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UK to Ban Big Tech Companies From ‘Discriminating’ Based on Political Views
Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L) and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (2nd L) walk through the Central Lobby after listening…
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Facebook Rolls Out Pop-Ups Asking If You Read the Article
Graphic: Facebook via Twitter, Joseph Prezioso / AFP (Getty Images) Following the lead of Twitter, Facebook may now also prompt…
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What It Means for Your Account
Image: WhatsApp, Graphic: Shoshana Wodinsky (Gizmodo) After facing international backlash over impending updates to its privacy policy, WhatsApp has ever-so-slightly…
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44 Attorneys General Ask Facebook to Kill Instagram for Kids
Photo: Mark Lennihan (AP) In an open letter, forty-four attorneys general have beseeched Mark Zuckerberg to mercifully stop the company’s…
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Twitter Rolls Out Prompts to Get You to Send Friendlier Tweets
Graphic: Twitter Twitter is (again) asking you to think a bit before you tweet. On Wednesday, the company announced that…
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You Can Have More Than 150 Friends
Dunbar first came up with the number by observing primates grooming.Photo: Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images (Getty Images) In the early 1990s,…
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Facebook Bans Honest Signal Ads on Instagram
Graphic: Signal A series of Instagram ads run by the privacy-positive platform Signal got the messaging app booted from the…
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Instagram Rolls Out Clubhouse-esque Features for Instagram Live
Image: Instagram As more and more social media platforms start cooking up their own Clubhouse clones, Instagram is adding new…
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India Cracks Down on Social Media Posts Criticizing Its Pandemic Response Amid Brutal Second Wave
Photo: Denis Charlet (Getty Images) India’s government reportedly ordered Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to censor dozens of posts criticizing the…
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Facebook Oversight Board Lets Users Flag Still-Up Content
Photo: Joel Saget (Getty Images) If you have problems with any hate speech, harassment, or generally bad takes that appear…
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