Proposed EU law could force WhatsApp and iMessage to work together
25 March 2022
The European Union is close to agreeing the Digital Markets Act, which would require big tech firms to open up their services to wider competition
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The war in Ukraine is the subject of much online disinformation and propaganda but fact-checking organisations are tracking down how social media posts spread and debunking them
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Between November 2020 and February 2021, Facebook introduced policies to cut down on misinformation related to covid-19 vaccines, but they only worked for about six months
Birthday wishes inadvertently give away private information online
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Thousands of tweets every day expose other users’ date of birth, which could help criminals access their private accounts
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A law intended to tackle anonymous trolls on social media is unlikely to stop online bullying, but it could allow Australian government ministers to continue a trend of suing their critics
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24 November 2021
Facebook's parent company wants to build a 'metaverse'. The fact that it doesn't grasp the name's connotations is symptomatic of a wider problem, writes Annalee Newitz
YouTube policy change limited spread of harmful videos across the web
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In 2019, YouTube altered its recommendation algorithm to stop promoting videos the company deemed harmful, which limited how much they were viewed even on other social media platforms
