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March 8, 2021

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Twitter to let users charge followers to see premium posts

February 26, 2021 The Associated Press

Twitter is branching out from advertising to find more ways to make money — both for itself and for its most prolific users, whether those are businesses, celebrities or regular people. In an investor presentation […]

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Chinese Embassy Twitter account locked for “dehumanization”

January 21, 2021 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Twitter locked the account belonging to the Chinese Embassy in Washington after a tweet stated that Uighur women in Xinjiang have been emancipated and are no longer “baby making machines.” One of […]

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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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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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CEOs of 3 tech giants to testify at Oct. 28 Senate hearing

October 5, 2020 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The CEOs of technology giants Facebook, Google and Twitter are expected to testify for an Oct. 28 Senate hearing on tech companies’ control over hate speech and misinformation on their platforms. The […]

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NC-11’s Democratic candidate has a number of disturbing tweets

September 8, 2020 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A number of disturbing tweets made by one of the candidates running in North Carolina’s 11th Congressional district surfaced as a result of debates held on Sept. 4 and 5. Democratic candidate Morris […]

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Tampa teenager accused in Twitter hack pleads not guilty

August 5, 2020 The Associated Press

TAMPA, Fla. — A Florida teen identified as the mastermind of a scheme that gained control of Twitter accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of fraud. Graham […]

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