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Facebook’s massive advertising business and user base keep growing despite a seemingly endless list of scandals, including criticism over a new policy that allows politicians to lie in ads on the social network. On Wednesday, Facebook said that 2.45 billion users logged in to the site every month during the third quarter, an uptick of …

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey gave a resounding negative answer when asked whether his social media platform would be joining Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency project, according to multiple reports. During a Twitter event in New York City Thursday, Dorsey said “hell no” to the prospect. Facebook in June unveiled the global digital coin, which will be managed by a governing body called the Libra …

Twitter‘s efforts to make itself a healthier place helped it rake in users even as controversy over its policies heats up with the US moving into a new election cycle. The user growth, however, didn’t translate into strong revenue or profit gains.  On Thursday, Twitter said that 145 million users logged in and were shown ads daily during the third quarter, up …

Twitter users in the US and Japan tired of seeing hurtful or irrelevant remarks on their tweets now have a new tool: hiding replies. The feature is part of an experiment the social media site is conducting that could help fuel more positive conversations. To hide a reply, you click on a gray downward arrow on the right-hand corner of …

Twitter’s support page said on Wednesday that it’s turning off the ability to tweet via SMS, or text message, to protect people’s accounts. The shutdown is only temporary, according to a series of tweets from the social media site. For now, users can only tweet online or on mobile. “We’re taking this step because of vulnerabilities that need to be …

Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey’s account was hacked Friday, with the people responsible tweeting sexist, racist and anti-Semitic comments, as well as bomb threats.  The tweets began at around 12:45 p.m. PT Friday, and also urged people to get several hashtags trending. They were up for about 20 minutes before being deleted, and included shoutouts to other Twitter users. Screenshot …

World-renowned National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden wants to show you how to fight back against against corporate surveillance. On Thursday, Snowden called out both Facebook and Facebook-owned Instagram, leveling allegations of spying at the social network.   “In the weeks ahead, I aim to explain how each of these sites spies on you, and methods to limit how much …

Twitter isn’t afraid of change. It constantly tests new features and has rolled out a revamped desktop site and a Olympics partnership this month alone. All the experimentation appears to be worth the effort. On Friday, Twitter said 139 million people logged into the app every day in the second quarter. That’s up from the 134 million daily active users the company had …

Twitter is giving its rules a refresh. The social media platform said Thursday that it’s making its rules easier to understand with simple, clear language. Twitter cut its rules from 2,500 total words to under 600, and it also organized the rules into categories for safety, privacy and authenticity.  “Rules should be easy to understand,” the Twitter Safety account tweeted. “We …

Twitter wants to do what it can to protect voting. As such, the social network on Wednesday launched a new reporting feature that lets people flag tweets that aim to mislead voters. Twitter said content that’s meant to manipulate or interfere in elections violates its rules. This includes misleading information about how to vote or register to vote; misleading information about …