Why the Internet Hardly Needs Jordan Peterson’s New “Free Speech” Social Media Platform
Jordan Peterson's new social media platform, Thinkspot, is premised on the idea that regular social media sites censor conser
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US Immigration Now Asks For Your Social Media Details
People wishing to travel to the US are now being asked to provide their social media details on visa applications, as well
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Court Rules Elon Musk Needs a Lawyer to Approve His Tweets
Elon Musk's tweets will soon all be lawyer-approved: According to a new court filing, the millionaire CEO has reached an
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TikTok Banned from App Stores in India Following Court Order
Google and Apple have dropped the Chinese social video app TikTok from their app stores in the country of India, following a
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It Hasn’t Been a Good Week for Social Media
With bad headline after bad headline, it hasn't been a great week for social media companies. From Facebook discriminatory
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Four Ways to Fix the Internet
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is making a new push for regulation across Europe and the US, and it's the biggest evolution in
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UK Government Wants Social Media Companies to be More Socially Responsible
A new paper from a cross party committee in the UK government is proposing radical new measures to force social media
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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
