Us Social Media Networks

After tackling ad blockers, YouTube is now said to be cracking down on users who use virtual private networks (VPNs) to get a cheaper premium subscription, according to claims by users on social media. Several users reported receiving emails from the video-streaming service regarding the cancellation of the premium subscription due to invalid billi...

A US judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms that alleged its Facebook social media business drove a now-defunct photo software application startup out of business in violation of federal antitrust law.

Twitter is not safer under its new owner Elon Musk, says the company’s former head of trust and safety Yoel Roth. Roth who resigned from the social networking website earlier this month has helped steer the social media platform through several watershed decisions including the move to permanently suspend its most famous user, former US President...

Facebook-owner Meta said Thursday it had kicked one of the most influential US anti-vaccination groups off the social media network for spreading Covid-19 misinformation. The Children's Health Defense (CHD), which has been a critic of Covid vaccines, immediately accused Meta of stifling its free speech rights.

Social networking platforms are preparing for the upcoming US midterm elections, but offering few details on plans to protect the election. Facebook and Twitter have announced policies in line with the 2020 election season, which was marred by conspiracies and culminated in the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol. TikTok, like Twitter, will...

US President Joe Biden in Taliban fighter garb or stumbling over his words or bungling efforts to avert war in Ukraine – posts on Donald Trump's new social media network Truth Social have a go-to target.

Clubhouse on Friday announced that it is now allowing people to listen to conversations taking place on the platform without requiring them to download its app or log in. Separately, Clubhouse is bringing an option to let users share sessions they are attending on the app to any social media network or via a messaging app.

Meta Platforms, the owner of social media network Facebook, is behind a $60-million (roughly Rs. 455 crore) deal to acquire the trademark assets of US regional bank Meta Financial Group, spokespeople for the companies said.

US tech giants Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft — collectively dubbed GAFAM — have been accused of not paying enough taxes, stifling competition, stealing media content and threatening democracy by spreading fake news.

Three social media networks massively popular with the youngest users -- TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube -- tried to convince skeptical US lawmakers Tuesday they are safe as worry about Facebook's potential harms spills over to other platforms.

Facebook held back from doing all it could to stop users from being radicalized and US election misinformation from flooding the social network, according to media reports Friday.

Facebook usage has held steady in the United States despite a string of controversies about the leading social network, even as younger users tap into rival platforms such as TikTok, a survey showed.

Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc have suspended Parler from their respective App Store and web hosting service, saying the social networking service that many right-leaning social media users have flocked to has not taken adequate measures to prevent the spread of posts inciting violence.

Facebook said on Monday it is partnering with external researchers to examine the impact of the social media site on society during the 2020 US presidential election.

A top Facebook executive in India has filed a police complaint in New Delhi saying she is receiving death threats following a media report that said she and the US social network company allegedly favoured Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party.

After tackling ad blockers, YouTube is now said to be cracking down on users who use virtual private networks (VPNs) to get a cheaper premium subscription, according to claims by users on social media. Several users reported receiving emails from the video-streaming service regarding the cancellation of the premium subscription due to invalid billi...

A US judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms that alleged its Facebook social media business drove a now-defunct photo software application startup out of business in violation of federal antitrust law.

Twitter is not safer under its new owner Elon Musk, says the company’s former head of trust and safety Yoel Roth. Roth who resigned from the social networking website earlier this month has helped steer the social media platform through several watershed decisions including the move to permanently suspend its most famous user, former US President...

Facebook-owner Meta said Thursday it had kicked one of the most influential US anti-vaccination groups off the social media network for spreading Covid-19 misinformation. The Children's Health Defense (CHD), which has been a critic of Covid vaccines, immediately accused Meta of stifling its free speech rights.

Social networking platforms are preparing for the upcoming US midterm elections, but offering few details on plans to protect the election. Facebook and Twitter have announced policies in line with the 2020 election season, which was marred by conspiracies and culminated in the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol. TikTok, like Twitter, will...

US President Joe Biden in Taliban fighter garb or stumbling over his words or bungling efforts to avert war in Ukraine – posts on Donald Trump's new social media network Truth Social have a go-to target.

Clubhouse on Friday announced that it is now allowing people to listen to conversations taking place on the platform without requiring them to download its app or log in. Separately, Clubhouse is bringing an option to let users share sessions they are attending on the app to any social media network or via a messaging app.

Meta Platforms, the owner of social media network Facebook, is behind a $60-million (roughly Rs. 455 crore) deal to acquire the trademark assets of US regional bank Meta Financial Group, spokespeople for the companies said.

US tech giants Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft — collectively dubbed GAFAM — have been accused of not paying enough taxes, stifling competition, stealing media content and threatening democracy by spreading fake news.

Three social media networks massively popular with the youngest users -- TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube -- tried to convince skeptical US lawmakers Tuesday they are safe as worry about Facebook's potential harms spills over to other platforms.

Facebook held back from doing all it could to stop users from being radicalized and US election misinformation from flooding the social network, according to media reports Friday.

Facebook usage has held steady in the United States despite a string of controversies about the leading social network, even as younger users tap into rival platforms such as TikTok, a survey showed.

Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc have suspended Parler from their respective App Store and web hosting service, saying the social networking service that many right-leaning social media users have flocked to has not taken adequate measures to prevent the spread of posts inciting violence.

Facebook said on Monday it is partnering with external researchers to examine the impact of the social media site on society during the 2020 US presidential election.

A top Facebook executive in India has filed a police complaint in New Delhi saying she is receiving death threats following a media report that said she and the US social network company allegedly favoured Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party.