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March 7, 2021

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SAINE and BRYSON: Facebook should stop banning speech, but not the kind you think

March 3, 2021 admin

Critical issues are being debated in North Carolina. The stakes are high as businesses like gyms and bars aren’t yet permitted to reopen fully, and parents continue to juggle jobs and their children’s schooling. However, […]

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Facebook blocks Australians from accessing news on platform

February 18, 2021 The Associated Press

CANBERRA, Australia — Facebook announced Thursday it has blocked Australians from viewing and sharing news on the platform because of proposed laws in the country to make digital giants pay for journalism. Australian publishers can […]

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WhatsApp growth slumps as rivals Signal, Telegram rise

January 14, 2021 The Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calif. — Encrypted messaging apps Signal and Telegram are seeing huge upticks in downloads from Apple and Google’s app stores. Facebook-owned WhatsApp, by contrast, is seeing its growth decline following a fiasco that forced […]

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Facebook bans Trump through Biden inauguration, maybe longer

January 7, 2021 The Associated Press

Facebook and Instagram are silencing President Donald Trump’s social media accounts for the rest of his presidency. The move, which followed Wednesday’s protest at the U.S. Capitol, is also a somber reminder of the enormous […]

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Agency homing in on social media companies’ data collection

December 15, 2020 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal regulators are ordering Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, TikTok’s parent and five other social media companies to provide detailed information on how they collect and use consumers’ personal data and how their practices […]

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US govt, states sue Facebook for ‘predatory’ conduct

December 10, 2020 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. government and 48 states and districts sued Facebook Wednesday, accusing it of abusing its market power in social networking to crush smaller competitors and seeking remedies that could include a […]

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Twitter, Facebook CEOs defend election actions, promise more

November 18, 2020 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The CEOs of Twitter and Facebook on Tuesday defended their safeguards against ‘disinformation’ in the presidential election and promised Congress they would take vigorous action for two special elections in Georgia that […]

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Social media CEOs to face grilling from Republican senators

October 27, 2020 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Less than a week before Election Day, the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google are set to face a grilling by Republican senators who accuse the tech giants of anti-conservative bias. Democrats […]

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Facebook, Twitter CEOs ordered to testify by GOP senators

October 22, 2020 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The GOP push against Facebook and Twitter accelerated Thursday after Republican senators threatened the CEOs of the social media companies with subpoenas to force them to address accusations of censorship in the […]

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YouTube follows Twitter and Facebook with QAnon crackdown

October 16, 2020 The Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calif. — YouTube is following the lead of Twitter and Facebook, saying that it is taking more steps to limit QAnon and other conspiracy theories that can lead to real-world violence. The Google-owned video […]

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