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Turkish parliament approves bill that would give Facebook & Twitter 48 hours to remove ‘offensive content’

Posted on July 30, 2020July 30, 2020By Editor

Turkey’s parliament has ratified a bill compelling major social media companies to delete content deemed offensive and to open offices in the country. Global rights groups decried the “draconian” law as a danger to free speech. … Read More >Turkish parliament approves bill that would give Facebook & Twitter 48 hours to remove ‘offensive content’

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Ok, boomer: Congressman demands Facebook’s Zuckerberg explain why Donald Trump Jr’s TWITTER ACCOUNT was suspended

Posted on July 30, 2020July 30, 2020By Editor

Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisconsin) gaffed his way to meme status after grilling Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg about Donald Trump Jr.’s Twitter suspension, forcing the CEO to explain the platforms are, in fact, different. … Read More >Ok, boomer: Congressman demands Facebook’s Zuckerberg explain why Donald Trump Jr’s TWITTER ACCOUNT was suspended

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‘I wish her well’: Trump triggers Twitter craziness with comment about Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell

Posted on July 22, 2020July 22, 2020By Editor

US President Donald Trump derailed his coronavirus pandemic briefing with a surprise comment about the woman charged with aiding accused pedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, saying he’d met her and wished her well. … Read More >‘I wish her well’: Trump triggers Twitter craziness with comment about Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell

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Twitter piles on ‘Gestapo’ tactics as DHS chief vows to never surrender Portland to ‘violent extremists’

Posted on July 18, 2020July 18, 2020By Editor

The acting head of the Department of Homeland Security has praised federal officers who face off Portland protesters. Tensions in the city are high, as netizens repost images of unmarked agents, comparing them to the Gestapo. … Read More >Twitter piles on ‘Gestapo’ tactics as DHS chief vows to never surrender Portland to ‘violent extremists’

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Instagram users report direct message problems after Twitter suffers massive security breach

Posted on July 17, 2020July 17, 2020By Editor

Instagram users say that the platform’s direct messaging feature is down, hours after Twitter was hit by a sophisticated cyber-attack. … Read More >Instagram users report direct message problems after Twitter suffers massive security breach

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Trump to remain on Twitter as his account was unaffected by hack – White House

Posted on July 17, 2020July 17, 2020By Editor

Donald Trump will keep tweeting despite a massive hack suffered by the social media platform, the White House has said, adding that the US president’s Twitter account was unaffected by the bitcoin scam attack. … Read More >Trump to remain on Twitter as his account was unaffected by hack – White House

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Twitter locks down accounts with password changes in last 30 days after massive bitcoin scam hack

Posted on July 16, 2020July 16, 2020By Editor

Twitter is locking down the accounts of users whose passwords have been changed in the past 30 days following a massive hacking attack targeting a slew of high-profile figures including Barack Obama and billionaire Elon Musk. … Read More >Twitter locks down accounts with password changes in last 30 days after massive bitcoin scam hack

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Ongoing global outages of iOS for Twitter, Tinder, Spotify and Pinterest are linked to Facebook software

Posted on July 11, 2020July 11, 2020By Editor

The social media company Facebook’s software development kit is thought to be the cause of current outages of several apps including heavy hitters such as Spotify and Tinder. … Read More >Ongoing global outages of iOS for Twitter, Tinder, Spotify and Pinterest are linked to Facebook software

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Zoom, TikTok pause data requests from Hong Kong authorities following new national security law, joining Facebook and WhatsApp

Posted on July 9, 2020July 9, 2020By Editor

US video conferencing platform Zoom has joined Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Telegram in suspending data requests from Hong Kong authorities following the enactment of the new national security law. … Read More >Zoom, TikTok pause data requests from Hong Kong authorities following new national security law, joining Facebook and WhatsApp

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‘Price on your heads’: Aide to Venezuelan ‘president’ Guaido threatens journalists with FBI investigation over ‘Twitter hack’

Posted on July 8, 2020July 8, 2020By Editor

Nothing says you represent an internationally recognized government like telling people who mock you on Twitter that the FBI is after them and that there is a “price” on their heads. Just ask Juan Guaido’s ‘ambassador’ to the UK. … Read More >‘Price on your heads’: Aide to Venezuelan ‘president’ Guaido threatens journalists with FBI investigation over ‘Twitter hack’