Airbnb has been quietly using social media to root out and ban extremists
It's said to have banned more than 100 accounts with ties to hate groups.
Facebook improves AI photo descriptions for the visually impaired
New technology helps Facebook offer more detailed labels.
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Signal recovers from a day-long service outage
An influx of WhatsApp users led it to buckle under demand.
Facebook and Google allegedly cut a deal that reduced ad competition
It hurts their chances of surviving antitrust cases.
Facebook temporarily bans ads for gun accessories and military gear
The pause will last through President-elect Biden's inauguration.
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Facebook blocks events around D.C. and state capitals ahead of inauguration
The new measures come amid fears of more violence ahead Joe Biden's inauguration.
WhatsApp postpones new privacy policy amid ‘confusion’
The messaging app has pushed back the Feb. 8 deadline after a bungled rollout.
Facebook and NYU trained an AI to estimate COVID outcomes
The machine learning model is as accurate as a human radiologist.
WhatsApp reassures users it can't read their messages
The move comes in the wake of criticism about its new privacy policy.
Facebook bans all mentions of ‘stop the steal’ ahead of inauguration
The company has already taken down a 'significant number' of posts.
Facebook appoints a vice president of civil rights
Roy Austin Jr. will also become a deputy general counsel.
Facebook is freezing some of its political spending
The company won’t contribute to PACs through the first quarter of 2021.
Senator asks social networks, carriers to preserve evidence from Capitol riot
Facebook, Twitter and Parler are some of the companies under pressure.
The day Facebook and Twitter's rules finally applied to Donald Trump
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WhatsApp: Let us share your data with Facebook or else
For now, there appears to be no way to opt out.
Shopify delists Trump-affiliated online stores
The company has pulled the stores for violating its policy against promoting violence.
YouTube will temporarily ban accounts for posting election fraud videos
Any channel that posts an offending video will immediately receive a strike and be blocked for a week.