The European Union is taking sweeping action to stop hate speech and disinformation spread on big tech platforms, with the Digital Services Act. It would be the EU’s third significant…
Instagram is taking measures to stop teens from harm due to the nature of the platform, which include mental-health and body-image problems which can result in eating disorders, but a…
A speech by Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro stating that people who receive the COVID-19 vaccine are getting AIDS faster than others was removed by Facebook and Instagram, which is owned…
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is looking into the payment systems used by big tech, ordering them to reveal the intricate workings. Concerns have arisen about the amount of power…
Pushed by President Joe Biden, 136 countries agreed to tax corporations at least 15% in order to deter them from avoiding taxation in other countries. The 136 represent 90% of…
Although research has shown Instagram has devastating effects to teens with all the photoshopped images of seemingly perfect people, Facebook is defending the platform. Antigone Davis, Facebook’s head of global…
Due to the near monopoly that Google and Apple have on payment processing, driving up costs, South Korea has passed a law prohibiting the companies from forcing developers to use…
Facebook and Twitter say they have banned the Taliban, although Twitter is waiting to ban them when they post something that violates its rules. On Twitter, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid…
The Federal Trade Commission is trying again to break Facebook apart with antitrust allegations, filing a new revised complaint claiming that the tech giant used a “buy or bury” strategy…
President Joe Biden is upset with social media giants for not cracking down more on false information about COVID-19. He believes a few people posting on the sites are driving…
A lawsuit against censorship has been filed against Facebook, Twitter and Google with former President Trump as the lead plaintiff. Trump has been banned from Twitter and Facebook. The Associated…