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Twitter tests shopping in e-commerce move

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 29 06:32 AM

Twitter on Wednesday began testing a feature allowing businesses sell goods from their profile pages at the one-to-many messaging platform. Read more »

Google takes legal action over Germany's expanded hate-speech law

Reuters
Posted at Jul 27 08:53 PM

Google said on Tuesday that it was taking legal action over an expanded version of Germany's hate-speech law that recently took effect, saying its provisions violated the right to privacy of its users.   Read more »

Facebook sets up new team to work on 'metaverse'

Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Posted at Jul 27 07:41 AM

Facebook is creating a product team to work on the "metaverse," a digital world where people can move between different devices and communicate in a virtual environment, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday.   Read more »

Frustration drove comic artist to create viral artwork 'Tumindig'

Jasmin Romero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 25 04:38 PM

Frustration in government was what drove Kevin Eric Raymundo to create the now viral artwork “Tumindig." Read more »

LOOK: Manny Pacquiao meets Supercar Blondie in LA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 24 04:12 PM

“@supercarblondie in the house!” Read more »

TikTok fined 750,000 euros for Dutch privacy violation

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 22 08:44 PM

Dutch data protection authorities issued a 750,000-euro fine against TikTok on Thursday, saying the social media service violated the privacy of young children in the Netherlands. Read more »

ADB keeps PH growth outlook; cites Delta variant as risk to recovery

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 11:34 AM

The Asian Development Bank has kept its growth outlook for the Philippines despite the downgrade in developing Asia, due to the improved economic measures and its COVID-19 containment plans, its chief economist said Thursday. Read more »

Social audio app Clubhouse is no longer invite-only

Reuters
Posted at Jul 22 09:38 AM

Live audio app Clubhouse has removed its invite system so that anyone can join the platform, it said on Wednesday. Read more »

Instagram tool lets users avoid 'sensitive' content

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 21 06:59 AM

Instagram added a way for users to adjust how tightly they want to filter out violent or sexually suggestive posts while they explore the image-centric social network. Read more »

Umano'y paglabag sa protocols sa parke sa Marikina ikinadismaya ng netizen

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 19 08:17 PM

Nadismaya ang isang Bayan Patroller sa napansing kawalan ng physical distancing sa parke sa Marikina City.  Read more »

Jodi Sta. Maria reminisces childhood with cute throwback photo

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 18 11:02 PM

Actress Jodi Sta. Maria took to social media to reminisce her childhood as she posted a cute throwback photo. Read more »

LOOK: Toni Gonzaga poses in a bikini for husband Paul

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 18 11:02 PM

Actress Toni Gonzaga on Saturday surprised her fans with a rare bikini photo which she posted on her Instagram page. Read more »

Knowledge Channel recognized for ‘School at Home’ campaign

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 18 02:50 PM

Knowledge Channel Foundation’s (KCFI) “School at Home” campaign has been named as the Outstanding CSR Project in Education in the recently concluded 2021 League of Corporate Foundations - Corporate Social Responsibility (LCF-CSR) Guild Awards. Read more »

VP Robredo welcomes senators' call for probe into troll farms

Jasmin Romero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 18 01:49 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday welcomed an investigation being sought by several senators into troll farms, saying those who spread misinformation have serious “life and death” consequences on people and the country’s democracy. Read more »

Netizens hatid ang good vibes sa pagsabak sa TikTok dance challenges

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 09:20 PM

Patuloy ang pagbibigay ng good vibes ng mga trending video sa TikTok at iba pang social media. Read more »

Biden says social media misinformation on Covid 'killing people'

Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 17 09:01 AM

WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden said Friday that social media misinformation about Covid-19 and vaccinations is "killing people" and the White House said Facebook needs to clean up its act. Read more »

Remembering artist Neil Doloricon: He was a quiet presence but his art was loud and clear

JEROME B. GOMEZ
Updated as of Jul 17 10:03 AM

For the artist and educator, art was always a tool for social change     Read more »

Popular science blogs disappear from China's biggest social media platforms in latest content crackdown

Xinmei Shen, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 16 01:10 PM

Science blogs Elephant Magazine and PaperClip disappeared from China’s biggest social media platforms on Wednesday despite mostly apolitical content. The accounts have previously been the subject of controversy, but the latest bans remain a mystery as Beijing tightens oversight of online content. Read more »

Former Duterte social media man Nic Gabunada turns down DOF contract

Warren De Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 16 01:12 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - Nicanor Gabunada, President Rodrigo Duterte's former social media strategist who has been linked to a network of fake pro-Duterte Facebook pages, has declined a contract offered by the Department of Finance following criticism.  Read more »

White House slams Facebook as conduit for COVID-19 misinformation

Reuters
Posted at Jul 16 09:12 AM

Facebook is not doing enough to stop the spread of false claims about COVID-19 and vaccines, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Thursday, part of a new administration pushback on misinformation in the United States. Read more »