How Big Tech Is (and Isn’t) Tackling Anti-Vaxxers
Last week, Facebook announced plans to deprioritize anti-vaccination content on its platform. It's just the latest tech
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Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram Integration: What You Need to Know
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced plans to combine functionality across the company's three massively popular
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YouTube Blocks Comments on Videos Featuring Children
YouTube has just announced that it is disabling the commenting function for any videos on its platform that feature minors.
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A Brief History of Social Media Bans
After years of hiding behind the "it's free speech" shield, social media companies have began suspending or permanently
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TikTok Fined $5.7 Million by FTC for Breaching Child Protection Laws
TikTok, the popular social media app aimed at teens, has fallen foul of Federal Trade Commission guidelines and ordered to
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Facebook Broke the Law and Requires Regulation – UK Government Report
The UK's Department of Culture, Media and Sport has published its long awaited report on 'fake news', and its
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Just How Bad Is Facebook For Us?
A groundbreaking Stanford study has revealed that deactivating Facebook can have wide-ranging effects on our mental health
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Tesla Adds Dog Mode – Because Twitter Asked
Tesla has announced that a "dog mode" will be added to its cars as soon as this week. The reason? Someone asked Elon Musk
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The Battle to Stop YouTube’s Dislike Spam
YouTube has just spoke out against its "dislike mobs." Here's our guide on what dislike spam really is, how YouTube aims to
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German Anti-Monopoly Regulator Blocks Facebook from Combining App Data
In a major blow to Facebook's ambitions to more closely interknit its Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram apps, a German
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on the Joe Rogan Podcast – 5 Things We Learned
Over the weekend, podcaster Joe Rogan invited Twitter CEO into his studio to chew the fat for a couple of hours about social
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Tinder Pays $17.3m in Age Discrimination Lawsuit
Tinder has settled a class action lawsuit age discrimination lawsuit in California for $17.3 million. It follows a challenge
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The Web’s Report Card for 2018
A lot has happened on the internet this year, and it's been hard to keep up. We've rounded up our favorite internet heroes
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Amnesty International Study Highlights Misogyny and Racism on Twitter
A shocking Amnesty International survey has revealed the scale of misogynistic and racist abuse directed at female
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5 Revelations From Facebook Documents Seized by UK Parliament
Almost 250 pages of internal documents from social media giant Facebook were posted online this Wednesday by a U.K.
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What Happened With Facebook (While Everyone Was Distracted With Black Friday)
Facebook had the relentless Black Friday and Cyber Monday news cycle to hide behind as bad news about its platform and the
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How Tanzania’s Anti-Gay Vigilantes Are Propelled By Social Media
A Tanzanian government official has announced on YouTube that he is forming a squad that will use social media to identify
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What is TikTok? Everything You Need To Know About The Video-Sharing App
You might have never heard of TikTok, but your kids probably use it every day. It's the video-sharing social media app aimed
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Facebook Fined £500k by the UK’s ICO Agency
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the UK has announced that it's slapping Facebook with a £500,000
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How Facebook is Flagging False News
After coming under heavy fire by users and government, Facebook is trying to regain trust in its service. Is flagging false
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Facebook Data Breach – Is Single Sign On Safe?
With news that potentially 50 million Facebook accounts have been breached, should you continue using its Single Sign On for
