[ad_1] Over the weekend, Twitter suspended multiple accounts related to militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah, according to The Wall Street Journal. The move represents a reversal from Twitter’s previous position on the two organizations. In the past, the company had said that it differentiated between the political and military arms of Hamas and Hezbollah, a […]
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Mark Zuckerberg still won’t ban ‘political’ ads from Facebook
[ad_1] He added that, while it may be easier for Facebook to “choose a different path,” it is more important to stand up for free speech and free expression. “We need to be careful about adopting more rules that can restrict what people can say,” he said. “I don’t think it’s right for politicians to […]
Twitter will put a stop to political ads on November 22nd
[ad_1] Twitter has found a way to get around the ethical questions surrounding political ads: like TikTok, it’s getting rid of them entirely. Jack Dorsey has announced that the social network is stopping all political ads outside of non-partisan exceptions (such as voter registration), whether they come from candidates or interest groups. It’ll provide the […]
Twitter vows to introduce new rules against deepfakes
[ad_1] The company says it’s taking this step, since it needs to consider the potential damage deepfakes shared on Twitter can cause. Before it rolls out the new rules, though, it will run a feedback period to give users the chance to help the company refine them before they go live. More and more tech […]
The Google Stadia controller prototypes
[ad_1] An exclusive look at how Google designed its Stadia game controllerStan Horaczek,Popular Science We’ve known for months that Google built its own controller for the upcoming Stadia game streaming service. But Popular Science recently got a behind-the-scenes look at the design process, including a glimpse of the “hundreds” of prototypes for the device. “We […]
Senator Wyden pushes his ‘Mind Your Own Business’ privacy act forward
[ad_1] As The Verge reports, the bill would allow the FTC to set minimum privacy and cybersecurity standards for tech companies, issue fines up to four percent of a company’s annual revenue and make it a crime for senior execs to lie to the agency regarding privacy issues. It would empower state attorneys general to […]
Twitter outlines when it would restrict world leaders’ tweets
[ad_1] Don’t expect harsh action in other cases, though. Twitter reiterated that it would leave violating tweets online (with a notice) if there’s a “clear public interest” to do so. The aim is to create a space for public conversation and information, the company said, and it wants to ensure that people can join in […]
Disney is tweeting everything that’s coming to Disney+
[ad_1] It. Is. Time. From Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to The Mandalorian, check out basically everything coming to #DisneyPlus in the U.S. on November 12. Pre-order in the U.S. at https://t.co/wJig4STf4P today: https://t.co/tlWvp23gLF pic.twitter.com/0q3PTuaDWT — Disney+ (@disneyplus) October 14, 2019 It is impressive just how many titles Disney owns, and it’s worth taking […]
Twitter’s Catalyst-powered Mac app is here
[ad_1] Now that macOS Catalina is available, developers can use Apple’s Mac Catalyst tech to deliver versions of their iPad apps for use on the desktop, and one of the most anticipated releases has been the desktop Twitter app. Originally announced this summer at WWDC 2019, it’s available for free from the App Store so […]
Twitter admits your phone number may have been used for targeting ads
[ad_1] The company maintained that it never shared “personal data” with partners or other outsiders, and that it had resolved the problem as of September 17th. It’s also “taking steps” to ensure this doesn’t happen again. Twitter didn’t know how many people might have been affected, though, and was reporting this primarily to be “transparent” […]