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Facebook to label posts about voting from political candidates

This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the voting in November and its aftermath. Facebook on Thursday began adding labels to posts about voting from federal officials and candidates, including presidential candidates, in the US. The label is meant to direct people to credible information about elections, and will appear on posts regardless of whether they contain …

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Twitter’s upcoming tools aim to fuel research, fight hate speech

Twitter said Thursday that it plans to release new tools for developers that could make it easier to create a variety of features and apps to combat hate speech, help businesses better understand customers, and help users find information more quickly. The company expects to launch a new version of its application programming interface next week. The new API was originally …

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