Republican Representative Joe Barton grilled Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on the shadowbanning of 600,000 Twitter accounts during a hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee today.
During a hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, multiple Democrats referred to Twitter’s practice of shadowbanning as a “conspiracy theory.”
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey admitted that his company’s algorithms “were unfairly filtering 600,000 accounts, including some members of Congress,” from search results based on the type of followers they had.
Facebook Chief Operating Officer (COO) Sheryl Sandberg said her company would present “alternative facts” to combat what she described as “misinformation” spread on Facebook’s digital platform. She offered her remarks during a Wednesday Senate Intelligence Committee hearing ostensibly examining “Russian interference in U.S. elections” in Washington, DC.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will answer questions regarding his company’s transparency and accountability from members on Congress Wednesday afternoon.
Attorney General Jeff Session will meet with various state attorneys general this month to discuss growing concern that social networking giants are “intentionally stifling,” freedom of expression, according to the Department of Justice.
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) questioned Facebook and Twitter over the possibility of user data leaks posing a national security threat at a hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee today.
Social media is sometimes described as a mirror of society. In Wednesdays social media hearings, the answers to questions about social media were largely just mirrors of the questions themselves.
U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) and Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA) condemned Google for refusing to send a senior representative to the committee’s hearing on foreign interference online.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg will testify today on Capitol Hill about foreign influence and the use of social media platforms.
President Donald Trump responded to NBC News anchor Chuck Todd on Tuesday after he urged fellow reporters to start “fighting back” against criticism from conservatives.
Online satire that “disrupts public order” is now punishable with up to five years in prison, the Saudi Arabia public prosecutor said Tuesday, as the kingdom seeks to end dissent questioning its absolute monarchy.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai wrote in a blog post on Tuesday that we need to think “seriously” about whether social media giants need to abide by “new transparency” requirements regarding censorship and privacy.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has released a statement ahead of his testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee tomorrow.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is set to appear before the House Energy and Commerce Committee tomorrow regarding the company’s censorship practices, here’s what you need to know ahead of the hearing.
Facebook is creating a “war room” at the company’s HQ which will be used to counter attempts from foreign governments to influence U.S. elections.
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey are set to appear before the Senate’s Select Committee on Intelligence tomorrow to discuss foreign interference online — the same day that Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh will be questioned by the Senate.
Following the launch of American football kneeler Colin Kaepernick’s Nike advertisement, social media users began to make their own versions mocking the shoe company.
Twitter has said that its overzealous downranking of accounts was the result of errors in their system, just three days before CEO Jack Dorsey is set to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on the subject of social media censorship.
The Wall Street Journal published an article recently outlining the efforts Twitter has made to crack down on “bad actors” on its platform, including the personal involvement of CEO Jack Dorsey in deciding who gets blacklisted.
29 percent of men under 30 have had their political views changed by social media, while 14 percent of Americans overall have been affected by Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and other platforms in the same way, according to Pew Research.
President Donald Trump began Labor Day by bashing union leader Richard Trumka after he criticized the president’s policies over the weekend.
The star of the Marvel series Luke Cage apologized Saturday for posting a tweet appearing to condone a bishop groping singer Ariana Grande during Aretha Franklin’s funeral on Friday.
A White House petition demanding legislation for the First Amendment to be extended to digital public squares has reached 100,000 signatures.
Star Trek actor Wil Wheaton got a bitter taste of his own mob justice this week when he was blacklisted from a social media site.
Investor’s Business Daily charged in an editorial on Thursday that net neutrality advocates unintentionally “made the case” for regulating Google and Facebook.
Social media platform Twitter has released a new set of policies for “issue ads” which include political ads and advertisements that attempt to influence legislation. The company says news publishers that meet “specific criteria” will be able to apply for an “exemption” from the policy.
Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) warned immigration officials Thursday that “When the worm turns you will not be safe.”
President Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign manager Brad Parscale issued a warning to Twitter on Tuesday.
“I’ve made it clear that we as a country cannot tolerate political censorship, blacklisting, and rigged search results,” Trump said, calling out social media companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter.
President Donald Trump mocked CNN and Carl Bernstein Thursday claiming their “credibility is now gone” and there is no “source” for the far-left network’s Trump Tower story, a story that collapsed into a pile of fake news this week.
According to a recent report, more than 1,000 executives and employees from the Silicon Valley Masters of the Universe have donated to a pro-Democrat super PAC since 2015.
Twitter has begun blocking certain conservative accounts from being featured in the platform’s “Twitter Moments” section. Accounts affected include Candace Owens, Parkland survivor Kyle Kashuv, and the official account of Vice President Mike Pence.
Facebook removed a post from the Anne Frank Center about the Holocaust for “violating standards,” and subsequently apologized for the action.
Donald Trump Jr. would “promote” an alternative social network created by Silicon Valley conservatives and encourage his supporters to join it, according to a report.
Twitter faced criticism this week after the social media network started to recommend to users what accounts to unfollow.
Donald Trump Jr. blasted CNN’s Carl Bernstein on Twitter on Thursday for “standing by lies.”
“Little Jeff Z has done a terrible job, his ratings suck, & AT&T should fire him to save credibility!” Trump wrote on Twitter.
“Sloppy Carl Bernstein, a man who lives in the past and thinks like a degenerate fool, making up story after story, is being laughed at all over the country!” Trump wrote on Twitter.
Apart from building the wall, President Trump’s most important act as president so far was his attack on internet censorship this week.
