Facebook’s libra cryptocurrency is readying to launch as early as January, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing three unidentified people involved in the project.
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Apple on Thursday slammed Facebook and other Internet giants for their ad targeting practices in response to a letter questioning a decision by the iPhone maker to delay a new privacy feature.
Twitter is expanding its version of Stories, a product that lets users post photos and videos that disappear after 24 hours, in an effort to encourage more sharing.
Google is building a new campus near Seattle, increasing its presence in a region that is home to Amazon.com and Microsoft.
A representative of US President-elect Joe Biden lashed out at Facebook, alleging that the social media giant is “shredding the fabric of our democracy” in the aftermath of the American election.
Facebook’s WhatsApp will roll out disappearing messages to users this month, which will delete posts in a chat after seven days, mirroring rival platforms such as Signal.
Twitter and Facebook both flagged posts by President Donald Trump that claimed a US supreme court decision on mail-in voting would lead to “rampant” fraud and was “very dangerous”.
Alphabet rallied, Apple sank and Twitter tumbled on Thursday after a mixed bag of quarterly reports from top-tier technology companies.
The cure for bad information is good information. If people are sometimes persuaded by the false, that’s a risk attendant upon the proper practice of democracy. By Stephen L Carter.
A US senate hearing to reform an Internet law and hold tech companies accountable for how they moderate content quickly turned into a political scuffle.