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Facebook Expands Harassment Policy to Protect Public Figures

Facebook will bar content that degrades or sexualizes public figures, including celebrities, elected officials and...

Ex-Facebook Manager Criticizes Company, Urges More Oversight

A former Facebook data scientist told Congress she believes stricter government oversight could alleviate the...

Senators Push Facebook Exec on Instagram Policies for Youth

Senators fired a barrage of criticism at a Facebook executive over the social-networking giant’s handling...

Fighting Wave of Misinfo, YouTube Bans False Vaccine Claims

YouTube announced a sweeping crackdown of vaccine misinformation that booted popular anti-vaccine influencers from its...

Facebook Puts Instagram for Kids on Hold After Pushback

Facebook is putting a hold on the development of a kids' version of Instagram, geared...

Apple Fixes Security Hole Reportedly Used to Hack an IPhone

Apple released a critical software patch to fix a security vulnerability that researchers said could...

Judge Loosens Apple’s Grip on App Store in Epic Decision

A federal judge ordered Apple to dismantle part of the competitive barricade guarding its closely...

US Probing Autopilot Problems on 765,000 Tesla Vehicles

The U.S. government has opened a formal investigation into Tesla's Autopilot partially automated driving system...

US Turns to Social Media Influencers to Boost Vaccine Rates

It’s part of a growing U.S. state- and city-based movement using local social media influencers...

A Road Not Taken: Verified Cormac McCarthy Account Is Fake

Sorry, Cormac McCarthy fans. That blue-checked Twitter account for the famous, and famously media-shy author...

German Court Faults Facebook’s Past Handling of Hate Speech

The court ruled that the social network giant can't delete posts without at least informing...

Turn Off, Turn On: Simple Step Can Thwart Top Phone Hackers

The NSA issued a “best practices” guide for mobile device security last year in which...