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October 30, 2019 at 1:58 pm

Twitter to ban all political ads amid 2020 election uproar

Twitter on Wednesday said it would ban all advertisements about political candidates, elections and hot-button policy issues such as abortion and immigration, a significant shift...

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Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook chief executive, prepares to testify before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times) XNYT19 XNYT19

October 23, 2019 at 8:22 am

Facebook’s Zuckerberg takes broad lashing at congressional hearing

The wide-ranging criticisms came largely from Democrats during a hearing at the House Financial Services Committee, which convened the session to probe Facebook's plan to...

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EDS.: FIFTH IN A SERIES OF FIVE STANDALONE PORTRAITS — Chris Hughes in New York on May 1, 2019. Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook, says the company is so big and powerful that it threatens our democracy. (Damon Winter/The New York Times) XNYT68

October 17, 2019 at 3:48 am

Facebook co-founder and critic Chris Hughes spearheads a $10 million ‘anti-monopoly’ fund

The launch of the new anti-monopoly fund reflects an evolution in Hughes's personal engagement on antitrust roughly five months after he issued his first public...

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October 8, 2019 at 10:42 am

Bipartisan Senate report calls for effort to prevent Russian interference in 2020 election

WASHINGTON - A bipartisan panel of U.S. senators Tuesday called for sweeping action by Congress, the White House and Silicon Valley to ensure social media...

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October 4, 2019 at 9:52 am

Iran tried to hack U.S. presidential campaign, government, journalists, Microsoft says

SEATTLE - An effort believed to be tied to the Iranian government attempted to identify, attack and breach email accounts belonging to a U.S. presidential...

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October 3, 2019 at 11:48 am

U.S., allies ask Facebook not to expand encryption on its services

The United States, Britain and Australia are calling on Facebook to halt its plans to deploy strong encryption across all its messaging apps unless it...

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Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, in Palo Alto, Calif., April 11, 2019. At its annual developer conference, Facebook unveiled a redesign adding new features to promote group-based communications instead of News Feed, where people publicly post a cascade of messages and status updates. The features, when combined, “will end up creating a more trustworthy platform,” Zuckerberg said. (Jessica Chou/The New York Times) XNYT105 XNYT105

September 30, 2019 at 12:24 pm

‘Unconstitutional, unlawful and unsupported’: How Facebook initially tried to fight a multibillion-dollar U.S. fine

Facebook initially mounted an aggressive legal offensive to stave off federal regulators who sought to fine the tech giant for privacy abuses, arguing in newly...

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President Donald Trump speaks at the Hispanic Heritage Month Reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) DCCK203 DCCK203

September 27, 2019 at 2:24 pm

Trump campaign launches anti-impeachment blitz, repeating falsehoods about 4 minority congresswomen

The online offensive offered a window into President Donald Trump's bare-knuckle approach to the coming impeachment battles, as he took the showdown to his favored...

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Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., left, chair of the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee, speaks alongside ranking member, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wisc., during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing with representatives from major tech companies, Tuesday, July 16, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

September 13, 2019 at 5:50 am

House lawmakers ask Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google to turn over trove of records in antitrust probe

WASHINGTON - A congressional antitrust investigation into Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google entered a new phase Friday, after lawmakers called on each of the tech...

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FILE – In this July 30, 2019, file photo, the social media application, Facebook is displayed on Apple’s App Store. Facebook is launching a long-promised tool that lets users block the social network from gathering information about them on outside websites and apps. Facebook said Tuesday, Aug. 20, that it is adding a place where users can see the activity that Facebook tracks outside its service. If they want, they can turn it off. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky) NYBZ225 NYBZ225

August 20, 2019 at 8:26 am

Facebook unveils long-promised tool to limit what data it receives from third-party apps and websites

Facebook will allow users to see the mass of businesses, apps and other groups that collect data about them across the Web and pass it...

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