MPs’ US trip to meet Google, Facebook and Twitter as part of fake news inquiry cost taxpayer £84,000
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s Select Committee’s visit to the US last month as part of its inquiry…
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Information Commissioner says social media companies can no longer be considered ‘benign platforms’ in political ads probe
Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has said that social media companies, including Facebook, can no longer be considered “benign platforms” for…
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Facebook ends experiment to take news out of users’ News Feed after trial in six countries
Facebook has ended the trial of its Explore News Feed which separated publishers’ posts from those of family and friends.…
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US digital publisher Little Things becomes first major casualty of ‘catastrophic’ Facebook News Feed changes
US digital publisher Little Things has become the first major casualty of Facebook News Feed’s latest algorithm changes, describing them…
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Facebook executives have pledged to tackle fake news and online fraud after Unilever warned tech firms that it will pull…
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Twitter finds 49 accounts linked to Russian ‘troll factory’ that tweeted about Brexit during vote campaign, MPs told
Twitter has found 49 accounts linked to a notorious Russian “troll factory” which were sending out messages about the Brexit…
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Facebook revenues grow to $40bn as Zuckerberg repeats ‘meaningful connections’ mantra
Facebook revenues grew 43 per cent to more than $40bn in 2017, despite what Mark Zuckerberg said was a “hard” year…
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Buzzfeed founder Jonah Peretti says Facebook should pay for content on News Feed
Buzzfeed founder and chief executive Jonah Peretti has said Facebook is not sharing revenue from its News Feed, despite publishers…
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