Category: Twitter

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Social media sites may need to apply age checks under UK anti-porn law

December 15, 2016
Natasha Lomas

 Social media sites such as Twitter face being regulated in the UK under anti-porn proposals, as…

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Twitter reportedly developed, then killed off, a messaging app for emerging markets

December 15, 2016
Jon Russell

 After years of speculation, it appears that Twitter did actually develop a messaging app of its…

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Periscope sunk without Twitter’s wings

December 14, 2016
Josh Constine

 Periscope is slipping beneath the waves. It’s steadily dropped from No. 23 on the overall iOS…

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Twitter now lets you broadcast live video from its mobile apps

December 14, 2016
Sarah Perez

 Twitter users will now be able to broadcast live video directly from their mobile apps, thanks…

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Tech companies should probably come out against a Muslim registry now

December 13, 2016
Taylor Hatmaker

 With the Trump administration looming a hazy, ominous shade of toxic creamsicle orange on the horizon, some…

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Edward Snowden says “the central problem of the future” is control of user data

December 13, 2016
Anthony Ha

 Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey interviewed Edward Snowden today, and the big topic was technology. During the…

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Trump fires a member of his transition team for tweeting fake news

December 6, 2016
Lora Kolodny

 So-called fake news has real consequences, and everyone in the U.S. keeps learning that the hard…

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Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube collaborate to remove ‘terrorist content’ from their services

December 5, 2016
Sarah Perez

 Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube today announced they would cooperate on a plan to help limit the…