Right-wing activists are openly ‘weaponizing’ Twitter’s new private media policy
By Brian Fung, CNN Business Twitter acknowledged on Friday that a new policy it unveiled this week to protect users from harassment is being abused…
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Facebook Oversight Board reiterates calls for Meta to be more transparent
CNN By Clare Duffy, CNN Business The independent board that oversees Facebook parent company, Meta, is once again urging the social media giant to be…
Continue ReadingFacebook sold ads comparing vaccine to Holocaust
By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Business Facebook has sold ads promoting anti-vaccine messages, comparing the US government’s response to…
Continue ReadingFTC sues to block Nvidia’s $40 billion takeover of Arm
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued to block US chipmaker Nvidia’s proposed $40 billion takeover of UK…
Continue ReadingSpotify Wrapped shows how our personal data gets sliced and diced
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Like many other Spotify users, I opened the music streaming app on Wednesday and received a cheerful message:…
Continue ReadingWhere are all of the consoles? How gamers are handling the global shortage
By Jennifer Korn Like many gamers in recent weeks, Nicole DeSantis, 33, from outside Philadelphia, combed through social media sites trying to find…
Continue ReadingWhere are all of the consoles? How gamers are handling the global shortage
CNN, POOL By Jennifer Korn Like many gamers in recent weeks, Nicole DeSantis, 33, from outside Philadelphia, combed through social media sites trying…
Continue ReadingUber partners with Meta to launch ride-booking via WhatsApp in India
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Uber wants to make booking a ride in India as easy as sending a WhatsApp message. The San Francisco-based company has…
Continue ReadingRansomware attack on Planned Parenthood exposes 400,000 patients’ personal data
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN The Los Angeles chapter of Planned Parenthood suffered a ransomware attack in October that compromised the personal information…
Continue ReadingSquare is changing its name to ‘Block’
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Days after Jack Dorsey resigned as CEO of Twitter, his other company is changing its name. Square, the digital…
Continue ReadingTop Meta exec blames users for spreading misinformation
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Brian Fung, CNN Individual users, not tech platforms, shoulder the responsibility for the spread of misinformation online,…
Continue ReadingJury in Elizabeth Holmes trial fails to reach a verdict for second straight week
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Rishi Iyengar and Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business The high-profile criminal fraud trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth…
Continue ReadingElizabeth Holmes testifies she reached out to Rupert Murdoch to try to kill a damning Wall Street Journal story
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business When Elizabeth Holmes got wind that then-Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou was working on a…
Continue ReadingFacebook says Belarusian KGB used fake accounts to stoke border crisis
By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Business Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, says it has evidence the Belarusian KGB used fake accounts to…
Continue ReadingGoogle bans political ads ahead of elections in the Philippines
By Walé Azeez, CNN Business Google will ban political advertising on its platforms in the Philippines as the country prepares for elections in May.…
Continue ReadingGoogle bans political ads ahead of elections in the Philippines
CNN By Walé Azeez, CNN Business Google will ban political advertising on its platforms in the Philippines as the country prepares for elections in…
Continue ReadingFacebook lifts Kyle Rittenhouse restrictions, including searches and praise
By Brian Fung, CNN Business Facebook will no longer limit users from searching for or praising Kyle Rittenhouse, following a court’s acquittal…
Continue ReadingTwitter says it will remove images of people posted without consent
By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Business Twitter has updated its privacy policy so that it can remove images of people that have been posted without their…
Continue ReadingMeta exec behind Facebook’s cryptocurrency project to step down
By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business David Marcus, the executive in charge of the troubled cryptocurrency project at Meta Platforms — the company…
Continue ReadingMeet the new CEO of Twitter
By Brian Fung, CNN Business Parag Agrawal isn’t a household name, but he could soon become one as he takes the lead at one of the world’s…
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