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TikTok Sounds used to spread COVID vaccine misinformation - think tank

Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Posted at Jul 13 09:25 PM

A TikTok feature that allows users to add another person's audio to their videos is being used to promote misleading and harmful content about COVID-19 vaccines, a think tank said in a new report.   Read more »

Facebook wins antitrust dismissal, surges to $1 trillion value

Rob Lever, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 29 06:41 AM

A US judge on Monday dismissed the blockbuster antitrust action against Facebook filed last year by federal and state regulators, helping lift the value of the social media giant above $1 trillion for the first time. Read more »

Snapchat claims 500 million monthly active users

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 21 05:24 AM

The platform, which has expanded its offerings beyond its original disappearing messages, had said last month it had 280 million daily active users. Read more »

Instagram lets users pick preferred gender pronouns

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 13 04:55 AM

Pronoun options included "them" and "theirs" along with nonbinary "co," "ze" and others shared at a resource center page at the University of California Davis website.   Read more »

Ahead of Trump Facebook ruling, here’s how social networks handle world leaders

Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Posted at May 04 08:19 PM

Facebook's independent oversight board on Wednesday will announce whether it is overturning the company's suspension of former US President Donald Trump's account. Read more »

Facebook, Spotify team up to allow in-app music listening

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 27 03:15 AM

The announcement came a week after Facebook said it was adding podcasts and "live audio rooms" as it faces competition from the fast-growing app Clubhouse. Read more »

Facebook unveils big audio push, adding podcasts

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 20 04:29 AM

Facebook’s plan to weave audio offerings into the social network comes as it works to prevent losing users to Clubhouse. Read more »

Facebook says took down 1.3 billion fake accounts in Oct-Dec

Reuters
Posted at Mar 22 06:28 PM

Facebook Inc said on Monday it took down 1.3 billion fake accounts between October and December and that it had over 35,000 people working on tackling misinformation on its platform. Read more »

Twitter aims to make live audio feature 'Spaces' available globally by April

Reuters
Posted at Mar 12 09:01 AM

Twitter Inc is aiming to make its live audio feature available to all its users by April, a spokeswoman for the micro-blogging site said on Thursday. Read more »

Facebook rolls out news feeds with less politics

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 11 10:44 AM

Facebook said Wednesday it began rolling out news feeds with less political subject matter in line with a plan outlined by chief Mark Zuckerberg to reduce inflammatory content. Read more »

Filipinos lead the world in time spent on social media, internet

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 01 04:43 PM

Filipinos continue to lead the world in terms of hours spent on social media and are spending even longer hours on social networks, a marketing firm and a social media management platform said citing the results on their Digital 2021 study.  Read more »

Facebook out to loosen Apple's grip on App Store: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 29 10:04 AM

Facebook is readying a lawsuit aimed at loosening Apple's grip on the App Store that serves as an exclusive gateway onto iPhones, a tech news outlet reported on Thursday. Read more »

Facebook profit surges as pandemic fuels use

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 28 09:54 AM

Facebook profit surged in the final three months of last year as people enduring the holidays in a pandemic turned to the leading social network for work and pleasure, the company said Wednesday.   Read more »

Parler partially reappears with support from Russian technology firm

Joseph Menn, Kenneth Li and Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Posted at Jan 19 09:53 AM

The internet protocol address it used is owned by DDos-Guard, which is controlled by two Russian men and provides services including protection from distributed denial of service attacks, infrastructure expert Ronald Guilmette told Reuters. Read more »

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg braces for civil unrest

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 30 12:32 PM

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday warned of the potential for civil unrest as votes are tallied in a US election that will be "a test" for the social network. Read more »

PH tech firm launches 'Kalaro' social network for gamers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 12 10:54 PM

A Philippine-based tech firm on Monday launched a social network for gamers that includes a tournament hub and an e-wallet for digital payments. Read more »

Facebook encourages groups in time of division

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 02 06:20 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook on Thursday said it is raising the profile of member groups, hoping people with different views will find common ground on the leading social network. Read more »

LinkedIn to cut 960 jobs amid sales slump

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 21 09:50 PM

Professional social network LinkedIn said Tuesday it was cutting 960 jobs, or six percent of its workforce, as the global pandemic has hit demand for its paid recruitment services.   Read more »

Twitter shares take wing on plan for subscription platform

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 09 08:17 AM

Twitter shares closed the formal trading day up more than 7 percent after word spread of a team codenamed "Gryphon" working on a subscription platform. Read more »

Facebook probes reports of surge in fake accounts in Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 07 10:09 PM

The social media giant said it is working to validate the authenticity of the reported fake accounts and will remove them if they fail the company's authenticity checks. Read more »