostOct 30th, 2019

Researchers trying to prevent a repeat of 2016"s election misinformation in 2020 are struggling thanks to a lack of data from Facebook

AP Photo In April 2018, Facebook said it would share detailed data with researchers and academics that could be studied to investigate and curb .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderSep 30th, 2019

Mueller report reveals internet trolls, furtive Facebook DMs and high-tech hobnobbing surrounding Trump’s 2016 campaign

The 448-page report mentioned Facebook at least 79 times and Twitter 68 times......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchApr 18th, 2019

Has Facebook changed? Ireland"s abortion vote provides big test

Facebook says it has learned the lessons of Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Next month's historic vote on legalizing abortion in Ireland could prove the first big test of that claim......»»

Category: topSource: moneyApr 18th, 2018

Zuckerberg: Priority to stop election meddling

Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) asks Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg how he plans to combat foreign election meddling in the upcoming midterm elections......»»

Category: videoSource: cnnApr 10th, 2018

Facebook Not Alone. Twitter Sold Data To Cambridge Analytica Researcher

Just weeks after the explosive revelation that Cambridge Analytica had obtained private data of more than 87 million Facebook users to influence the 2016 US Presidential election, yet another social networ.....»»

Category: blogSource: valuewalkMay 1st, 2018

Facebook Partners With the Atlantic Council to Fight Election Propaganda

An effort to stop potential meddling during upcoming world elections. Facebook is partnering with the Atlantic Council in another effort to combat election-related propaganda and misinformation from proliferating on its service. The social n.....»»

Category: europeSource: fortuneMay 17th, 2018

Facebook’s Political-Ad Filters are Rejecting Ads for Hair Salons and Daycares. Now They’re Complaining on Twitter

The social network says the recent changes are "not going to be perfect." After the 2016 election, Facebook weathered a Category 5 storm of criticism that .....»»

Category: europeSource: fortuneJun 22nd, 2018

Apple pushes election coverage after 2016 controversy

After Facebook Inc. , Twitter Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google faced congressional questioning for the way they presented news in .....»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchJun 25th, 2018

Facebook Has Devised a Way to Stop You From Seeing Spoilers

A little snooze goes a long way. Facebook is joining Twitter in helping you sidestep all of th.....»»

Category: europeSource: fortuneJun 27th, 2018

State of the Art: Tech Companies Like Facebook and Twitter Are Drawing Lines. It’ll Be Messy

Big tech companies are asking themselves where their responsibilities start and stop. Sorting that out will be complicated and may end up increasing their power......»»

Category: mediaSource: nytJul 25th, 2018

State of the Art: Tech Companies Like Facebook and Twitter Are Drawing Lines. It’ll Be Messy.

Big tech companies are asking themselves where their responsibilities start and stop. Sorting that out will be complicated and may end up increasing their power......»»

Category: mediaSource: nytJul 25th, 2018

The Wall Street Journal: Facebook, Google, Twitter asked to appear before Senate again to discuss Russian meddling

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......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchJul 25th, 2018