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Facebook, Twitter grilled by Senate committee; Dorsey says company may label bots

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via C-SPAN Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Wednesday appeared before a Senate committee to face questions over their companies’ failure to keep bad actors off of their platforms, allegations of bias against conservative content, and what they’re in fact doing to address lawmakers’ concerns. Google, which was also asked to testify, chose not […]

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Twitter tightens access to API platform & restricts number of daily actions an app can perform

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Twitter is following through on its commitment to improve the health of its platform. Tuesday, the company announced that all new requests to access the company’s API platform will be required to apply for a developer account. It is also restricting the default number of apps registered to a single account to 10 and limiting

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Twitter’s new Ad Transparency Center shows all ads shown in past 7 days

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rvlsoft / Shutterstock.com In anticipation of the upcoming midterm elections, Twitter is rolling out phase two of its efforts to bring more transparency around political ad campaigns. Starting today, anyone around the globe will be able to search ads displayed on Twitter within the last seven days via the app’s new Ad Transparency Center. The

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Twitter now removing 214% more spammy accounts YoY as it ramps up efforts against bad actors

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Earlier this year, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, along with three other executives who head up the company’s product and security teams, hosted a 45-minute live Q&A with users. During the livestream, Dorsey said Twitter’s primary goal was improving the health of the platform. According to Twitter’s latest transparency numbers, the work they’ve put toward security

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Twitter introduces new US election candidate labels & launches its Political Campaigning Policy

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Twitter is arming itself against abuse from outside forces in advance of this year’s midterm elections. The site is introducing new labels for US midterm election candidates and is set to launch its Political Campaigning Policy later this summer. The new US midterm election labels will be displayed on a candidate’s Twitter profile page and

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Senate Judiciary Committee asks CEOs of Facebook, Google, Twitter to testify on privacy

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And now the hearings. Earlier today, the Senate Judiciary Committee announced that it’s seeking testimony from Facebook, Google and Twitter executives on data privacy issues, triggered by the Cambridge Analytica data-mining controversy, which, as far as we know, has nothing to do with Google or Twitter. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said this past weekend that

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Twitter chief information security officer reportedly exiting

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Twitter’s chief information security officer is reportedly leaving the company. According to The Verge, sources say Twitter’s Chief Information Security Officer, Michael Coates, announced internally about three weeks ago that he was stepping away from his role, but there was no external announcement. The security head is reportedly leaving to start his own company. It’s

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Twitter’s Jack Dorsey says the platform’s intention is to open verification to everyone

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rvlsoft / Shutterstock.com During a 45-minute livestream yesterday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey addressed a number of safety-abuse and misinformation issues currently plaguing the site. He was joined by three other Twitter executives: David Gasca, head of product health; Vijaya Gadde, head of legal, policy and trust and safety; and Del Harvey, head of trust and

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Social networks to face huge fines in Germany for not removing ‘illegal content’ in 24 hours

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As of yesterday, Germany began to enforce its anti-hate speech and illegal content law (“NetzDG”), originally passed in mid-2017. It targets publishers and social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter, Reddit and YouTube, that have more than 2 million members or users. The law, translated as the Network Enforcement Act, requires “obviously illegal” material to be

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