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Ireland is once again slapping Meta with a hefty fine, this time to the tune of $277 million for failing to protect user data from scraping.

At least one Twitter exec isn’t accepting Musk’s ultimatum to commit to an “extremely hardcore” environment or quit, not without a fight.

Twitter is in trouble as employees are leaving en masse in response to Elon Musk’s ultimatum that they commit to a “hardcore” environment.

US senators are asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Twitter’s security in the wake of mass layoffs.

Twitter is the latest platform interested in end-to-end encryption (E2EE), reportedly looking to roll it out for Direct Messages.

Twitter’s personnel cuts continue, with the company reportedly letting contractor workers go over the weekend.

Elon Musk has dropped a bombshell on employees, saying a Twitter bankruptcy was not out of the question.

Meta’s image as a coveted place to work has taken a major hit, with employees disillusioned and angry over this week’s layoffs.

Meta has followed through on reported layoff plans, axing 11,000 employees and earning the distinction of conducting the biggest tech layoff in 2022.

Twitter continues to lose advertisers in the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover, the latest being Mondelez International, the makers of Oreo cookies.

LinkedIn has won its lawsuit against hiQ over the latter’s practice of scraping data from LinkedIn’s website against the company’s User Agreement.

Elon Musk says Twitter accounts that impersonate others will be permanently suspended unless they are clearly marked as parody accounts.

Twitter has notified employees that layoffs will soon begin, with notifications being sent via email.

Twitter has a retention problem, with more than one million users leaving the platform.

Decentralized, open source social network Mastodon has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition.

Elon Musk has made a decision on who can have a blue checkmark, ruling that anyone can for $8 per month.

Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr has renewed calls for a ban on TikTok over data privacy concerns.

Twitter has notified publishers that there will be no more ad-free articles for Twitter Blue users.

Instagram appears to be experiencing major problems Monday, with users reporting being locked out and having their accounts suspended.