‘Substantial portion’ of Twitter users were fake in 2016: Disney
In 2016, when Disney was considering buying the social network, a "significant fraction" of Twitter's members were found to be "not real," according to...
Instagram working to cut down shopping features
According to a report in the Information that cites an internal letter, Instagram, which is owned by Meta Platforms Inc., intends to change the...
Cruise giant partners with SpaceX to ensure internet connectivity
The world's largest cruise line, Royal Caribbean, has announced a partnership with SpaceX, the rocket business founded by Elon Musk, in order to provide...
Woman gets 45-year prison for social media posts in Saudi Arabia
A rights group reported that a Saudi Arabian court had sentenced a woman to 45 years in prison over social media remarks, the latest...
Apple, Meta, Microsoft asked to share anti-abuse steps in Australia
Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., and Meta Platforms, the company that owns Facebook, received court letters from an Australian regulator demanding they reveal their plans...
Meta’s Facebook to settle the data privacy lawsuit
According to a court filing, Meta Platforms Inc.'s Facebook has in principle agreed to settle a case filed in federal court in San Francisco...
Google starts anti-disinformation campaign in some EU countries
Based on studies conducted by psychologists at two British universities, Google's Jigsaw subsidiary will start a campaign the next week to combat misinformation about...
Tech firms asked to store user data in Vietnam
In its most recent effort to tighten cybersecurity regulations, the Vietnamese government has mandated technology companies to keep customer data locally and establish local...
Harry Potter author JK Rowling receives death threats
After denouncing the attack on British novelist Salman Rushdie on Twitter, J.K. Rowling, the creator of the Harry Potter series, got a death threat....