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Trump to be blocked from posting on Facebook, Instagram

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump. /Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump will not be able to post anything on Facebook and Instagram, at least for the remainder of his term in office

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Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts blocked 'indefinitely'

Facebook and Instagram founder Mark Zuckerberg said the risks of keeping the accounts open are "too great".

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Twitter will reinstate Trump’s account following his deletion of tweets

A Twitter spokesperson has confirmed with TechCrunch this morning that Trump has deleted three tweets that led to the temporarily suspension of this account last night.Twitter locked the account pend

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Mark Zuckerberg announces Trump banned from Facebook and Instagram for ‘at least the next two weeks’

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced via his platform that Donald Trump will be blocked from using both Facebook and Instagram “for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transiti

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Social media allowed a shocked nation to watch a coup attempt in real time

Today’s historic and terrifying coup attempt by pro-Trump extremists in Washington, D.C. played out live the same way it was fomented — on social media. Once again Twitter, streaming sites, and

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Tech leaders speak out about platforms’ roles in US Capitol riots

After pro-Trump extremists violently stormed the U.S. Capitol, a number of tech executives and industry leaders are calling on Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to more aggressi

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Jack Ma’s absence from public eye sparks Twitter discussions

The world’s attention is on Jack Ma’s whereabouts after reports noted the billionaire founder of Alibaba and Ant Group had been absent from public view since late October.On October 24, M

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What a Facebook Photos product manager thinks about antitrust

Leading up to Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram, I was the product manager in charge of Facebook Photos. Mark Zuckerberg had bought my previous company, Divvyshot, one of the first iOS photo-sharing

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Google faces a reckoning over its dominance

The Google logo is displayed through a magnifying glass on the screen of a computer. /VCG In what is seen as the biggest antitrust battle in decades, a coalition of more than 30 states in the

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Facebook launches revamped Instagram Lite app in India

Facebook is working to bring back the Instagram Lite app, months after it shut down the light version offering worldwide.The social conglomerate said on Wednesday that it is testing the revamped Inst

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MIT professor wants to overhaul ‘The Hype Machine’ that powers social media

More than 3.6 billion people use social media, and its runaway success has left the industry at a crossroads. There are now heated debates in Washington and Brussels over the future of antitrust regul

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U.S. government, 46 states sue Facebook

In this photo illustration a Facebook logo is seen displayed on a smartphone./Getty Images The United States Federal Trade Commission is taking Facebook to court in a case that could permanent

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Facebook 'abuse of power' lawsuits call for it to sell off WhatsApp and Instagram

Facebook is facing two separate lawsuits in the US which accuse it of abusing its power and demand that it sells off WhatsApp and Instagram.The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a coalition of US

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YouTube declares war on US election misinformation… a month late

As Twitter and Facebook scrambled to institute new policies for the 2020 election, YouTube was… mostly quiet. The platform didn’t make any flashy announcements about a crackdown on electio

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UK has not ordered 'backdoor access' to WhatsApp messages

Facebook's plans to provide end-to-end encryption for its social network have prompted concerns from law enforcement.

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Mark Zuckerberg threatened to end Facebook’s UK investment in private 2018 meeting with digital chief, warning over “anti-tech” tone

Round of applause for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism — which fought for two years to obtain details of a closed door meeting between Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg

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Zuckerberg 'threatened to pull UK investment amid regulation row'

Previously secret minutes reveal what was said during a discussion between Matt Hancock and Mark Zuckerberg in 2018.