While resolutely condemning last week’s violence in Washington, D.C., several high-profile European leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, have objected to social media companies like Facebook and Twitter banning the president, suggesting that it violates his right to free speech and arguing that governments, not private companies, should be in charge of regulating Big…
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Instagram announced Tuesday the launch of two new anti-bullying features, one that will hide potentially offensive comments from view and another to expand warning messages to users who repeatedly post comments that are reported by others, the latest move by a social media platform to improve moderation of its user-generated content. KEY FACTS - In a blog post, the social media giant shared…
Facebook will soon allow people on the social media platform to send direct messages to Instagram users and vice versa, the social media giant said in a blog post, signaling the first step in the company’s plan to unify messaging systems across all of its platforms, which also includes WhatsApp. KEY FACTS - Instagram’s inbuilt instant messenger will also be updated to include a few…
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