November 16, 2017 Twitter targets white nationalists and far-right activists in de-verification purge Twitter removed the “verification” check marks from a number of white nationalists and far-right activists at a purge on Wednesday, a week after the platform came under fire for verifying an open white nationalist who organized fatal white nationalist rally in Charlottesville in August.
November 15, 2017 Facebook boasts of removing fake news in Germany, but journalists aren’t so sure Facebook is finally rolling out its fake news identification tools, starting in Germany. The company's decision comes on the back of mounting criticism against the social network in the country. It's unclear how well it's working.
November 10, 2017 White supremacist controversy prompts Twitter to fix 'broken' account verification policy Twitter has vowed to fix its ‘broken’ verification policy amid controversy over the verification of an account belonging to an organizer of the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville.
November 10, 2017 Former Facebook exec Sean Parker says 'God only knows what it's doing to our children's brains' Former Facebook president and billionaire Sean Parker has lashed out against the social network and social media in general, pondering what the ramifications of it might be years down the road.
November 9, 2017 Google will revamp algorithm after surfacing fake news tweets on Texas church shooter Google says it will improve its algorithm after surfacing fake news tweets on Texas gunman Devin Patrick Kelley, who killed 26 people in a horrific church attack Sunday.
November 8, 2017 Twitter apologizes for 'bisexual' technical glitch Twitter on Tuesday apologized for barring the word “bisexual” from its search results and reportedly said the word was incorrectly included in an “out of date” list of terms that appear alongside adult content.
November 8, 2017 Apple's offshore move has allegedly helped save them billions in taxes Apple quietly sidestepped a crackdown on its much-maligned Ireland tax avoidance practice by moving its overseas operation to the tax haven of the Channel Island of Jersey, documents leaked from an offshore law firm revealed.
November 6, 2017 Twitter security slammed after rogue employee deactivates Trump's account Twitter’s internal security is in the spotlight after a rogue employee briefly deactivated President Donald Trump’s account on Thursday.
November 6, 2017 Twitter error removed '#bisexual' from news and photo search results Twitter has been slammed after an error prevented the search term ‘#bisexual’ from yielding news, photo and video results.
November 3, 2017 Twitter revamps internal security after rogue employee deactivated Trump's account Twitter says that it has revamped its internal security after a rogue employee briefly deactivated President Donald Trump’s Twitter account.