Social networking giant Facebook uses a 'whitelist' of high-profile users, who are reportedly allowed to break platform's online rules
Court in Australia shifts responsibility for harmful online content found on the Facebook pages of local publishers or media companies
Concern raised again about how secure messages are on WhatsApp, after it emerges moderators can access messages if a complaint…
Information Commissioner is urging G7 data protection authorities to tackle the scourge of modern day browsing....cookie pop-ups
Ouch. Irish Data Protection Commission hits WhatsApp with an increased fine of 225m euros, due to its handling and processing…
Making Twitter a little bit less toxic? Micro blogging platform unveils 'Safety Mode' designed to crack down on abuse and…
Rules to protect youngsters come into effect in the UK today, governing how apps and online services should treat children’s…
Facebook's Instagram is to require users to provide their date of birth - days before UK starts age verification enforcement
Government to refresh the UK's data protection rules, and poaches New Zealand's Privacy Commissioner to replace outgoing Information Commissioner
US regulator amends antitrust complaint against Facebook, after a US judge in June had dismissed the initial claims filed by…
Limited numbers of users in the United States, South Korea and Australia will be allowed to report misleading tweets, in…
Competition and Markets Authority provisionally finds Facebook’s merger with Giphy will harm competition on social platforms
Another social platform has banned yet another US Republican politician over false claims about facemask effectiveness during pandemic
Third suspension from Twitter for Republican far-right conspiracy theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene, who tweeted misinformation about Covid vaccines
Blast from the past. Lawsuit payouts for data breach begin to flow to users of Google's failed social networking experiment…
Pot kettle black? Social networking giant Facebook says research cannot be justification for compromising people's privacy, after issuing repeated warnings
In addition to requiring staff be vaccinated, Facebook will also order all employees to wear masks when in office or…
Entrepreneur Elon Musk sides with Epic Games in legal dispute with Apple over App Store fees, calling charges 'de facto…
Another arrest over the hack of high profile Twitter accounts of Joe Biden, Barak Obama, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and…
Local fall guys? Twitter appoints interim chief compliance officer and seeks two other executives for troubled Indian office
Former US President Donald Trump is expected to announce a lawsuit against Twitter, Facebook and Google, as well as their…
Tense standoff for Twitter in India continues, after government strips the platform of its user content liability protection
Arrival of Gettr social networking app, from former senior advisor to Donald Trump, is impacted by hack on its 4th…
Social network Facebook wins dismissal of US states and FTC antitrust lawsuit, which triggers share rise above $1 trillion
Information Commissioner concerned that live facial recognition could be linked to social media to create 'supercharged CCTV'
First servers, now offices. Lawmakers in Russia pass legislation requiring US tech giants to open local offices in the country
Twitter stand-off with Indian authorities continues as technology minister says firm deliberately failed to comply with new rules
Blow for Irish data protection watchdog, as Europe's top court rules it is no longer the only data enforcer across…
Five draft bills in US House of Representative build on last years' antitrust hearings with measures that target tech giants'…
Russia penalises Facebook again for hosting 'illegal content', after social network highlights Russian disinformation campaign