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Facebook and its photo service Instagram are rolling out a new way for you to lodge a challenge if you think your content has been wrongly pulled down. The social networks remove millions of posts, photos and videos every quarter for violating their rules against nudity, hate speech and other types of offensive content. If you’re …

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Google CEO Sundar Pichai will testify before Congress on Oct. 28. The US Senate’s Commerce committee had voted unanimously to subpoena the appearances of Zuckerberg, Pichai and Dorsey, but the CEOs agreed to appear without being subpoenaed, according to The Washington Post. The hearing will be called “Does Section 230’s Sweeping Immunity Enable Big Tech …

Twitter late Thursday announced a revamped policy on the posting of content acquired through a hack, a day after the social network came under fire for limiting the reach of a New York Post article on Joe Biden’s son because it was based on hacked materials. The Post’s story was based on emails purportedly obtained from a laptop Hunter Biden …

Twitter said Tuesday that it’s releasing new settings that will let users control who can reply to their tweet, a new tool the company says helps some people feel safer online. The company started testing the new settings in May and decided to roll out the feature to all users of the app and desktop site. When you compose a …

A week after hackers hijacked dozens of high-profile Twitter accounts including former US President Barack Obama and Microsoft founder Bill Gates, the social media company revealed Wednesday that attackers managed to gain access to the direct messages of 36 of those accounts. The social media company also said the Twitter inbox of one elected official in the Netherlands had been accessed, …

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Thursday sought to quell security concerns about the social network during the company’s earnings call a week after hackers hijacked the accounts of high-profile politicians, celebrities and businesses to peddle a cryptocurrency scam. “Last week was a really tough week for all of us at Twitter. We feel terrible about the security incident that negatively …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Thursday promised to donate $3 million to a collation of mayors advocating for a federal guaranteed income. Dorsey’s donation will help a network of mayors in 15 cities battle the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic. “This is …

The global coronavirus pandemic has left governments, the tech industry and citizens reeling, not just from the devastating effects of the virus, but from the slew of misinformation that has accompanied it. How best to tackle the spread of false information is a subject of global debate, especially with regard to just how much responsibility the tech platforms hosting it …

Bouquets of brightly colored flowers and prayer candles rest at the door of a small windowed guard booth in downtown Oakland, California. A ribbon with an American flag motif waves from the door handle. Two bullet holes pockmark the booth’s windows. This is where Dave Patrick Underwood, 53, was fatally shot around 9:45 p.m. on May 29 while working as …

Twitter is working on a new in-app system to verify users on the social media site. Jane Wong, a reverse engineer, tweeted the find on Sunday. Wong posted a screenshot that suggests the new feature, if made public, will live in the app settings under a Personal Information section. In an email, Twitter didn’t deny Wong’s findings, but had no …