Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. Private messaging apps are having a moment after Twitter and Facebook cracked down on violence and conspiracy theories in response to the Capitol riots. Private messaging services Signal and Telegram were the No. 1 and […]
Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. Although Europe’s tough General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been in place for nearly three years now, it was only a few weeks ago that its main enforcer for most big U.S. tech firms—the Irish […]
Enlarge / Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg speaks during a Facebook Community Boost event at the Knight Center on December 18, 2018, in Miami, Florida. (credit: Joe Raedle | Getty Images) Facebook executive leaders promise they are doing everything they can to prevent the platform from being a tool for an anticipated new wave […]
Who could have predicted this four years ago?! Sigh. We all know by now President Donald Trump’s phone is basically just a useless brick after getting banned from almost all major social media sites following his incitements of last week’s riots at the US Capitol. Now, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook, is […]
Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. Trump supporters are flocking to social media sites MeWe, Gab, and Rumble amid a crackdown by Big Tech on violent posts. Gab, a service that claims to champion free speech, said it added 600,000 new […]
Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. Twitter’s share price fell by as much as 8% in pre-market trading Monday morning, following the company’s Friday decision to permanently suspend U.S. President Donald Trump’s account. Although the affected account (@realDonaldTrump) was the president’s […]
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have HAD IT with social media… And in light of all the crazy stuff that’s gone on online in the last couple years — and, well, the last couple days — can we really blame them? Related: Master Archie Seriously Has The MOST Precious Laugh! So Great! A new report published […]
Enlarge / Ajit Pai backs slowly away from President Trump. (credit: Aurich Lawson / Photo by Gage Skidmore) Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said he is dropping his plan to help President Trump impose a crackdown on social-media platforms and offered mild criticism of Trump’s incitement of a mob that stormed the US Capitol […]
This is the web version of Data Sheet, a daily newsletter on the business of tech. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox. The shock waves from Wednesday’s attack on the U.S. Capitol continue to reverberate. And as Danielle explored in yesterday’s newsletter, the crisis is roiling social and online media, where the […]
Tesla now commands a bigger market valuation than social-media giant Facebook, with the latest jolt to the electric-vehicle maker’s share price coming from the capitulation of a long-time Wall Street bear on Thursday. Elon Musk-led Tesla has been on a stunning run over the past year, recording a 743% gain in its stock in 2020 […]