The U.K.’s competition watchdog doesn’t just have GIFs on its mind. The Competition and Markets Authority’s probe into Facebook’s acquisition of Giphy is the regulator’s latest move as it takes on a more high-profile role in regulating Big Tech. In April, the authority
The Supreme Court on Monday erased a federal appeals court decision holding that former President Donald Trump violated the Constitution by blocking his critics on Twitter. The justices vacated the decision from the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and
In what has become a regular occurrence in Congress, lawmakers faced off with the CEOs of three of the most influential tech platforms on Thursday in a five-and-a-half-hour hearing about misinformation. The key legislative focus of the discussion was Section
The CEOs of several big tech companies will again testify before Congress next month, this time to discuss misinformation on their platforms. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will appear before members of the House Energy and Commerce
India rebuked Twitter for not promptly complying with government orders to take down certain content and warned the social media giant that it must follow local laws to operate in the country. Ajay Sawhney, secretary for the Ministry of Electronics
Twitter on Sunday temporarily suspended the account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican U.S. Congresswoman from Georgia who has expressed racist views and support for QAnon conspiracy theories online. Greene’s account was suspended “without explanation,” she said in a
Twitter permanently suspended President Donald Trump’s account on Friday. The company said in a tweet it made the decision “due to the risk of further incitement of violence.” The suspension amounts to a ban: Trump can no longer access his account
‘We’re baaaaaaack’ the paper celebrated on its newly-unlocked account Twitter lifted its suspension of the New York Post’s main account Friday, ending a weeks-long standoff after the social media giant punished the newspaper for tweeting its explosive report about Hunter Biden. Big
The chief executives of Facebook, Twitter, and Google faced more than three and a half hours of questions from US senators on Wednesday. At present, the companies cannot be sued over what their users post online, or the decisions they
Twitter has changed its policy on hacked materials. It comes on the heels of it controversial decision to block links to a New York Post story about Joe Biden’s son. The unverified story alleged that Hunter Biden — the son of Joe