News publishers told to reduce reliance on Facebook amid steep drop in user engagement with content from top news sites
News publishers will need to reduce their reliance on Facebook to survive, experts have warned, as figures show a dramatic…
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Iranian state news agency uses Twitter to identify pro-democracy protesters putting them at risk of ‘torture or worse’
An Iranian state news agency, Tasnim, has used its verified Twitter account to identify protesters from the recent unrest in…
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MPs to head to Washington DC in New Year as part of UK ‘fake news’ inquiry
MPs from the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee will visit Washington DC in February next year as part…
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Bloomberg launches ‘world first’ global news network on Twitter
Bloomberg and Twitter have teamed up to launch what they claim is the world’s first global social news network. Tictoc…
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PA among nine European press agencies calling on EU officials to make Duopoly pay for news content
Internet giants such as Google should pay compensation for news content to fund the journalism that generates huge advertising revenues…
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Culture Committee chairman says Twitter response to ‘fake news’ inquiry probe ‘completely inadequate’
The head of the UK’s inquiry into ‘fake news’ has told Twitter that its response to a call for information…
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Channel 4 News Factcheck team dismisses claims of ‘nefarious media conspiracy’ against Corbyn in lack of peace prize coverage
Channel 4 News’s fact-checking arm has dismissed claims that the “mainstream media” did not report on Jeremy Corbyn winning a…
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Former Facebook executive warns social media is ‘destroying how society works’ but web giant claims it has changed
Facebook says it is a different company to the one described by a former executive as ripping apart society. Former…
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