April 29, 2019 Facebook will be overrun by dead people within 50 years, researchers say Facebook has a grave problem.
April 26, 2019 Twitter CEO personally calls Omar to explain policy after Trump tweet: report Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey reportedly called Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Tuesday, the same day he met with President Trump at the White House, to explain to her why Twitter didn’t take down a tweet from Trump that she said caused death threats against her. Omar had previously requested that Twitter remove the tweet, the Washington Post reported.
April 25, 2019 Facebook investigated by New York AG over email harvesting New York is investigating Facebook over what it called the "unauthorized collection" of 1.5 million users' email address books.
April 25, 2019 Facebook sets aside $3 billion to cover expected FTC fine Facebook Inc. set aside $3 billion for an expected fine from the Federal Trade Commission over privacy violations, cutting into the social-media giant’s profit even as its underlying business remained strong.
April 24, 2019 Macron, Ardern seek pledge to purge extremism from social media The leaders of New Zealand and France plan to host a meeting of global leaders and tech executives in an effort to stamp out the transmission of violent extremism on social-media sites.
April 24, 2019 Amazon opposes anti-LGBT Tennessee legislation amid activist pressure Amazon has signed a letter opposing a raft of anti-LGBT legislation in Tennessee as the tech giant plans to expand its presence in the business-friendly state.
April 23, 2019 Warren, Amazon spar in Twitter war, as 2020 Dem accuses tech giant of 'deliberately misconstruing' facts Elizabeth Warren openly sparred with Amazon in a series of pointed tweets on Tuesday, just hours after she admitted during a nationally televised town hall that she still shops at the e-commerce giant -- even though she wants it broken up, along with a slew of other major tech companies.
April 23, 2019 Trump holds meeting with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey at the White House President Donald Trump met with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey at the White House Tuesday to discuss the social media giant, which he has often accused of political bias.
April 23, 2019 Top Dem says Zuckerberg should be held 'individually liable' for Facebook privacy breaches A top Democrat on Tuesday called for the Federal Trade Commission to hold Facebook chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg “individually liable for the company’s repeated violations of Americans’ privacy,” and charged that Zuckerberg's status as majority shareholder improperly “insulates him from accountability to Facebook’s board and shareholders."
April 23, 2019 #GoogleWalkout organizers say tech giant retaliated against them with rejections, demotions and gaslighting Two Google employees who organized the massive global protest that brought 20,000 workers out of their offices in November have alleged that Google is retaliating against them.