By Brian Heater Jack Dorsey is hedging his bets. In an interview with CNN’s Brian Stelter, the beard-rocking CEO said Twitter is reluctant to commit to a timetable for enacting policies aimed at curbing...
By Reuters (Reuters) — The U.S. government is trying to force Facebook to break the encryption in its popular Messenger app so law enforcement may listen to a suspect’s voice conversations in a criminal...
By Anna Hensel How exactly online ad targeting works remains a nebulous topic for many casual internet users. A trio of researchers is hoping to demystify the process — with a new browser extension...
By Jeff Grubb Twitch is warning users that it may have exposed some of their messages to other users. The livestreaming site has sent out emails today to a number of its broadcasters about...
By Josh Constine Facebook’s role in the opioid crisis could become another scandal following yesterday’s release of harrowing new statistics from the Center for Disease Control. It estimated there were nearly 30,000 synthetic opioid...
By Anthony Ha Analytics company Crimson Hexagon says Facebook has reinstated its data access to Facebook and Instagram. That access was suspended last month, with Facebook saying it was investigating whether the company had...
By Sarah Perez It’s hard to be a fan of Twitter right now. The company is sticking up for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, when nearly all other platforms have given him the boot, it’s...
By Jeremy Horwitz Despite months of protests from both users and developers, Twitter is today killing third-party app access to some of its most popular features, including push notifications and automatic timeline updates. As...
By Anna Hensel Nearly a month after being suspended by Facebook following a high-profile Wall Street Journal story scrutinizing its contracts with government agencies, Boston-based data analytics firm Crimson Hexagon stated that its access...
By Dean Takahashi Facebook is expanding its Level Up Program, which helps livestreamers build communities, into Germany, France, Spain, and Ireland. The program is already available currently in the U.S., United Kingdom, Philippines, Malaysia,...
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