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The Twitter sackings begin as offices close for the day
Twitter temporarily closed its offices Friday after telling employees they would be informed by email later in the day about whether they are being laid off. Read more…
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Social media as we know it is about to be disrupted big-time
Meta’s ad revenues are down. Elon Musk bought Twitter. TikTok’s political situation is shaky. Is the social media status quo about to shift? Probably. Read more…
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New Vietnam rules to limit who can post news on social media
Vietnam prepares new rules to limit which social media accounts can post news-related content to establish a legal basis for controlling news dissemination. Read more…
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Twitter is making big money from China despite ban
Twitter is banned in China, yet local authorities are splurging on global advertising on the site, making China Twitter’s fastest-growing overseas ad market. Read more…
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Australia tells Big Tech to share child abuse content plans
A regulatory body in Australia orders Meta, Apple and Microsoft to share strategies for stamping out child abuse material on their platforms or face fines. Read more…
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Twitter allegedly forced by India to hire one of its agents
Former Twitter security chief Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko alleges that the Indian government forced Twitter to put a government agent on the payroll. Read more…
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Bank giants slapped with big fines for WhatsApp usage
JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America and others collectively face more than $1 billion in regulatory fines for using unapproved messaging tools including WhatsApp. Read more…
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Vietnam orders internet user data to be stored onshore
User data of social media companies and telcos in Vietnam will have to be stored onshore in a move seen as a government measure to tighten cybersecurity rules. Read more…
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Google cleared of defamation by Australia’s High Court
Australia’s highest court has overturned a ruling that had found Google engaged in defamation by supplying a link to a contested newspaper article. Read more…
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Google skeptical of Indian content self-regulation proposal
Google has grave reservations about developing a self-regulatory body for the social media sector in India to hear user complaints. Read more…
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Twitter asks Indian court to reverse some content removal orders
Twitter asks an Indian court to overturn government orders to remove content in a legal challenge which alleges abuse of power by officials. Read more…
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Big Tech must crack down on deepfakes or face big fines under EU code
Tech companies will have to take measures to counter deepfakes on their platforms or risk hefty fines under an updated EU code of practice. Read more…
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India reissues rules for social media firms, citing constitutional violations
India says its new rules on social media companies are necessary because the companies have violated Indians’ constitutional rights. Read more…
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Twitter’s legal team says Musk violated NDA as deal drama continues
Elon Musk says Twitter’s legal team accused him of violating an NDA by revealing the sample size for its checks on automated users. Read more…
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Philippines sees fastest election results ever despite voting machine bugs
Despite a record number of malfunctioning machines, the Philippines reported the fastest transmission of election results in its history. Read more…
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Didi and Lenovo founders disappear from Chinese social media
Didi president Jean Liu and her father, Lenovo founder Liu Chuanzhi, are the latest Chinese tech leaders to retreat from the spotlight. Read more…
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Musk says commercial and governments might have to pay to use Twitter
Elon Musk says Twitter might charge a “slight” fee for commercial and government users, part of his push to grow revenue Read more…
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Twitter chief Agrawal faces wrath of employees fearing mass exodus
Employees demand answers from Twitter chief Parag Agrawal on how managers planned to handle an anticipated mass exodus prompted by Elon Musk. Read more…
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WeChat and Weibo to reveal user locations for public posts
WeChat says it will start revealing the location of users when they post on a public account, a day after Weibo does the same. Read more…
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Social media disinformation under scrutiny ahead of Philippine elections
Social media platforms are being increasingly scrutinized in the lead-up to the Philippine elections following several controversies that have raised the spectre of disinformation and its impact on the outcome. Recently, Facebook took down the Read more…