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Twitter wanted to be the town square. Now it's also grappling with being a cemetery

Heather Kelly
Dec 7, 2019 6:19 AM - After outrage over a policy to delete inactive accounts, Twitter struggles with how to handle deceased users.
Zuckerberg tries to convince skeptical congress on Libra, privacy

Kurt Wagner and Sarah Frier
Oct 23, 2019 10:53 AM - Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg struggled to convince Congress that the company's plans for a cryptocurrency are wise in light of all the other challenges the company has failed to solve.
Facebook ramps up election security efforts ahead of 2020

By BARBARA ORTUTAY
Oct 21, 2019 2:10 PM - With just over a year left until the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Facebook is stepping up its efforts to ensure it is not used as a tool to interfere in politics and democracies around the world.
PewDiePie, YouTube's biggest star, tried to make peace; his fans rebelled

Abby Ohlheiser
Sep 14, 2019 6:00 AM - PewDiePie, a.k.a. Felix Kjellberg, a.k.a. YouTube's biggest star, celebrated reaching 100 million subscribers by donating $50,000 to the Anti-Defamation League, an organization that has condemned him in the past for making Nazi jokes in his videos. The donation prompted conspiracy theories and angry memes from some of his fans, who claimed the star must have been blackmailed into making it.
Why so many of your favorite YouTube videos are secretly infomercials

Abby Ohlheiser
Aug 31, 2019 6:00 AM - If you don't watch any YouTube videos, all this might seem like a bait and switch. But the lines between ad and content have blurred so much in places like YouTube that the distinction effectively no longer exists.
A viral Instagram hoax dupes A-listers -- and the man overseeing our nuclear arsenal

Hannah Knowles
Aug 22, 2019 11:04 AM - By the time Instagram debunked the hoax, a slew of celebrities had shared the misinformation with their sizable online followings. The long list of those apparently duped includes director Judd Apatow, actress Julia Roberts, actor Rob Lowe, singer Usher and, to some commenters' particular derision, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry.
Republican groups vow to stop buying Twitter ads until McConnell campaign account is unfrozen

By Felicia Sonmez
Aug 8, 2019 1:35 PM - The Republican Senate and House campaign arms, along with the Republican National Committee and President Trump's campaign, said Thursday they were withholding their advertising dollars until the Team Mitch account was restored.
YouTube overhauled its algorithms for kids' content amid FTC talks

Mark Bergen
Aug 3, 2019 6:00 AM - The update immediately alarmed many YouTube creators who already feel that their livelihoods hang at the whims of mysterious algorithms.
FTC to ask about disabling YouTube ads for kids' privacy

By Ben Brody
Jul 8, 2019 12:39 PM - The settlement could resemble the February agreement with the app now known as TikTok, kids' privacy experts said.
Facebook to ban census interference to allay worries

By Naomi Nix
Jul 1, 2019 12:34 PM - Facebook will ban content that misrepresents the 2020 U.S. census to suppress participation by minority communities, the latest step by the social media company to quell criticism from civil rights advocates.

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