Trump asks appeals court to reconsider Twitter-blocking case
Aug 23, 2019
President Donald Trump hasn't given up his fight to block critics from his Twitter feed
Weedmaps to stop advertising unlicensed pot businesses
Aug 22, 2019
The major online pot shop directory and cannabis marketplace Weedmaps says it will no longer allow unlicensed marijuana businesses to advertise on its site
Calls for action from Twitter after Pogba gets racist abuse
Aug 20, 2019
Manchester United defender Harry Maguire has called on social media companies to require users to verify their identities after teammate Paul Pogba was targeted on Twitter with racial abuse
UK to pressure social media companies to fight anti-vax info
Aug 19, 2019
Britain's government is planning to pressure social media companies to do more to fight misinformation on vaccines following a spike in measles cases
Twitter shuts Chinese accounts targeting Hong Kong protests
Aug 19, 2019
Twitter has suspended more than 200,000 accounts that it believes were linked to the Chinese government and a disinformation campaign targeting the protests in Hong Kong
Chinese pop stars publicly back Beijing on Hong Kong
Aug 19, 2019
At least eight mainland Chinese pop stars and one each from Taiwan and Hong Kong are publicly stating their support for Beijing's one-China policy, eliciting a mixture of disappointment and understanding from fans
GOP Twitter block will cost Wisconsin taxpayers $200,000
Aug 16, 2019
Attorneys for a liberal group will be paid $200,000 by Wisconsin taxpayers because Republican lawmakers blocked the group on Twitter
Immigration protesters say 2 hurt when truck drives at them
Aug 15, 2019
Rhode Island's attorney general and state police are investigating after a truck drove at a group protesting federal immigration policies at a detention center
Facebook paid contractors to transcribe users' audio clips
Aug 14, 2019
Facebook says it paid contractors to transcribe audio clips from its users of its Messenger service
'Diagnosis' column that uses crowdsourcing leaps to Netflix
Aug 14, 2019
Crowdsourcing for medical diagnosis jumps from the page to Netflix with a new seven-part series 'Diagnosis'