European Union investigating Musk’s X (Twitter) over possible breaches of social media law
The European Union (EU) is looking into whether Elon Musk’s online platform X breached tough new social media regulations in the first such investigation since the rules designed to make online content less toxic took effect.“Today
Meta’s Threads app expands into Europe
Threads, the Meta app designed to take on Elon Musk’s X, is now rolling out in European Union countries for the first time.When the social media app first launched in July, it was only to a
Meta and TikTok explain response to Dublin riots and misinformation
Social media companies have explained their reaction to the Dublin riots that resulted in millions of euro worth of damage to public infrastructure.Tanaiste Micheal Martin said in the aftermath of the riots that he was concerned
Meta begins end-to-end encryption rollout
Meta has begun its rollout of automatic encryption of all Facebook and Messenger chats, the company has announced.Messages and calls protected by end-to-end-encryption (E2EE), which has been an option since 2016, can be read only by
Spotify to axe 1,500 jobs to cut costs
Spotify is to cut almost a fifth of jobs at the music streaming business in a move affecting about 1,500 posts.Bosses at the technology firm said in a note to staff that it will axe 17%
Fake Facebook accounts shut down by Meta were ‘primed to polarise voters’
Someone in China created thousands of fake social media accounts designed to appear to be from Americans and used them to spread polarising political content in an apparent effort to divide the US before next year’s
