Facebook refuses to negotiate with blackmailers
A bunch of Facebook execs met with representatives of a group that is attempting to impose its will on the company by pressuring its commercial partners.
A bunch of Facebook execs met with representatives of a group that is attempting to impose its will on the company by pressuring its commercial partners.
Social media giant Facebook is refusing to be blackmailed into having its censorship policies dictated to it, for now.
The decision by major brands to boycott Facebook and Twitter has caused other internet platforms to panic into removing and accounts they fear may upset advertisers.
The campaign against Facebook has metastasised, as big brands increasingly decide all social media is too toxic for them.
Censorship advocates are celebrating the addition of US telco Verizon to their campaign against Facebook, but they’re mistaken.
A coalition of political pressure groups has called for a companies to suspend advertising on all Facebook platforms, in protest over it hosting political messages they don’t like.
Facebook has been confirmed as the new owner of Swedish crowd-sourcing mapping company Mapillary.
Well that was quick. No sooner does Google censor the comments sections of two independent news sites than the US legislative machine moves to remove its own protections.
Microblogging platform Twitter has returned to more conventional forms of censorship by removing accounts found to be part of state-linked information operations.
Social media giant Facebook continues to walk the tightrope on censorship, this time adding warning labels to posts that originate from media outlets it considers to be under state control.
In a timely ruling, an Australian court of appeal has upheld a judgment that media are legally liable for defamatory comments made on their public Facebook pages.
Having criticized Twitter for poking the bear, Facebook seems to be adopting a more nuanced approach to policing its platform.
President Donald Trump has signed an Executive Order intended to limit the protections afforded to social media platforms, though feedback has been varied.
A new law has been passed in France that allows it to impose draconian punishments on social media companies that fail to take down some content within 60 minutes.
Public tug-of-war platform Twitter is opting to label, rather than censor, tweets it considers misleading about the COVID-19 situation.
Facebook’s Oversight Board has announced its first 20 members and will start hearing cases related to content dispute later this year, but the fundamental problems with censorship remain.
Twitter has been on the rise over the last few years, but the coronavirus pandemic has slammed the brakes on its progress.
With 5G becoming a reality, it won’t be too long before new services are launched, which is perhaps why we should stop talking about Millennials and start focusing on Generation Z.
In the latest episode of social media censorship whack-a-mole, Twitter is going to remove any tweets that might incite people to do silly things.
US intelligence agencies claim Chinese agents are working to amplify messages that cause panic, while the first report of a cell tower being vandalized has emerged.
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