Facebook prompts nonbinary, LGBT, trans users to confirm gender selection in New Jersey
TRENTON, NJ . — Facebook is notifying nonbinary and transgender users in certain states, including New Jersey, about new privacy protections for gender identity and asking them to confirm whether they want…
Twitter down for some users in US – Downdetector
(Reuters) – Twitter was down for thousands of users on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. More than 4,500 users in the United States reported issues with accessing the social media…
Twitter to charge users to secure accounts via text message
(Reuters) – Twitter said on Friday it will allow only paid subscribers to use text messages as a two-factor authentication (2FA) method to secure their accounts. After March 20, “only Twitter Blue…
Microsoft-backed OpenAI to let users customize ChatGPT
By Anna Tong SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – OpenAI, the startup behind ChatGPT, on Thursday said it is developing an upgrade to its viral chatbot that users can customize, as it works to…
Twitter says users will be able to appeal account suspension
(Reuters) – Twitter users will be able to appeal account suspensions and be evaluated under the social media platform’s new criteria for reinstatement, starting Feb. 1, the company said on Friday. Under…
Elon Musk plans to restrict policy polls to Twitter Blue users
(Reuters) – Elon Musk said on Monday Twitter Inc will restrict voting on policy-related polls to paying Twitter Blue subscribers, on the same day that users voted decisively in a poll for…
Twitter Users Vote For Elon Musk To Step Down As CEO
Twitter Users Vote For Elon Musk To Step Down As CEO Laurel Duggan on December 19, 2022 Twitter users voted for owner and CEO Elon Musk to step down from his leadership…
Twitter to lose users, revenue to be flat for two years – Insider Intelligence
(Reuters) – Social media platform Twitter Inc will see an exodus of users due to changes being made by new owner and Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk and flat revenue growth for…
Twitter Blue sign ups relaunched for iOS, web users
(Reuters) – Twitter Inc said on Monday it was re-enabling Twitter Blue sign ups for iOS and web users, and replacing the “official” label with a gold checkmark on some business accounts…
China Unicom to delete users’ mobile travel data in COVID-hit areas
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese state-owned telecom giant China Unicom said on Monday it will delete users’ mobile itinerary data previously used to identify travellers in COVID-stricken areas from Dec. 13. The statement…
Twitter to relaunch Twitter Blue at higher price for Apple users
(Reuters) – Twitter Inc will relaunch a revamped version of its subscription service Twitter Blue on Monday at a higher price for Apple users, the company said in a tweet on Saturday.…
Twitter to hike Blue pricing to $11 for iPhone app users -report
(Reuters) -Twitter Inc plans to change the pricing of its Twitter Blue subscription product to $11, from $7.99, if paid for through its iPhone app and to $7 if paid for on…
Elon Musk asks Twitter users to vote on reinstatement of Trump
(Reuters) – Elon Musk posted a poll on Twitter on Friday evening asking users to vote on whether former U.S. President Donald Trump, who was banned from the social media site by…
Musk says Twitter reinstates banned users Griffin, Peterson; no decision on Trump yet
(Reuters) – Twitter has reinstated the accounts of U.S. comedian Kathy Griffin and academic Jordan Peterson, Elon Musk said on Friday, adding that a decision to bring back former U.S. President Donald…
Hackers Bribed Meta Employees To Access Users’ Facebook Accounts: REPORT
Hackers Bribed Meta Employees To Access Users’ Facebook Accounts: REPORT John Hugh DeMastri on November 17, 2022 More than two dozen Meta employees and contractors have faced disciplinary measures, including termination, for…
Brazil’s Buffett-backed StoneCo nearly doubles profits on more users, bigger prices
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s StoneCo nearly doubled its third quarter profit, the payments firm said on Thursday, as it posted earnings that surged past analyst forecasts on the back of higher…
Massachusetts, Google Installed ‘Spyware’ Onto Phones To Track COVID Cases Without Users Knowing, Lawsuit Alleges
Massachusetts, Google Installed ‘Spyware’ Onto Phones To Track COVID Cases Without Users Knowing, Lawsuit Alleges Trevor Schakohl on November 16, 2022 The Massachusetts Public Health Department (DPH) allegedly “worked with” Google to…
Facebook Allegedly Gives The FBI Users’ Info Without Their Consent
Facebook Allegedly Gives The FBI Users’ Info Without Their Consent Trevor Schakohl on November 4, 2022 The FBI allegedly accepts private user information with “a partisan focus” from Facebook without users’ permission,…
Twitter will not reinstate banned users without ‘clear process,’ Musk says
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) – Banned accounts will not be allowed back onto Twitter until the social media platform has “a clear process for doing so,” Elon Musk tweeted in the early…
Musk’s Twitter Wants Users To Cough Up Cash For Blue Checks: REPORT
Musk’s Twitter Wants Users To Cough Up Cash For Blue Checks: REPORT John Hugh DeMastri on October 31, 2022 Twitter is planning to make sweeping changes to its Twitter Blue subscription service,…
WhatsApp outage: some users have connection restored
BENGALURU (Reuters) – Popular messaging app WhatsApp was slowly coming back online by 0900 GMT on Tuesday, with some users in India, Asia and the United Kingdom saying they were able to…
New Survey Finds 36% of TikTok Users Have Visited or Ordered Food From a Restaurant After Seeing That Restaurant on the Platform
Additionally, 65% of TikTok content creators have visited or ordered food from a restaurant after seeing videos posted on TikTok Owings Mills, MD (-) MGH, a full-service marketing and communications agency for…
Parler Exposes Its ‘VIP’ Users’ Emails Hours After Getting Bought By Kanye West
Parler Exposes Its ‘VIP’ Users’ Emails Hours After Getting Bought By Kanye West John Hugh DeMastri on October 17, 2022 Hours after the conservative social media platform Parler announced plans to…
Woolworths says data of online unit’s 2.2 million users breached
(Reuters) – Australia’s Woolworths Group Ltd said on Friday its majority-owned online retailer MyDeal identified that a “compromised user credential” was used to access its systems that exposed data of nearly 2.2…
Hundreds Of Apps Stole Login Credentials From Facebook Users, Meta Says
Hundreds Of Apps Stole Login Credentials From Facebook Users, Meta Says Bronson Winslow on October 7, 2022 Hundreds of apps have stolen numerous Facebook passwords over the last year, according to a…
Hundreds Of Apps Stole Login Credentials From Facebook Users, Meta Says
Hundreds Of Apps Stole Login Credentials From Facebook Users, Meta Says Bronson Winslow on October 7, 2022 Hundreds of apps have stolen numerous Facebook passwords over the last year, according to a…
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