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Byline: BARBARA ORTUTAY-AP Technology Writer

25 Jan

Twitter launches crowd-sourced fact-checking project

published on January 25, 2021 - 2:40 PM

Twitter is enlisting its users to help combat misinformation on its service by flagging and notating misleading and false tweets.

21 Jan

Facebook’s oversight board to rule on Trump ban

published on January 21, 2021 - 12:50 PM

(AP) — Facebook is passing the buck for its indefinite suspension of former president Donald Trump to a quasi-independent oversight

28 Oct

AP Explains: The rule that made the modern internet

published on October 28, 2020 - 1:30 PM

(AP) — Twenty-six words tucked into a 1996 law overhauling telecommunications have allowed companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google to

10 Sep

Twitter to label or remove misleading claims on vote results

published on September 10, 2020 - 2:20 PM

(AP) — Twitter said Thursday that starting next week it will label or remove misleading claims that try to undermine

10 Jul

Facebook’s software kit to blame for popular apps crashing

published on July 10, 2020 - 3:13 PM

(AP) — Friday’s widespread crashes of popular apps running on the iPhone’s iOS operating system — including Tinder, Spotify and

30 Jun

Facebook bans violent ‘boogaloo’ groups, not the term itself

published on June 30, 2020 - 1:09 PM

(AP) — Facebook has banned an extremist anti-government network loosely associated with the broader “boogaloo” movement, a slang term supporters

23 Jun

Patagonia latest brand to join Facebook July ad boycott

published on June 23, 2020 - 12:51 PM

The outdoor gear company Patagonia is the latest company to announce an advertising boycott of Facebook and its Instagram app

05 May

Facebook removes accounts linked to QAnon conspiracy theory

published on May 5, 2020 - 11:56 AM

(AP) — Facebook says it has removed several groups, accounts and pages linked to QAnon, taking action for the first

22 Apr

Facebook to label national origin of some political posts

published on April 22, 2020 - 12:45 PM

(AP) — Facebook said it will label some election-related posts with their geographic origin in an attempt to curb political

04 Mar

Twitter preps ephemeral tweets, starts testing in Brazil

published on March 4, 2020 - 1:47 PM

(AP) — Twitter is starting to test tweets that disappear after 24 hours, although initially only in Brazil. The company

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