If you haven’t been paying attention to TikTok, you haven’t been paying attention. The short-form video app hailing from Beijing’s ByteDance just had its biggest month ever with the addition
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Facebook pays teens to install VPN that spies on them
Desperate for data on its competitors, Facebook has been secretly paying people to install a “Facebook Research” VPN that lets the company suck in all of a user’s phone and
EFF lawyer joins WhatsApp as privacy policy manager
In an effort to bolster its public credibility in the wake of a very rough year, Facebook is bringing a fierce former critic into the fold. Next month, longtime Electronic
Facebook, Google and Twitter told to do more to fight fake news ahead of European elections
A first batch of monthly progress reports from tech giants and advertising companies on what they’re doing to help fight online disinformation have been published by the European Commission. Platforms
What to do with your iPhone or Android phone before donating it
If your current phone is on its way out, or you have a phone sitting in a drawer somewhere collecting dust, think twice about tossing it away blindly. In addition
Old phone not sparking any joy? Here’s what to do before selling or donating it
With her recent Netflix special and best selling book, tidying guru Marie Kondo is inspiring just about everybody to toss out their old junk and organize their homes (mostly everybody,
Instagram outage forces millions to look directly at the world for nearly half an hour
Photo-sharing app and social network Instagram was briefly taken offline on Monday afternoon, causing nothing of consequence to occur other than a brief respite from one source of the constant
Facebook drafts a proposal describing how its new content review board will work
In November, Facebook announced a new plan that would revamp how the company makes content policy decisions on its social network — it will begin to pass off to an
As Clegg appears in Brussels, Facebook tightens controls on political ads
Facebook continues to feel the heat over its role in how people communicate — and more importantly, miscommunicate — globally, so today in Europe it redoubled its efforts to counter
The facts about Facebook
This is a critical reading of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s article in the WSJ on Thursday, also entitled The Facts About Facebook. Yes Mark, you’re right; Facebook turns 15 next month.
Tinder agrees to settle age discrimination lawsuit
Tinder recently agreed to settle a $23 million class-action age discrimination lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed last April in California, alleged Tinder charged people over 30 years old twice the amount
WhatsApp Business app adds customer service features to its desktop and web apps
A year ago, Facebook-owned WhatsApp officially introduced its standalone app aimed at small business customers. Today, the WhatsApp Business app has grown to reach 5 million business customers, the company
SoundCloud co-founder and chief product officer, Eric Wahlforss, is leaving
SoundCloud’s Eric Wahlforss is stepping away from the music and podcast streaming platform he co-founded after more than a decade at the company, most recently in the chief product officer role.
Twitter testing ‘Original Tweeter’ tag to distinguish who started a thread
Twitter is testing a new tag that will make it easier to parse who started a thread. The new feature, which is starting to pop up for some users, makes
Facebook may proactively close Pages and Groups before they’re in violation of policy
Facebook today announced changes to the way it handles the removal of content from Facebook Pages that’s in violation of the social network’s Community Standards, as well as when the
