Social Media Addiction Is a Real Disease, U.K. Lawmakers Say—And Facebook and Google Must Be Taxed for It

Lawmakers interrogate the chief executive officers of Google, Facebook and Twitter on the role their companies have played in promoting extremism and spreading misinformation......»»

Live updates as lawmakers interrogate the chief executive officers of Google, Facebook and Twitter on the role their companies have played in promoting extremism and spreading misinformation......»»

Lawmakers are interrogating the chief executive officers of Google, Facebook and Twitter on the role their companies have played in promoting extremism and spreading misinformation......»»

Lawmakers are interrogating the chief executive officers of Google, Facebook and Twitter on the role their companies have played in promoting extremism and spreading misinformation......»»

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......»»

A congressional hearing to explore the spread of white nationalism on social media quickly served to illustrate of the problem Silicon Valley faces, after anonymous users on YouTube began posting attacks on the basis of race and religion......»»

British lawmakers on Monday said they’ll call for a new, independent regulator tasked with policing technology giants Facebook, Google, Twitter and others, who they say haven’t done enough to delete objectionable content on their platforms. T.....»»

Federal Judge Clears Facebook's Zuckerberg Of Personal Liability In 25 'Social Media Addiction' Cases Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times, A federal judge h.....»»

Two tribal nations brought lawsuits this week against social-media companies, saying they are worsening.....»»

Using Facebook to post listings, share real estate content and even go live on video is pretty ubiquitous among real estate agents today. But then toss in YouTube, Twitter, Instagr.....»»

Lawmakers in Congress are drafting a bill that would let news publishers team up against Facebook and Google......»»

The Pew Research Center found lawmakers drew record-breaking followings on the platforms in 2019 and 2020 amid arguments over social-med.....»»

When Twitter banned President Donald Trump after a mob he had encouraged stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, the White House fell into an unusual social media silence. But the company’s move, followed by actions by Facebook, Apple, Google and A.....»»

When Twitter banned President Donald Trump after a mob he had encouraged stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, the White House fell into an unusual social media silence. But the company’s move, followed by actions by Facebook, Apple, Google and A.....»»

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

The social media giant is working behind the scenes to help launch a new political advocacy group that would combat U.S. lawmakers and regulators trying to rein in the tech industry......»»

The U.K. Treasury announced in its budget documents that it will introduce a digital service tax on search engines, social media service.....»»

Alex Wong/Getty Images A software startup that scraped billions of images from major web services — including Facebook, Google, and YouTube &mdas.....»»

Social media giant Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google on Thursday recommended their San Francisco Bay area employees work from home to minimize the risk of spreading coronavirus......»»

Facebooks says it has introduced a tool to transfer photos and videos from the social media network directly to other services, starting with Google Photos. Fred Katayama reports......»»