August 10, 2018 Facebook scams are on the rise, new report says The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is the latest to chime in with a recent alert about scammers who use Facebook Messenger to trick victims.
August 9, 2018 Why Twitter won't ban Alex Jones Twitter is facing heat for deciding not to ban conspiracy theorist Alex Jones from its platform, breaking ranks with Facebook, Apple, Google and Spotify—all of which banned him or removed his podcasts.
August 7, 2018 GOP congressional candidate says Facebook 'rejected' ad depicting parents' survival of Cambodia genocide A Republican congressional candidate has accused Facebook of not allowing her to promote her campaign video because it includes scenes from the Cambodian genocide – which her parents survived.
August 7, 2018 Nigel Farage: If Twitter wants to target conservative speech then treat it like the biased publisher it is Just as you cannot libel someone on the pages of the Wall Street Journal, if the Silicon Valley cartel wants to act like a publisher, they should have to assume the same burden.
August 6, 2018 Facebook's new political advertising policy denounced by immigrant, civil rights groups A wide range of advocates for immigrants and civil rights groups say Facebook’s definition of political advertising has become so broad that they are being prevented from posting on the site.
August 5, 2018 Twitter 'bots' crackdown sweeps up Trump supporters who tweet very often Twitter is having trouble distinguishing between bots trying to meddle in U.S. politics and fervent supporters of President Donald Trump who tweet very often.
August 3, 2018 GOP leader McCarthy wants Twitter CEO to testify on 'censorship' of conservatives House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy wants Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to testify before Congress on the “censorship” of conservatives amid allegations the social media platform is “shadow banning” prominent Republicans.
August 2, 2018 Twitter CEO gets why conservatives are suspicious of Big Tech Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says he understands the basis for that suspicion.
August 1, 2018 Creepy Facebook influence campaign targeted liberal activists, aimed for offline events The coordinated inauthentic activity that Facebook revealed this week shows that bad actors’ are determined to influence U.S. politics, sow discord and set Americans against each other—regardless of whether they use conservatism or liberalism as conduits.
August 1, 2018 Facebook cuts off 'hundreds of thousands' of apps in new review process Facebook has blocked a massive number of apps from accessing its data as a part of a new review process formed in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal.