Facebook, TikTok harden EU commitment to tackle disinformation — but not X
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - Digital titans including Facebook and TikTok formally pledged to ramp up the fight against disinformation in ...
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Meta mulling incorporation shift to Texas: report
San Francisco (AFP) - Meta is considering whether to move its incorporation to Texas, a US state seen as amenable ...
Meta agrees to pay Trump $25 mn to settle account ban lawsuit
Washington (AFP) - Meta has agreed to pay President Donald Trump $25 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit he filed ...
Meta posts big profit, aims to take AI lead
San Francisco (AFP) - Social media giant Meta on Wednesday reported surging profits and revenue for 2024, announcing ambitious plans ...
Who might buy TikTok in the US?
San Francisco (AFP) - As the clock ticks down on TikTok's 75-day reprieve from divesting from its Chinese owners or ...
Instagram courts TikTok stars during turbulent times
San Francisco (AFP) - Meta-owned Instagram has been wooing creators from TikTok as the China-based video-snippet sharing app's future remains ...
Musk, Wikipedia founder in row over how to describe ‘Nazi salute’
Washington (AFP) - The gesture was controversial enough, but now come the sub-controversies: Elon Musk is trolling Wikipedia and encouraging ...
End social media anonymity to fight fakes, crime: Spain PM
Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday proposed ending anonymity for social media users and forcing ...
EU’s legal weapon facing the heat from US big tech
Brussels (AFP) - For tech billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, the EU's digital rules are a tool of censorship. ...
X and Facebook toughen EU pledge to combat hate speech
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - Social media giants including X and Facebook have agreed to step up efforts to tackle hate ...
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