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Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to block his critics on Twitter
The White House today called for the Supreme Court to reverse a lower-court ruling that said President Donald Trump wasn’t allowed to block his critics on his go-to social media platform, Twitter Inc. Trump appealed that decision, but a court ruled that because the president does government business on Twitter, it is the right under ...
Facebook purges hundreds of QAnon, Antifa groups and limits spread of ‘militia’ support
Facebook Inc. today embarked on one of its biggest purges of content of all time, taking down hundreds of Pages and Groups related to what it calls “U.S.-based militia organizations.” The main focus of the removals was content supporting the conspiracy theory group QAnon, although Facebook said the net covered any content that was considered in support ...
Bucking work-from-home trend, Amazon to expand offices across the US
Amazon.com Inc. announced today that it will expand its offices in six cities across the U.S., a move not in line with many tech companies’ decision to have staff work from home indefinitely or at least for a few years. The company said that it will invest $1.4 billion to bolster its office workforce in ...
TikTok creates new website and Twitter account to fight ‘misinformation’ about itself
As President Trump tries to ban viral video app TikTok from the United States, the company is fighting back. Over the weekend the company created a Twitter Inc. account and today it launched its own website. The moves follow an executive order from the Trump administration stating that the Chinese-owned app will be banned in the ...
Facebook investigation reveals QAnon groups have millions of members
Facebook Inc. has found that the QAnon community on its platform could have as many as 3 million members, according to an investigation that was reviewed today by NBC News. The top 10 of the groups contain about 1 million members, according to people who spoke with NBC on the condition of anonymity. That number ...
Lawmakers blast big tech at antitrust hearing, but how much will change remains in doubt
The chief executives of Google LLC, Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc. and Facebook Inc. took a grilling from Congress today over antitrust issues, with each boss facing some difficult questions on their respective businesses. Those questions, and the answers, led David Cicilline, a Rhode Island Democrat and chair of the House judiciary committee’s antitrust subcommittee, to ...
Here’s what tech CEOs are telling Congress in antitrust probe
Four chief executives of most of the world’s biggest tech companies will testify before Congress Wednesday to discuss antitrust issues as some observers believing a shakeup is in the cards. The CEOs of Google LLC parent Alphabet Inc., Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Facebook Inc. will stand before lawmakers who for the last year have ...
India bans 47 Chinese apps and may ban 275 more
After banning 59 Chinese apps last month because of national security concerns, India has added 47 more apps to the list. Included in last month’s ban was the very popular video-sharing app TikTok, which was a big statement by India. At the time of the ban, a Chinese Foreign Ministry official said that the country ...
TikTok could be sold off to U.S. investors to avoid ban
U.S. investors are considering acquiring Chinese-owned video app TikTok to avert a ban in the country, according to reports today. Venture capital firms General Atlantic and Sequoia Capital are presently in talks with U.S. regulators and the Treasury Department, discussing if a reinvented TikTok would float in the U.S. The app has been accused of spying ...
Twitter hackers got into direct messages of users, including a government official
Twitter Inc. announced today that last week’s hack accessed the direct messages of a few dozen people, including one government official. In a series of tweets, the company said the investigation is ongoing as to the “specifics about what the attackers did to the accounts,” but at the moment it’s known that out of the 130 targeted ...