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May 8, 2018
Facebook has started banning foreign advertisements related to Ireland’s referendum on its Eighth Amendment, the constitutional amendment that bans abortion in the country.
The Irish Times reported that on Tuesday, Facebook issued a statement…
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May 9, 2018
Several digital rights organizations have banded together to urge social media sites to be more transparent. The Electronic Freedom Frontier (EFF), the ACLU Foundation of Northern California, the Center for Democracy and Technology, and other groups…
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May 9, 2018
Following Facebook’s lead, Google announced that it is banning all advertisements relating to the Ireland’s upcoming abortion referendum.
On Tuesday, Facebook decided to ban foreign ads related to Ireland’s Eighth Amendment vote…
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May 10, 2018
Music streaming service Spotify has removed two artists from its official playlists and recommendations in light of the site’s new policy against “Hate Content & Hateful Conduct.”
Billboard reported on Thursday that R. Kelly…
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May 11, 2018
Google released a new plain language version of its Privacy Policy on Friday in order to comply with European privacy laws.
In a blog post, Google’s director of privacy legal EMEA William Malcolm wrote about the site’s “commitment…
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May 14, 2018
Apple CEO Tim Cook used his commencement address at Duke University Sunday to grandstand for an array of liberal causes, including climate change, gun control, immigration, and the #MeToo movement.
Immediately after discussing the challenges of…
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May 15, 2018
A Twitter spokesperson defended Hamas’ ability to maintain a presence on the site, despite Twitter’s rule against supporting and perpetuating violence. According to the spokesperson, the group’s alleged commitment to peace and…
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May 15, 2018
Twitter announced on Tuesday it will institute a new policy to crackdown on how visible allegedly bad tweets are on the site. Users who are believed to be engaging in “troll-like” behavior will be corralled into a “[s]how more…
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May 16, 2018
Facebook revealed there was a 56 percent increase in the number of posts removed for violating the site’s “hate speech” rule.
Facebook’s Community standards Enforcement Preliminary Report showed that between October and…
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May 17, 2018
YouTube has admitted it made a mistake when it briefly took down an advertisement by a Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate advertising his “Deportation Bus Tour.”
As reported by The Hill, Georgia state Sen. Michael Williams…
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