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Indian politician back on Twitter following controversial post

Rahul Gandhi, leader of India’s largest opposition party is back on Twitter.   After being blocked from the social networking site for sharing a photo of himself with the parents of a girl who was allegedly raped and murdered in New Delhi, Twitter decided to reinstate Gandhi and his political community within their digital sphere.  Gandhi’s tweet — which has been shared around by […]

U.S. Senators bill fixates on Apple’s App Store

U.S. Senate introduced on Wednesday its latest bill directed at tech powerhouses Google and Apple to restrain their app stores’ influence on the market. The “Open App Market Act,” initiated and sponsored by senators Richard Blumenthal, Amy Klobuchar, and Marsha Blackburn would play a restrictive role in some of the largest app marketplaces, which according […]

How Reddit raised its value to $10 billion

After doubling its value in only six months, Reddit, the social networking site often labeled as the front page of the internet, is now worth more than $10 billion after earning $410 million in funding.  The company announced the milestone through an in-depth interview with The New York Times, in which Reddit’s co-founder and CEO Steve Huffman disclosed how the company managed to raise its value in a short […]

China dismisses Canadian protests over cases tied to Huawei

China on Thursday dismissed Canada’s protests of harsh sentences handed down by Chinese courts to Canadians whose cases are seen as linked to the arrest in Vancouver of a top executive at Chinese tech giant Huawei. The Foreign Ministry and the Chinese Embassy in Canada accused Ottawa of making unwarranted, groundless accusations that “grossly interfered […]

Canadian faces spy ruling in China as Huawei decision looms

A Canadian entrepreneur who was charged with spying after his government arrested an executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei faces a possible verdict Wednesday as Beijing steps up pressure on Canada ahead of a court ruling on whether to hand over the executive to face U.S. criminal charges. Michael Spavor and another Canadian were detained […]

China upholds Canadian's death sentence as Huawei case looms

A Chinese court on Tuesday rejected a Canadian drug convict’s appeal of a death sentence in what appeared to be an effort to step up pressure on Canada to release a detained executive of tech giant Huawei. The Canadian government condemned the ruling and appealed to China to grant clemency to Robert Schellenberg. His sentence […]

Facebook rolls out simplified setting page design

Facebook unveiled on Wednesday its redesigned setting page enabling Android, iOS, mobile web, and FB Lite users to find tools in a simplified way.   “Whether it’s managing the ads people see, adjusting sharing settings, or curating an audience for posts, people shouldn’t have to think too hard about where to start,” said Facebook in a blog post.   The Big […]

FTC official raps Facebook for booting political ads probe

A senior Federal Trade Commission official is criticizing Facebook’s move to shut down the personal accounts of two academic researchers and terminate their probe into misinformation spread through political ads on the social network. Facebook wrongly used a 2019 data-privacy settlement with the FTC to justify shutting down the New York University researchers’ accounts this […]

Facebook terminates NYU’s researchers accounts

Facebook suspended on Tuesday New York University research project’s accounts and prevented access to the social networking platform, successfully halting a study involving the platform’s target on political ads. Damian Collins, a British Conservative Party politician, implicated that Facebook is halting research over the Ad Observer tool that could expose the platform’s hidden agenda concerning […]