Social Media

Brazil could suspend social media sites over school violence content

April 12 (Reuters) - Brazil could fine or suspend social media companies that do not effectively regulate content related to school violence, Justice Minister Flavio Dino said . The new…

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misco Publishes 5th edition of Social Media Usage Trends Survey

Smartphone ownership reached 88% in 2023, laptop and desktop PC usage started to dip post-COVID, 52% of Instagram users follow influencers on the platform and more people than ever (90%)…

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Biden says wants to end social media immunity

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden called on Americans to speak out against racism and extremism during a summit at the White House, and said he would ask Congress…

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Google, Facebook, Twitter to tackle deepfakes or risk EU fines

Alphabet Inc unit Google, Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and other tech companies will have to take measures to counter deepfakes and fake accounts on their platforms or risk hefty fines…

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Elon Musk becomes Twitter’s biggest shareholder with $2.9 billion stock purchase

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has purchased a huge $3 billion stake in Twitter. 'The Guardian' reports that Musk had indicated interest in building his own social media platform just last week. According to filings made…

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TikTok tests age-rated content restrictions

TikTok is working on ways to rate and restrict content by age in order to prevent adult content from reaching teenage users of its short video app, the company said…

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Meta warns Europe it might shut down Facebook, Instagram if no data agreement is reached

Meta Platforms Inc, the company behind social media giants Facebook and Instagram, warned it would consider shutting down the two platforms from the European continent, if it is unable to…

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Financial regulators investigate Trump social media deal

Wall Street's top financial regulators are investigating former U.S. President Donald Trump's $1.25 billion deal to float his new social media venture on the stock market, a filing showed. Digital World Acquisition Corp, the…

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Australia plans to force parental consent for minors on social media

Australia unveiled plans on Monday to make social media companies obtain parental consent for users under the age of 16, with multimillion dollar fines for failing to comply. Draft legislation…

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Australia mulls measures making social media giants responsible for defamatory postings

MELBOURNE, Oct 10 (Reuters) - The Australian government is considering a range of measures that would make social media companies more responsible for defamatory material published on their platforms, Communications…

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Anti-vaccine TikTok videos being viewed by children as young as nine

Lies and conspiracy theories about Covid-19, which have amassed millions of views and are accessible to young children, have remained on the social media platform TikTok for months after it…

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EU lawmaker says U.S. tech giants should be regulated where they are based

U.S. tech giants such as Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon should be regulated by the EU country where they are based under proposed EU rules, a top lawmaker said on…

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Russia says Facebook outage shows why it needs internet sovereignty

Russian social networks reported a spike in activity during Monday's global Facebook outage which Moscow officials said showed that Russia was right to develop its own sovereign internet platforms and social networks. Russia has sought…

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Facebook blames “faulty configuration change” for nearly six-hour outage

Facebook Inc blamed a "faulty configuration change" for a nearly six-hour outage on Monday that prevented the company's 3.5 billion users from accessing its social media and messaging services such as…

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Taliban’s Afghanistan takeover presents fresh challenge for social media companies

The Taliban's rapid takeover of Afghanistan poses a new challenge for big U.S. tech companies on handling content created by a group considered to be terrorists by some world governments. Social media giant…

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Twitter sees jump in govt demands to remove content of journalists, news outlets

Twitter Inc saw a surge in demands over the course of last year from governments around the world to take down content posted by journalists and news outlets, data to be…

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UK’s Johnson calls on firms to do more and tackle internet’s ‘dark spaces’

LONDON, July 13 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson planned to tell social media companies in a meeting on Tuesday to do more to tackle online abuse, condemning racist…

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Biden revokes Trump order that sought to limit social media firms’ protections

U.S. President Biden on Friday revoked an executive order by former President Donald Trump that had directed regulators to limit liability protections for social media companies. The White House released…

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English leagues announce social media boycott in stand against online racism

(Reuters) - England's football authorities have joined forces to announce a social media boycott next weekend in response to continued online racist abuse of players. The boycott will take place…

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India unveils tougher rules for social media such as Facebook, Twitter

India announced new rules on Thursday to regulate big social media firms, such as Facebook and Twitter, the latest effort by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to tighten control over…

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TikTok hit with consumer law breaches complaints across Europe

Chinese-owned short video-sharing app TikTok was hit with multiple complaints from EU consumer groups on Tuesday for allegedly violating the bloc's consumer laws and for failing to protect children from hidden advertising…

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Maltese Editors’ Perspectives

The Times tackles the issue of delayed justice, arguing that increasing complement of judges and magistrates is only part of the solution. The editor however says that a number of…

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Man Utd discuss online abuse of players with social media companies

(Reuters) - Manchester United are working with social media companies to tackle racist abuse after Marcus Rashford became the latest player to be targeted online following Saturday's 0-0 draw at…

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Twitter says White House Twitter accounts will be transferred to Biden admin

Twitter Inc on Thursday said it will transfer institutional White House Twitter accounts to Biden administration when the U.S. President-elect swears in on January 20. Twitter said it will facilitate…

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Analysis: Facebook and Twitter crackdown around Capitol siege is too little, too late

PALO ALTO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - By the time social media companies took action against users and groups spurring on the siege of Capitol Hill this week, culminating in the suspension…

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Twitter to launch disappearing ‘tweets’

Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it was globally launching tweets that disappear after 24 hours, similar to the stories feature that is popular on Snapchat and Facebook's photo-sharing app Instagram.…

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Abuse and harassment drives girls off social media

Online abuse and harassment are driving girls to quit social media platforms, according to a new global poll. The study said more than 58% of girls had experienced some form of…

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Facebook, Google, Twitter urged by EU to do more against fake news

Two years after agreeing to a self-regulatory code of practice to tackle disinformation, Facebook, Alphabet's Google, Twitter and other tech rivals must try harder to be more effective, the European…

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Pakistan blocks five dating apps including Tinder and Grindr

Pakistan announced it has blocked Tinder, Grindr and three other dating apps for not adhering to local laws, its latest move to curb online platforms deemed to be disseminating “immoral…

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Trump steps up war against TikTok

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday sweeping bans on U.S. transactions with China's ByteDance, owner of video-sharing app TikTok, and Tencent, operator of the WeChat app, starting in 45 days,…

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Facebook, Twitter pull Trump posts over coronavirus misinformation

Facebook Inc on Wednesday took down a post by U.S. President Donald Trump, which the company said violated its rules against sharing misinformation about the coronavirus. The post contained a…

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U.S. to act on TikTok, other Chinese apps in coming days -White House

The United States will take action in coming days on the popular short-video app TikTok and other Chinese apps, White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany told reporters at a briefing on…

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Turkey approves social media law critics say will silence dissent

Turkey adopted a new social media law on Wednesday that critics say will create a "chilling effect" on dissenting voices who have resorted to Twitter and other online platforms as…

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Toymaker Lego joins social media ad boycott campaign

Toymaker Lego announced it would pause social media advertising for at least a month, joining a long list of companies that say Facebook is not doing enough to stop hate…

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Coca-Cola to stop running paid ads on all social media platforms

The Coca-Cola Company will stop running paid ads on all social media platforms amid an industrywide call for brands to reevaluate where they spend their budgets, according to Adweek. “There…

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Social media companies distrusted by most Americans on content decisions

Most Americans do not trust social media companies to make the right decisions about what should be allowed on their platforms, but trust the government even less to make…

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Malta’s entire cabinet of Ministers subject of Magisterial inquiry and police investigation into misuse of public funds on social media – Report

A magesterial inquiry and a police investigation has been launched into 'misuse' of public funds on social media, Lovin Malta reports. The investigation into Malta’s entire Cabinet of ministers' use is…

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