BBC replaces top political shows on Twitter with single BBC Politics account in bid to ‘reach more people’
Some of the BBC’s flagship political shows are no longer running their own Twitter accounts, a move the corporation said…
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BBC and Sky among broadcasters calling on Government to ‘urgently’ regulate tech giants Facebook, Google and Twitter
British broadcasters have jointly written to the Government to criticise the lack of regulation over content distributed on Facebook, Google…
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‘We don’t want to replace Murdoch with Zuckerberg’ says Tom Watson in call for better regulation of online giants
“Giant tech firms” are hiring lawyers and lobbyists to “run rings” around politicians and regulators, Shadow Culture Secretary Tom Watson…
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Facebook’s removal of hundreds of fake pages targeting UK politics just ‘tip of the iceberg’, says fake news inquiry chairman
Facebook’s removal of hundreds of fake pages, groups and accounts that targeted UK politics is “the tip of the iceberg”,…
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Facebook removes hundreds of pages and accounts run from Iran posing as news organisations and targeting UK users with political content
Facebook has removed hundreds of pages for “coordinated inauthentic behaviour” including those posing as news organisations to target UK, US,…
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Facebook exec dismisses claims she told media bosses Mark Zuckerburg ‘doesn’t care about publishers’
A top Facebook executive has told news publishers that Mark Zuckerburg, chief executive of the social media giant, “doesn’t care…
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Twitter slaps temporary ban on Infowars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for violating rules
Twitter has temporarily banned controversial Infowars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones from posting on the social network. A screenshot has been…
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‘Social first’ Pink News wants to ‘make waves’ as it becomes first LGBT publisher on Snapchat
Pink News is still aiming to “change publishing” 13 years after first launching, the website’s head of content has said, as…
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