Twitter-rival Parler removed from tech firm’s platforms
Social media platform Parler has been shut out of Amazon, Apple and Google over ‘threats of violence’, following the deadly attacks on Capitol Hill after a Trump rally last week.
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Facebook and Twitter remove Trump video about Capitol riots
Facebook and Twitter have removed posts from President Donald Trump addressing his supporters who stormed the Capitol Building, followsing widespread condemnation of the platforms’ lack of action in the lead up to the violence in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
Zoom sales quadruple again (but stock falls)
Zoom has seen its third quarter sales grow four-fold as working from home fuels a sharp rise in video conferencing.
Lords committee: Fix “dysfunctional” online ads market, make platforms pay to use news
Ministers should lead a new plan to fund journalism to support innovation and pluralism in an industry facing “an existential threat” a House of Lords committee has said.
In conversation with Peter Sunde: the man who went to prison for his company
Would you go to prison for a company that you didn’t earn money from? Well, Peter Sunde did just that. As part of the Web Masters podcast series, the founder of Pirate Bay talks about his controversial past.
TikTok and Whatsapp privacy policies ‘among hardest to understand’
Nearly one in ten (87% ) of people accept privacy policies without reading them, which can take over 47 minutes to read fully and are full of jargon, according to new research.
UK plans to ban all online junk food advertising to tackle obesity
A six week consultation led by the Department of Health and Social Care will try and understand the impact of introducing the total ban, which aims to tackle the country’s growing obesity crisis. However, the plans were labelled ‘insane’ by one think tank, who warned warned foods such as avocados, Marmite, mustard and hummus could … [Read more…]
UK trade associations unite to urge ‘pragmatic’ EU deal
The DMA has joined the CBI (and 70 other trade associations) in a call for a pragmatic approach to securing an agreement with the EU.
Facebook and Twitter clamp down on ‘potentially harmful’ Trump posts
Trump’s social media posts about coronavirus have been flagged by both Facebook and Twitter for spreading ‘potentially harmful information’.
UK contact tracing app: Will only 2 in 5 Brits download it?
The majority of UK mobile users are unlikely to download the UKs contact track and tracing app, despite the government urging them to do so to help halt the spread of the Coronavirus, according to a survey.