July 7, 2021
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Former President Donald Trump has filed suit against three of the country's biggest tech companies, claiming he and other conservatives have been wrongfully censored.
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June 29, 2021
Comments Off on Judge dismisses antitrust lawsuits against Facebook
A federal judge dismissed antitrust lawsuits brought against Facebook by the Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of state attorneys general.
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June 23, 2021
Comments Off on House legislation targets Big Tech’s power, could force breakups
A House panel is pushing ahead with legislation that could curb the market power of tech giants and force them to sever their dominant platforms from their other lines of business.
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June 23, 2021
Comments Off on Supreme Court rules in favor of cheerleader suspended over vulgar Snapchat post
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a Pennsylvania public school wrongly suspended a cheerleader over a vulgar social media post.
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June 16, 2021
Comments Off on Keeping an eye and ear on social media trends
Summer 2021 is a great time for marketing organizations to review, renew or revise their somewhat costly (in terms of time and/or dollars) social media strategies. There are almost too many to count emerging social media platforms, so anticipate that ...
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June 4, 2021
Comments Off on Facebook suspends Trump accounts for 2 years
Facebook says it will suspend former President Donald Trump’s accounts for two years after its finding that he stoked violence ahead of the deadly Jan.6 insurrection.
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June 4, 2021
Comments Off on Facebook to end rule exemptions for politicians, reports say
Facebook plans to end a contentious policy championed by CEO Mark Zuckerberg that exempted politicians from certain moderation rules on its site, according to several news reports.
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October 28, 2020
Comments Off on Social media CEOs get earful on bias, warning of new limits
WASHINGTON — With next week’s election looming, the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google were scolded by Republicans at a Senate hearing Wednesday for alleged anti-conservative bias in the companies’ social media platforms and received a warning of coming restrictions ...
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Welcome to Monday, the 46th anniversary of the publication of “All the President’s Men.” Here are some news items to get your week started. — Trump’s claim of being a New Yorker could hurt his defense. — Social media activity ...
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May 13, 2020
Comments Off on Md. high court sets admissibility standard for Facebook ‘unfriending’
Maryland’s top court has unanimously reinstated an attempted armed robbery conviction, saying the trial judge properly allowed the jury to hear damning evidence that the defendant “unfriended” from his Facebook page his alleged accomplice just hours after that person was ...
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