Instagram is expanding its TikTok competitor known as “Reels” to new markets, following its launch last year in Brazil. Starting today, Instagram is rolling out…
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Twitter hides Trump tweet threatening protesters with ‘serious force’
Twitter took its latest action on content from President Trump Tuesday, again hiding a threat of state violence behind a warning label and appending it…
Antitrust case against Facebook’s ‘super profiling’ back on track after German federal court ruling
A landmark regulatory intervention that seeks to apply structural antitrust remedies to cut big (ad)tech’s rights-hostile surveillance business models down to size has been revived…
Snapchat adds free phone number verification to its list of SDK perks
Snap’s latest developer offering is a tool called Verify that’s aiming to save its mobile-first developers cash on verifying user phone numbers en masse. The…
On illegal hate speech, EU lawmakers eye binding transparency for platforms
It’s more than four years since major tech platforms signed up to a voluntary pan-EU Code of Conduct on illegal hate speech removals. Yesterday the…
Facebook tests Forecast, an app for making predictions about world events, like COVID-19
Forecast, a new project from Facebook’s internal R&D group, NPE Team, is launching today to build a community around predictions. The iOS app will allow…
TikTok joins the EU’s Code of Practice on disinformation
TikTok is the latest platform to sign up the European Union’s Code of Practice on disinformation, agreeing to a set of voluntary steps aimed at…
Germany tightens online hate speech rules to make platforms send reports straight to the feds
While a French online hate speech law has just been derailed by the country’s top constitutional authority on freedom of expression grounds, Germany is beefing…
Daily Crunch: Twitter rolls out audio tweets
Twitter tries to make audio tweets a thing, the U.K. backtracks on its contact-tracing app and Apple’s App Store revenue share is at the center…
Somehow, Twitter does not have a team dedicated to accessibility
Twitter does not have a team dedicated to accessibility, the company confirmed after a developer alluded to the fact. It’s a baffling omission for a…