A database containing the phone numbers of more than half a billion Facebook users is being freely traded online, and Facebook is trying to pin the blame on everyone but themselves. [Read More]

Shares in ByteDance, the parent company behind call-to-action video creation app TikTok, are trading at a company valuation of more than $ 250 billion on the secondary market. [Read More]

Body-editing apps advertised on social media platforms TikTok and Instagram are “triggering” young people with eating disorders, campaigners fear. [Read More]

Alphabet Inc’s YouTube is rolling out a short-form video-streaming service on its platform in the United States as it looks to better compete with rival TikTok in the hugely popular category. [Read More]

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday announced that the company will no longer recommend civic and political groups to its users. [Read More]

Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Friday it would block its search engine in Australia if the government proceeds with a new code that would force it and Facebook Inc to pay media companies for the right to use their content. [Read More]

The union will be open to all Alphabet employees and contractors [Read More]

Google has suffered a worldwide outage, with failures reported across the company’s services, including Gmail, Google Calendar and YouTube. [Read More]

YouTube has barred One America News Network from posting new videos for a week and stripped it of its ability to make money off existing content after the Trump-friendly channel uploaded a video promoting a phony cure for COVID-19, YouTube spokesperson Ivy Choi tells Axios. [Read More]

YouTube just changed its rules on video monetization, and YouTube creators aren’t happy. Essentially, Google will now show ads on all videos, even if their creators don’t want ads. [Read More]

In a Tuesday blog post, TikTok has announced a plan to remove hateful posts on the video-based social media platform. [Read More]

The Statue of Jesus in Poland Provides internet to Nearby Villages. [Read More]

Facebook’s algorithm “actively promotes” Holocaust denial content according to an analysis that will increase pressure on the social media giant to remove antisemitic content relating to the Nazi genocide. [Read More]

Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Tuesday it removed 7 million posts in the second quarter for sharing false information about the novel coronavirus, including content that promoted fake preventative measures and exaggerated cures. [Read More]

Facebook has deleted a large group dedicated to sharing and discussing QAnon conspiracy theories. [Read More]

How long will it take to crack your password. [Read More]

Google says it has deleted more than 2,500 YouTube channels tied to China as part of its effort to weed out disinformation on the videosharing platform. [Read More]

Google employees don't have to head back to the office until next summer ... or maybe even later.The company told workers on Monday that they can work from home until July 2021. [Read More]

TikTok parent company ByteDance Ltd. is expecting to lose an absurd amount of money as a result of being banned in India.A recent report from Caixin (via The Economic Times) claims that the firm expects to lose a staggering $6 billion dollars as a direct result of the India ban. [Read More]

Free internet access is being offered for six months to help some disadvantaged youngsters study online. [Read More]

Twitter is testing a new feature that will recommend reading an article before sharing it, according to the company. [Read More]

Facebook said Tuesday that it had shut down pages and accounts associated with what it said was a hate group, whose members were discussing bringing weapons to the protests that are happening across the country. [Read More]

YouTube will ban any content containing medical advice that contradicts World Health Organisation (WHO) coronavirus recommendations, according to CEO Susan Wokcicki. [Read More]

It’s easy to get distracted by the urge to hit ‘share’. But most of us wouldn’t, if we gave it a moment’s thought.Before we set out to convince others to believe what we believe, it might be worth pausing for a minute, to decide if we truly believe it ourselves.A quick guide to spot fake news and stop it from spreading. [Read More]