Russia’s media watchdog has said it is slowing down the speed of Twitter, accusing the US social media company of failing to remove 3,000 posts relating to suicide, drugs and pornography.
Russia slows down Twitter over ‘banned content’
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UN chief calls for regulating social media companies
The United Nations chief called Thursday for global rules to regulate powerful social media companies like Twitter and Facebook.
U.S. Democratic Congress Prepares to Take On Big Tech
The last time Senator Amy Klobuchar, the Minnesota Democrat, sat in the majority, her party was fawning over Silicon Valley. Lawmakers praised the ingenuity of Facebook and Amazon, while President Barack Obama and regulators fought alongside Google and Twitter to protect the growth of internet businesses.
They Found a Way to Limit Big Tech’s Power: Using the Design of Bitcoin
Companies inspired by the cryptocurrency are creating social networks, storing online content and hosting websites without any central authority.
Why Is Big Tech Policing Speech? Because the Government Isn’t
Deplatforming President Trump showed that the First Amendment is broken — but not in the way his supporters think.
EU urges US to draft joint rule book to rein in tech giants
The European Union called Tuesday on U.S. President Joe Biden to help draw up a common rule book to rein in the power of big tech companies like Facebook and Twitter and combat the spread of fake news that is eating away at Western democracies.
“Twitter and the Other Platforms Are Bad, Facebook Is Worse”
Star economist Nouriel Roubini believes that President-elect Joseph Biden’s first term will be overshadowed by civil unrest at home and cyberattacks from abroad. He believes social media platforms must be more strictly regulated.
Inside Twitter’s Decision to Cut Off Trump
Jack Dorsey, the chief executive, had reservations about locking the president’s account. But the calls for violence that his tweets provoked were too overwhelming.
Trump ban by social media companies came after years of accommodation for world leaders who pushed the line
When Facebook and Twitter cracked down on President Trump in the wake of the riot that breached the U.S. Capitol last week, the world took notice.
Twitter ban reveals that tech companies held keys to Trump’s power all alonga New Post
During President Trump’s first impeachment, in December 2019, he tweeted more than 600 times — an average of 58 times a day. One of the last said, “Can you believe that I will be impeached today by the Radical Left, Do Nothing Democrats, AND I DID NOTHING WRONG!”