Instagram announces new safety tools aimed at public figures
Instagram has announced safety feature updates it says will help public figures and other high-profile users better protect themselves from abuse, just days after another Premier League footballer revealed he had been racially abused on the
Meta ordered to sell Giphy as UK competition watchdog confirms decision
The UK’s competition watchdog has reissued an order to Facebook’s parent firm Meta to sell Giphy. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) first ordered the reverse of the 400 million dollar (£353.6 million) acquisition last year
Kanye West buying alternative social media platform Parler
Kanye West has begun the process of buying alternative messaging platform Parler after his Twitter and Instagram accounts were locked. A statement from parent company Parlement Technologies said it has entered into an agreement in principle
An ‘everything app’ and free speech issues: How would Elon Musk’s Twitter work?
Elon Musk’s U-turn to go ahead with his purchase of Twitter is part of his plans to fold the platform into an “everything app”, the billionaire entrepreneur has said. As news broke of his decision to
Report: Musk proposes going ahead with deal to buy Twitter
Trading in shares of Twitter were halted after the stock spiked on reports that Elon Musk would proceed with his 44 billion US dollar (£38 billion) deal to buy the company after months of legal battles.
Facebook parent company disables Russian propaganda network targeting Europe
A sprawling disinformation network originating in Russia sought to use hundreds of fake social media accounts and dozens of sham news websites to spread Kremlin talking points about the invasion of Ukraine, Meta has revealed. The
