Social media at a service of Russian propagandists
Leonid Slutsky is the head of the foreign affairs committee in the State Duma, lower house of the Russian parliament.…
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Facebook opposes adding civil-rights expert to its board
For the second year in a row, Facebook Inc. — no stranger to civil-rights issues and controversies — is urging…
Personal data of 500 million accounts has leaked from LinkedIn and now is being sold by hackers
You might still be reeling from the news that personal information from 533 million Facebook accounts has been made freely…
Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affected by data leak
Facebook Inc did not notify the more than 530 million users whose details were obtained through the misuse of a…
Instagram introduces new privacy policy to protect teens
Instagram is introducing new policies limiting interactions between teenagers and adults to make its platform safer for young users. The…
Facebook calls for pause on new Irish online safety measures
Facebook has told an Oireachtas committee that it thinks serious consideration should be given to pausing planned new national measures…
What we can learn from the Facebook-Australia news debacle
Democracies around the world are all mired in one crisis or another, which is why measures of their health are…
Russia: Social media are under pressure to censor posts
Russian authorities are escalating pressure on social media companies, forcing them to censor online content deemed illegal by the government.…
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube may be banned in Russia
There is a possibility of blocking internet-based platforms like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter in Russia. Russian lawmakers are considering a…
Facebook removed networks that originated in France and in Russia
On Tuesday Facebook claimed it had closed two networks based in Russia and one linked to the French military. It…