YouTube reviews its decision to ban Donald Trump from uploading to the plaform, and opts to keep its indefinite suspension in place

YouTube reviews its decision to ban Donald Trump from uploading to the plaform, and opts to keep its indefinite suspension in place
Curated news service for UK Facebook users launches, after deals signed with the Telegraph, Daily Mail, Guardian, Sky News etc
‘Birdwatch’ pilot to give users the power to flag misleading tweets, and write background notes about reason for reporting
Hot potato. Mark Zuckerberg refers his decision to indefinitely suspend Donald Trump over to its independent oversight board
After Donald Trump’s ban from many social networking platforms, British MPs grill executives on their respective hate content policies
Lawsuit by US states filed in Texas, alleging Google collusion with Facebook, should be heard in California instead says Google
Controversial law in Turkey governing social media firms, sees Ankara imposing advertising bans on Twitter, Periscope and Pinterest
Amid criticism of big tech ‘censorship’ of free speech, Tim Cook defends decision to suspend far right Parler app from App Store
Major clash down under is looming, after Australia rejects US request to halt new law to force Google, Facebook to pay for news
CEO of Twitter opens up about permanent ban on outgoing US President Donald Trump, after criticism from some quarters over ‘freedom of speech’
Google streaming service YouTube becomes latest social network to suspend President Donald Trump, following attempted insurrection
Tens of thousands of accounts spreading QAnon conspiracy content in past few days after US Capitol attack have been suspended, Twitter confirms
Research shows installations of Signal messaging app approaching one million a day, amid concern over WhatsApp data policy update
Consequences from President Trump’s attempted coup last week continues, with Google and Apple removing Parler from app stores
Outgoing US President Donald Trump reportedly went ‘ballistic’ after he was permanently banned from his favoured messaging outlet
With five dead including a police officer and talk of his immediate removal from office, Mark Zuckerberg extends Donald Trump’s ban
What is the point of end-to-end encryption? Facebook to access people’s WhatsApp data, whether they like it or not, from February
President Trump suspended from both Twitter and Facebook for posts to ‘supporters’, after mob storm US Capitol building and people die
Streaming service YouTube restores talkRADIO after a “further review” of its controversial decision to remove it over Covid-19 content
Wikileaks founder denied bail and will remain at Belmarsh prison, as Assange still has “incentive” to abscond from unresolved proceedings
Rare step for tech industry sees workers at Google form their own bespoke trade union, after years of employee unrest and complaints
Just a quick message from the staff at Silicon UK, wishing all our readers a very merry Christmas…enjoy the festivities and mince pies
US President follows through on threat and vetoes major US defence bill over Section 230 protection for social networking firms
Clean break. Twitter confirms it will remove all followers from US Presidential accounts after Trump handover to President elect Biden
Users will be able to register third party hardware keys with Facebook mobile app in an effort to tighten account security
Both firms agreed to ‘cooperate and assist one another’, after antitrust lawsuit last week from US states over online advertising ‘collusion’
Yearly checks on tech firm compliance over harmful content, plus stiff financial penalties part of EU’s proposed regulation of digital markets
Australia files lawsuit against Facebook over its data collection practices associated with its discontinued Onavo Protect VPN app
Escaping GDPR protections? Social networking giant Facebook insists move will not change privacy controls or the services it offers