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Front pages of Australian newspapers are displayed featuring stories about Facebook in Sydney, Feb. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
February 19, 2021, 3:38 am
Shockwaves worldwide as Facebook turns off the news for Australia
Analysts say social media giant’s power over users’ news intake threatens online information ecosystem, with one calling move ‘a conspiracist’s fantasy’
By Rob Lever
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks at the the Amazon re:MARS convention in Las Vegas, June 6, 2019. (John Locher/AP/File)
February 3, 2021, 8:39 am
Jeff Bezos to step down as CEO of Amazon, focus on philanthropy instead
Entrepreneur, who over three decades built online retailer from scratch to become one of world’s most valuable companies, will hand over to Andy Jassy, head of firm’s web services
By Rob Lever
In this file photo US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo leaves the White House after visiting with family December 11, 2020, in Washington, DC (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
December 19, 2020, 7:58 am
Pompeo: Russia ‘pretty clearly’ behind massive US cyberattack
Top US envoy says hack was ‘very significant effort’; Microsoft says roughly 80% of affected customers are in US, with victims also in Israel, UAE, Britain, Canada, Mexico, Spain
By Rob Lever
President Donald Trump arrives to speak in the East Room of the White House, early Wednesday, November 4, 2020, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)
November 4, 2020, 8:20 pm
Twitter flags Trump tweets on election fraud as battle spills onto social media
Online platforms limit reach of president’s ‘misleading’ claim of ballot irregularities during vote-counting process
By Rob Lever
Residents show their support for President Donald Trump before a campaign rally appearance by Vice President Mike Pence, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020, in The Villages, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
October 12, 2020, 6:28 am
US election campaigns use new methods to sidestep Cambridge Analytica crackdown
Facebook barred apps which scraped data on users and their contacts after revelations about the now-defunct British consulting group, but that hasn’t deterred many
By Rob Lever
Social media applications of WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and Periscope, September 18, 2015. (HStocks/Istock by Getty Images)
August 7, 2020, 9:32 am
Social media giants take fresh steps to curb US election manipulation
Twitter says it’ll work to curb reach of ‘state-affiliated media’ on platform, while Facebook removes users in Romania posing as American supporters of Trump
By Glenn Chapman and Rob Lever
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks via video conference during the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law hearing on Online Platforms and Market Power in the Rayburn House office Building, July 29, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
July 30, 2020, 2:54 pm
Congress pummels Facebook’s Zuckerberg, other big Tech CEOs at antitrust hearing
Several lawmakers appear intent on revising US laws, which currently give them no role in antitrust enforcement
By Rob Lever and Glenn Chapman
A woman runs to exercise past posters promoting community spirit, erected during the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, in Manchester, northern England on June 2, 2020. (Paul ELLIS / AFP)
June 7, 2020, 5:23 am
US researchers eye tech wearables as virus early warning system
Scientists say they’ve developed app that uses artificial intelligence to forecast the onset of COVID-19 symptoms with over 90% accuracy
By Rob Lever
People cast their votes for US president, November 8, 2016, at Centreville High School, in Centreville, Virginia. (AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards)
September 22, 2019, 8:08 am
Digital threats multiply ahead of 2020 US elections
Next round of elections expected to see more attempts at manipulating voters as well as assaults on aging voting machines, after widespread misinformation on social media in 2016
By Rob Lever
This photo from January 3, 2013, shows Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
June 4, 2019, 8:11 am
US gears up for antitrust battles with Big Tech
Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission carve out investigations of Google, Amazon and Facebook; House Judiciary Committee announces its own probe of digital market
By Rob Lever
A photo from March 22, 2018, shows WhatsApp logos on a screen in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Manan Vatsyayana/AFP)
May 14, 2019, 11:27 pm
WhatsApp patches security flaw after suspected Israeli spyware injection
Facebook subsidiary urges users to download latest version of app; NSO Group reported to have been behind breach
By Rob Lever
US President Donald Trump, right, gets into a heated exchange with CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta, center, during a post-election press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, November 7, 2018. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP)
November 14, 2018, 10:20 pm
Fox and other media friends back CNN over White House access
Trump administration claims ‘broad discretion’ to restrict admission to the president, with lawyers arguing the US leader could choose to never hold another press briefing again
By Rob Lever
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House on August 27, 2018 in Washington,DC (AFP PHOTO / Mandel NGAN)
August 29, 2018, 12:37 am
Trump warns tech giants to be ‘careful,’ steps up claims of ‘bias’
Comments come after US president complains Google, Facebook suppressing conservative voices
By Rob Lever
This photo taken on July 26, 2018, shows the exterior of Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, California. Twitter shares took a pounding Friday as a warning of a shrinking user base overshadowed news of a third straight quarterly profit. ( AFP PHOTO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / JUSTIN SULLIVAN)
July 28, 2018, 12:48 am
Twitter shares plunge more than 20% in black week for social media
Monthly users fall by one million amid purge of fake accounts; woes come a day after Facebook lost an unprecedented $120 billion in market value
By Rob Lever
Facebook co-founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a combined Senate Judiciary and Commerce committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill April 10, 2018 in Washington, DC (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP
July 26, 2018, 11:56 pm
Facebook shares tumble 19% in worst-ever single-day loss for a company
Social network sheds some $100 billion of its value on Wall Street after posting disappointing quarterly earnings
By Rob Lever
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