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Twitter, Facebook CEOs defend election actions, promise more

By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer
Nov 17, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The CEOs of Twitter and Facebook on Tuesday defended their safeguards against disinformation in the presidential election, and promised Congress they would ...
Justice Department files landmark antitrust case against Google

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MARCY GORDON Associated Press
Oct 20, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Justice Department on Tuesday sued Google for antitrust violations, alleging that it abused its dominance in online search and advertising to stifle com...
Inside the 'Malarkey Factory,' Biden's online war room

Matt Viser The Washington Post
Oct 19, 2020 1:00 am - Joe Biden's campaign has quietly built a multimillion-dollar operation over the past two months that's largely designed to combat misinformation online, aiming to rebut ...
87% of websites are tracking you. This new tool will let you run a creepiness check.

Geoffrey A. Fowler The Washington Post
Oct 03, 2020 6:22 am - How bad has privacy become on the World Wide Web? Really bad, a new audit shows. At least 87% of the world's most-popular web domains engage in some form of digital trac...
Facebook tightens political ad bans as US election nears

Associated Press
Oct 01, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - With just over a month to go before Americans head en masse to the polls in an extraordinarily contentious election, Facebook is expanding restrictions on p...
Celebs join Instagram 'freeze' to protest Facebook inaction

BY KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer
Sep 16, 2020 1:00 am - LONDON - Kim Kardashian West, Katy Perry, Leonardo DiCaprio and other celebrities are taking part in a 24-hour Instagram "freeze" on Wednesday to protest against what th...
Geneva's Shakespeare in the Park goes virtual with 'Much Ado About Nothing'

Submitted by the Geneva Cultural Arts Commission
Jul 17, 2020 6:00 am - Picnicking at the annual Shakespeare in the Park event won't be possible this year due to COVID-19 restrictions; however, fans can get their fix via a YouTube performanc...
Pompeo says the U.S. is 'certainly looking at' banning TikTok and other Chinese apps

By Timothy Bella The Washington Post
Jul 07, 2020 1:00 am - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said late Monday that the United States is considering banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok, one of the world's most popula...
Constable: Dad, family bring joy with daily duo photos

By Burt Constable
Jun 20, 2020 1:00 am - Fathers are famous for telling corny “dad jokes.” Ben Burke of Cary takes that humor to a new level, building a growing fan base for a running daily photo gag that start...
Twitter obscures, warns on Trump tweet 'glorifying violence'

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MATT O'BRIEN AP Technology Writers
May 29, 2020 1:00 am - Twitter escalated tensions with President Donald Trump on Friday, adding a warning to one of his tweets for the first time and saying he violated the platform's rules by...

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