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Facebook Announces Platform to Support Writers and Journalists

Matt Milano - March 27, 2021

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Twitter Testing In-Line YouTube Viewing

Matt Milano - March 27, 2021

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Microsoft In Talks to Purchase Discord

Matt Milano - March 23, 2021

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WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Apps Experienced Outage

Matt Milano - March 19, 2021

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India Wants to Block WhatsApp Data Change

Matt Milano - March 19, 2021

YouTube Can Now Check For Copyright Issues During Upload

YouTube is rolling out a major new feature designed to protect content creators, warning them of potential copyright issues during upload. Call...

Google and Microsoft Square Off Over News Industry

Google and Microsoft are duking it out over the future of the news industry, at a time when both companies are under scrutiny. Google and Faceb...

Facebook and Google Bring Fight Over News to the US

After being forced to work with Australian news publishers, Facebook and Google are going on the offensive in the US. Australia introduced legi...

TikTok Draws Scrutiny and Warning From EU

TikTok is once again under scrutiny for its data practices, with the EU warning that some data may be making its way to China. TikTok claims th...

Instagram Unveils Live Rooms, Ability to Livestream With Three People

Instagram has introduced Live Rooms, doubling the capacity of its Live on Instagram feature. Instagram previously allowed creators to go live w...

TikTok Settles Privacy Suit For $92 Million

TikTok has agreed to pay $92 million to settle a lawsuit in the US over its privacy practices. TikTok quickly rose to be one of the most popula...

Facebook ‘Refriends’ Australia, Will Allow News On Platform

The spat between Facebook and Australia appears to be mended for the time being, with the two reaching an agreement. Facebook started blocking...

Microsoft Bringing Australian-Style Paid News to the EU

Microsoft is working to help EU publishers get paid for their news, similar to an Australian law that would enforce the same thing. The Austral...

US Bill Would Allow Small News Publishers to Band Together Against Social Media

A new bill would pave the way for small news publishers to work together to negotiate better deals with tech companies. Under current US law, c...

Facebook Faces Fallout From Australian News Ban

Facebook is already facing fallout from its decision to block Australian news sources, with government sites impacted and calls of bullying. Fa...

Facebook Plays Hardball With Australia While Google Plays Nice

Facebook has escalated its disagreement with Australia over proposed legislation that would force it to pay for news. Australia has been pushin...

TikTok Runs Afoul of European Consumer Law

TikTok has found itself in trouble with the European Consumer Organisation BEUC, as a result of multiple infractions against EU consumer laws....

Biden Administration Reviewing WeChat Ban

The Biden administration is reviewing an attempted ban of WeChat, amid a broader review of the previous administration’s actions against Chinese p...

Facebook Oversight Board Open to Other Platforms Joining

The Facebook Oversight Board has a nearly impossible task but, if it succeeds, it’s open to other platforms joining its efforts. The Facebook O...

Oracle’s TikTok Purchase On Hold Indefinitely

Oracle’s bid to purchase TikTok, in conjunction with Walmart, is on hold indefinitely as a result of the change in administration. The Trump ad...

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