Facebook hiring 3,000 extra moderators to review videos of crime and suicides
Facebook has announced it will hire another 3,000 people to review videos of crime and suicides following murders shown live…
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Twitter and Bloomberg announce plan for 24/7 streaming news service on the platform
Bloomberg Media is teaming up with Twitter to create what they say will be a new 24/7 breaking news network…
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Weekly news show banned by Facebook and deleted for arguing that drugs should be legalised
A weekly video news bulletin has been banned from Facebook because it argued that drugs should be legalised. UPDATE: 5/5/2018.…
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Labour ‘fake news’ inquiry on hold over general election as MP in charge bows out of Parliament
Labour’s inquiry into fake news has been put on hold while the country goes to the polls in a snap…
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MPs accuse social media giants of ‘shameful’ failure to halt online abuse and extremism
MPs have accused social media giants of a “shameful” failure to tackle online terrorist propaganda and hate speech. A hard-hitting…
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Local news publishers teaming up to fight fake news in run up to general election
Local press publishers are joining together to tackle fake news with the launch of a new print and digital campaign…
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Facebook and Twitter should have legal obligations to act on flagged up content, MPs say
A proposed code of conduct for social media giants to tackle fake news and illicit material should be enshrined in…
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Live video boost helps Twitter gain 9m new users in three months as revenue drops
Twitter gained 9m new users in the past three months as live video grew but revenues declined, the social media…
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