Irish regulators support Facebook's 'consent bypass' legal maneuver, suggest $42 million fine for GDPR violationsA privacy rights group claimed Facebook has worked with Irish regulators to get around certain GDPR rules.October 13, 2021 by Jonathan Greig in Social Media
Twitter announces $2.99 subscription version that includes an 'Undo Tweet' featureTwitter Blue is only available in the US, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada.November 9, 2021 by Jonathan Greig in Social Media
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announces resignationCTO Parag Agrawal will be taking over as CEO of the company.November 29, 2021 by Jonathan Greig in Social Media
Right-wing elected officials' content amplified by Twitter algorithmTwitter conducted a study that found tweets posted by accounts from the political right receive more algorithmic amplification than the political left when studied as a group.October 22, 2021 by Jonathan Greig in Social Media
Facebook shelving Instagram for kids, expanding parental oversight for teensThe company has faced backlash for hiding internal research showing the platform's negative impact on teen body image issues.September 27, 2021 by Jonathan Greig in Social Media
Facebook, Instagram report issues again after outages on October 4The outages capped a rough week for the social media giant.October 8, 2021 by Jonathan Greig in Social Media
Mozilla's latest privacy ranking slaps 'Privacy Not Included' tag on Facebook Messenger, WeChat and HousepartySlack also faced criticism from Mozilla researchers for not allowing users to block contacts.September 22, 2021 by Jonathan Greig in Social Media
Twitter creates 'Safety Mode' to temporarily block accounts caught insulting usersThe feature will only be available to a small group of English-language users on iOS, Android and Twitter.com.September 1, 2021 by Jonathan Greig in Social Media
Snap Q3 revenue fails to beat expectations, stock price down 25%Snap reported a Q3 revenue of $1.06 billion, yielding a net loss of 17 cents per share.October 21, 2021 by Jonathan Greig in Social Media
Top 50 most diverse companies? Only 3 tech firms make the listJust three tech companies made it onto DiversityInc’s list of companies championing diverse workforces.May 7, 2021 by Jonathan Greig in Social Media