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Facebook, TikTok and YouTube ban Russian state media channels

by Samantha Fields
Mar 1, 2022
The bans follow Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Social media platforms have often resisted calls to restrict controversial content.
A van owned by the RT broadcast network in Moscow. Social media platforms have banned content from Russian state-owned media channels, including RT, in Europe.
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Online market Poshmark rides high on IPO day

by Erika Beras
Jan 14, 2021
Lots of people are turning to their stuff to make money during the pandemic.
Poshmark said its users doubled from 2018 to June 2020.
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Facebook case won't be "open and shut," former antitrust attorney says

by David Brancaccio , Daniel Shin , Meredith Garretson and Erika Soderstrom
Dec 10, 2020
Erik Gordon thinks we won't see Facebook broken up and spun off into smaller separate companies.
Erik Gordon says there are other remedies for Facebook besides breaking it up, including making it open up some of its proprietary technology.
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Immunity for social media platforms is challenged

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Sep 24, 2020
The Trump administration and some lawmakers on Capitol Hill want to change the way companies like Facebook handle problematic user posts.
A person looking at tweets from President Trump's account that were flagged by Twitter. The Trump administration is proposing that Congress limit immunity given to internet companies.
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Advertisers wanted nothing to do with Reddit. Now they're coming back.

by Jasmine Garsd
Feb 5, 2020
Reddit's co-founder and CEO reflects on the social media platform as it turns 15.
Reddit co-founder and CEO Steve Huffman speaks during a hearing with House subcommittees in October.
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What if social media treated extremist content like junk mail?

by Molly Wood
Mar 21, 2019
A former Facebook policy worker says platforms have a lot to lose if they don't crack down on misinformation.
An email server shows alerts for spam, or unwanted emails, on a computer screen.
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How social media helped change the way we connect

by Danielle Chiriguayo
Feb 4, 2019
Facebook went live 15 years ago. But how did social media shape the (greater) social network?
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the opening keynote address at the f8 Developer Conference April 21, 2010 in San Francisco, California.
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