Microsoft Confirms Talks Seeking to Buy US Arm of TikTok
TikTok's Chinese ownership has raised concern about the potential for sharing user data with Chinese officials as well as censorship of videos critical of the Chinese government.
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Reports: Trump To Order China’s ByteDance To Sell TikTok
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Twitter Says Hackers Used Phone to Fool Staff, Gain Access
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Biden, Gates, Other Twitter Accounts Hacked in Bitcoin Scam
The fake tweets tweets offered to send $2,000 for every $1,000 sent to an anonymous Bitcoin address.
UK to Exclude Huawei from Role in 5G Phone Network
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Facebook Civil Rights Audit: ‘Serious Setbacks’ Mar Progress
The audit recommends that Facebook build a "civil rights infrastructure" into every aspect of the company.
Social Media Platforms Face a Reckoning Over Hate Speech
Civil rights groups have called on large advertisers to stop Facebook ad campaigns during July, saying the social network isn’t doing enough to curtail racist and violent content on its platform.
Reddit, Twitch Clamp Down On Hate Speech, Including Trump Forums
r/The_Donald was banned from Reddit because it encouraged violence, regularly broke other rules, and defiantly “antagonized” both Reddit and other forums, the company said in a statement.
Facebook to Label All Rule-Breaking Posts – Even Trump’s
CEO Mark Zuckerberg had previously refused to take action against Trump posts suggesting that mail-in ballots will lead to voter fraud, saying that people deserved to hear unfiltered statements from political leaders.
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