Tag: social media
Snap’s first diversity report shows an overwhelmingly white workforce
Snap finally released its Citizen Snap Report, outlining the company’s diversity, community and environmental efforts over the past year and, wow, it’s easy to see why they decided to drop this information while everybody was paying attention to the… Source
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Trump administration petitions FCC to reinterpret Section 230 rules
Back in May, the President signed an executive order — after Twitter fact-checked him — proposing to limit the protections social media platforms enjoy under Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act. Now, the administration has taken anothe… Source
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TikTok blocks QAnon hashtags amid larger crackdown
TikTok is joining Facebook and Twitter in cracking down on QAnon posts, at least to a degree. The social network told BBC News that had blocked multiple hashtags related to the unsupported conspiracy theory, including “QAnon” itself and related items… Source
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Twitter confirms one elected official had DMs accessed in hack
Twitter has finally confirmed what many have suspected: that the hackers behind the crypto scam that targeted dozens of high-profile accounts did indeed gain access to at least some of their victims’ inboxes. “We believe that for up to 36 of the 130… Source
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Twitter bans thousands of QAnon accounts
Twitter is banning thousands of accounts associated with the QAnon and taking aggressive new steps to limit the spread of the conspiracy theory on its platform. The company has already banned 7,000 accounts associated with conspiracy theory, and has… Source
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Snap’s coronavirus bump was short lived
Snapchat continues to grow even as the coronavirus pandemic batters the ad industry. The company reported its second-quarter results Tuesday, marking the first full quarter since the coronavirus pandemic kicked into high gear and upended advertising… Source
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