Tag: Social Media

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Twitter launches Twitter API v2 to provide its data to developers

Twitter launches Twitter API v2 to provide its data to developers

Twitter launched an update to provide developers more access to its social media platform's data. The process of developing solutions for conducting secure Twitter conversations and content management stands to benefit. For several years, Twitter has wanted to make it easier for end users to dec... Read more

date2 years ago
Social media must remove terrorist content within the hour

Social media must remove terrorist content within the hour

The European Parliament has adopted a new law concerning terrorist content on the Internet. Platforms will have to remove any terrorist content within an hour of being notified. According to the law, providers serving users within the EU must respond within one hour to a notification from the au... Read more

date3 years ago
Parler sues Amazon for taking down website

Parler sues Amazon for taking down website

Parler has filed a lawsuit against Amazon. AWS was until recently the party that provided the hosting for the social medium but stopped doing so after the commotion surrounding the storming of the Capitol. In the 18-page complaint, the social medium writes that Amazon's decision to stop hosting ... Read more

date3 years ago
Alt-right platform Parler removed from app stores

Alt-right platform Parler removed from app stores

Both Apple and Google have removed the alt-right social media app from their mobile operating systems' stores. In addition, Amazon has taken the platform's website offline. In doing so, the three companies respond to a storming of the Capitol in Washington last week, which was allegedly triggere... Read more

date3 years ago
Top Biden adviser may seek to curb Big Tech’s power

Top Biden adviser may seek to curb Big Tech’s power

Likely future cabinet member is an opponent of statutory immunity for Internet tech companies. It looks like President-elect Joe Biden is going to tap Bruce Reed to be one of his top advisors. Reed is a long-time Washington insider who has been in Biden's orbit for a decade or more. He is also a... Read more

date3 years ago

Zuckerberg breaks ranks to support section 230 reform

Facebook's support for the changes could threaten the open Internet. Almost lost amid the frantic news cycle leading up to next week's Presidential election, a potentially momentous piece of news was made in the Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Wednesday, where the princes of Big Tech were s... Read more

date3 years ago
‘Trump is making it easier to sue social media platforms’

‘Trump is making it easier to sue social media platforms’

The law that protects social media outlets such as Twitter from lawsuits due to user content is likely to be revised on Thursday at the request of U.S. President Donald Trump. As a result, the platforms could be held liable for all user-posted material. Earlier this week, Twitter tagge... Read more

date4 years ago
Social media apps greatest threat to enterprises

Social media apps greatest threat to enterprises

Social media apps bring with them most of the concerns of security professionals when it comes to potential network risks. That's what Gigamon's report says. Moreover, companies are not always aware of how many apps are actually on their network. According to the study, companies are at risk because... Read more

date5 years ago
WhatsApp vulnerabilities let hackers take over calls

WhatsApp vulnerabilities let hackers take over calls

WhatsApp appears to contain a series of vulnerabilities with which hackers can take over conversations. The vulnerabilities and three methods to abuse them were revealed this week by Check Point researchers Dikla Barda, Roman Zaikin and Oded Vanunu. According to the researchers, the errors can enabl... Read more

date5 years ago
Co-founder Facebook is working with authorities to break up business

Co-founder Facebook is working with authorities to break up business

Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook, works with authorities to break up the company. Hughes is said to have visited the United States Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Hughes is working with two major antitrust academics. These are Scott Hempill from New York University ... Read more

date5 years ago
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