Musk says X will scrap 'block' feature
Elon Musk said Friday his social media company X would scrap a feature that allows users to block posts from specific accounts.
Aug 20, 2023
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Elon Musk sparred with new CEO Linda Yaccarino in on-stage interview: 3 takeaways from the exchange
On Friday, Elon Musk announced that NBC Universal's Linda Yaccarino will serve as the new CEO of Twitter. Yaccarino is a longtime advertising executive credited with integrating and digitizing ad sales at NBCU. Her challenge ...
May 13, 2023
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TikTok pulls 380,000 videos in US for hate content
TikTok on Thursday said it has removed more than 380,000 videos in the US this year as part of a part of a mission to "eliminate hate" on the platform.
Aug 21, 2020
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As Musk buyout looms, Twitter searches for its soul
A toxic cesspool. A lifeline. A finger on the world's pulse. Twitter is all these things and more to its over 229 million users around the world—politicians, journalists, activists, celebrities, weirdos and normies, cat ...
May 15, 2022
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EU digital boss: New rules to curb big tech aim for fairness
The European Union is set to propose new laws to rein in the power of big tech companies, including measures to ensure customers are protected, smaller rivals are treated fairly, and illegal content is dealt with, the bloc's ...
Oct 29, 2020
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YouTube continues to push dangerous videos to users susceptible to extremism, white supremacy, report finds
Google's YouTube is still recommending extremist and white supremacist videos to viewers already susceptible to racial hatred, a new report found.
Feb 15, 2021
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Facebook labeled 167 million user posts for COVID-19 misinformation
Facebook Inc. said it labeled 167 million user posts this year for including information about COVID-19 that was "debunked" by the social network's fact-checkers.
Nov 23, 2020
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Hate speech countered by detecting, highlighting 'help speech'
Complete the following sentence: Rohingya refugees should go to ... —
Jan 13, 2020
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Back with the banned: Do Twitter's exiles return under Musk?
QAnon loyalists, COVID deniers, neo-Nazis and a former American president: The list of people banned from Twitter is long, but their exile could soon come to an end if Elon Musk's $44 billion offer for the platform is approved.
May 1, 2022
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Facebook approached FBI about Michigan militia six months ago
Facebook Inc. first approached the FBI six months ago about activity on its platform that led to 13 men being charged in Michigan with planning to storm the state capitol and kidnap the governor.
Oct 9, 2020
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