Fahad HSep 6, 20184 min readFacebook, Twitter grilled by Senate committee; Dorsey says company may label botsvia C-SPAN Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Wednesday appeared before a Senate committee to face questions...
Fahad HJul 24, 20182 min readTwitter tightens access to API platform & restricts number of daily actions an app can performTwitter is following through on its commitment to improve the health of its platform. Tuesday, the company announced that all new...
Fahad HJun 28, 20182 min readTwitter’s new Ad Transparency Center shows all ads shown in past 7 daysrvlsoft / Shutterstock.com In anticipation of the upcoming midterm elections, Twitter is rolling out phase two of its efforts to bring...
Fahad HJun 27, 20185 min readTwitter now removing 214% more spammy accounts YoY as it ramps up efforts against bad actorsEarlier this year, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, along with three other executives who head up the company’s product and security teams,...
Fahad HMay 25, 20183 min readTwitter introduces new US election candidate labels & launches its Political Campaigning PolicyTwitter is arming itself against abuse from outside forces in advance of this year’s midterm elections. The site is introducing new...
Fahad HMar 26, 20181 min readSenate Judiciary Committee asks CEOs of Facebook, Google, Twitter to testify on privacyAnd now the hearings. Earlier today, the Senate Judiciary Committee announced that it’s seeking testimony from Facebook, Google and...
Fahad HMar 21, 20181 min readTwitter chief information security officer reportedly exitingTwitter’s chief information security officer is reportedly leaving the company. According to The Verge, sources say Twitter Chief...
Fahad HMar 9, 20183 min readTwitter’s Jack Dorsey says the platform’s intention is to open verification to everyonervlsoft / Shutterstock.com During a 45-minute livestream yesterday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey addressed a number of safety-abuse and...
Fahad HJan 2, 20181 min readSocial networks to face huge fines in Germany for not removing ‘illegal content’ in 24 hAs of yesterday, Germany began to enforce its anti-hate speech and illegal content law (“NetzDG”), originally passed in mid-2017. It...
Fahad HOct 16, 20172 min readTwitter latest to be slammed for deleting Russian fake account dataFacebook, Google and Twitter have all found themselves unwitting players in Russia’s effort to disrupt and influence the 2016 election....
Fahad HOct 13, 20151 min readTwitter CEO Jack Dorsey Confirms Company Will Lay Off 336 EmployeesEight days after being named Twitter’s permanent CEO, Jack Dorsey confirmed a report from Re/code last week that the company would be...
Fahad HFeb 27, 20151 min readTwitter Triples The Size Of The Abuse Support Team & Adds Doxing ReportsEarlier this month, an internal email leaked where Dick Costolo, Twitter’s CEO, stated “We suck at dealing with abuse and trolls.” It...
Fahad HSep 26, 20142 min readRussia Moves To Censor Google, Facebook, TwitterUnder Vladimir Putin Russia has taken many steps backward toward its repressive, Cold War past. It’s apparently taking another by...
Fahad HSep 4, 20143 min readPhoto-Sharing Service Twitpic To Close Rather Than Fight Twitter Over TrademarkLong before Twitter allowed you to share pictures natively through its own Twitter pictures service, there was Twitpic. It was even one...
Fahad HFeb 14, 20144 min readRebel With A Twitter Cause: CMG Sues Twitter For Ownership Of @JamesDean AccountCMG, a firm that manages the commercial real estate of deceased celebrities, is suing the social media site along with five John Does,...
Fahad HJul 31, 20131 min readTwitter’s Latest Transparency Report Details Increases In DMCA, Removal & Information Reqlatest transparency report shows that the company is seeing double-digit increases in data-related requests so far this year from...
Fahad HJun 13, 20132 min readTwitter Loses French Appeal To Avoid Disclosing Hate-Speaker NamesAnti-Semitism is currently on the rise throughout Europe. The Union of Jewish French Students (UEJF) and other human-rights groups sought...
Fahad HJun 4, 20133 min readUK Court Finds Tweet Libelous Because Of Implied MeaningIn what appears to be the first case of its kind, a UK court has found that the implications of a tweet (against the backdrop of its...
Fahad HMay 29, 20131 min readTwitter Reaches Spam Lawsuit Settlement With Tweet Adderfive companies that Twitter sued last year, accusing them of making tools that spread spam across its service. As AllThingsD first...
Fahad HMay 22, 20132 min readTwitter Sued By User Who Wants @SunValley Back, Claims Twitter Acted Like Bully@sunvalley since 2010, Barshack received an email from Twitter last year notifying him that a report had been filed declaring he was...
