Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey steps down as chief executive
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is stepping down as chief executive of the company. He will be replaced by the current chief technical officer, Parag Agrawal,...
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Facebook changes its name to Meta in major rebrand
Facebook has changed its corporate name to Meta as part of a major rebrand. The company said it would better “encompass” what it does, as...
Facebook told to stop tracking in Belgium
Facebook has been ordered to stop tracking people without consent, by a court in Belgium. The company has been told to delete all the data...
Facebook steps up facial recognition use
Facebook users will be notified every time their face is uploaded to the platform, even if it is not tagged. The new facial recognition feature...
Facebook algorithms ‘will identify terrorists’
By BBC Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has outlined a plan to let artificial intelligence (AI) software review content posted on the social network. In a...
Twitter u-turn on new abuse tool
By BBC Technology Twitter has reversed one of the changes it made to tackle bullying on the platform, just two hours after rolling it out....
Twitter CEO calls company ‘people’s news network’
By Reuters/Evelyne Wareh Twitter Inc Chief Executive Jack Dorsey defined one of the company’s missions as being the “people’s news network,” according to an internal...
Facebook apologises for baby hedgehog Marketplace ads
By BBC/Evelyne Wareh Baby hedgehogs, illegal drugs and guns were listed for sale on the new Marketplace section of Facebook’s app on its first day...
LinkedIn denies gender bias claim over site search
By BBC/Evelyne Wareh LinkedIn has denied that its search algorithm has been biased towards suggesting male versions of female names in searches on its website....
‘vTime,’ the first social network for virtual reality
By Yahoo News There’s a new social network in town, and this one brings you closer to your friends than ever. vTime, the first virtual...