Twitter founder Jack Dorsey has discussed how the ability to edit tweets could work on the platform, after again being asked about introducing the feature.
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Facebook marks its 15th birthday on Monday, having expanded from a dormitory room hobby project to a network of more than two billion people at the heart of the online data privacy debate.
Facebook reported revenue that beat Wall Street estimates as advertisers stuck with the social media company through a series of privacy scandals.
Google’s social network, Google+, will start to disappear from next week, as the company prepares for the site’s eventual closure in April.
Facebook has been criticised for not acting quickly enough in the fight against fake news and lacking transparency on its progress.
The former UK deputy prime minister, hired by Facebook last year to lead the company’s lobbying efforts, used his first speech since taking the job to explain how it wants to repair its reputation and be accountable for its impact on society.
There will be grumbling about Facebook unifying its apps. But it was an obvious decision by a company that now has to try much harder to continue to lure more people and advertisers to its digital empire.
Facebook is planning to integrate parts of WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger, as part of a huge technical operation across the social network’s collection of messaging apps.
Facebook is giving up on its standalone Moments photo organiser app more than three years after launching it.
Researchers claim it is possible to profile people based on the social media activity of their friends, even if the person does not use the platform.