Twitter is building a subscription product as a way to ease its dependence on advertising – a plan that has taken on a heightened priority given the pandemic and pressure from activist investors to accelerate growth.
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Microsoft is confident its search product Bing can fill the gap in Australia if Google pulls its search over required payments to media outlets, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday.
Facebook will begin rolling out a notification for iPhone users globally about how data is used for personalised ads, in an attempt to get ahead of upcoming Apple privacy changes.
Apple CEO Tim Cook on Thursday criticised polarisation and misinformation on social media, intensifying a conflict between the iPhone maker and Facebook.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he sees Apple as a “significant” future competitor as the two companies begin to build out rival business lines.
For the third quarter in a row, Facebook and Apple generated billions upon billions in profits and flexed the power of their dominant businesses. But the party may be ending.
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The UK’s top data protection regulator told lawmakers that millions of people have stopped using WhatsApp in favour of alternative messaging services such as Telegram and Signal.
Uganda will maintain its shutdown of Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms until the government deems they’re safe from being used to inflame tensions, a report said.
India’s technology ministry has asked WhatsApp to withdraw changes to its privacy policy the messaging platform announced earlier this month, saying the new terms take away choice from Indian users.