Facebook has failed to control hate speech. Will advertiser demands change anything?

Jonathan Greenblatt, the chief executive and national director of the Anti-Defamation League, was not all that optimistic in advance of the online meeting that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO…

U.S. Senate committee approves anti-child porn bill after addressing Google, Facebook encryption concerns

By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously voted to approve a bill aimed at ending the spread of online child sexual abuse material after attempting to…

U.S. senator to change anti-child porn bill over Google, Facebook encryption concerns

By Nandita Bose (Reuters) – U.S. legislation aimed at stopping online child sexual abuse material is likely to be amended to address concerns of platforms like Google and Facebook that…

U.S. senator to change anti-child porn bill over Google, Facebook encryption concerns: draft

By Nandita Bose (Reuters) – U.S. legislation aimed at stopping online child sexual abuse material is likely to be amended to address concerns of platforms like Google and Facebook that…

UK’s competition regulator demands tougher action on Google and Facebook

The Unit would have a “fairness-by-design” policy, too, and the power to separate platforms — Facebook and Instagram, for instance, or Google and YouTube — if it was needed to…

Facebook Boycott Adds to an Already Bleak Year for Advertising

(Bloomberg) — Long before an uproar over online hate speech prompted hundreds of marketers to cut summer social media budgets, 2020 was turning out to be a dismal year for…

DOJ Wants Wide Overhaul of Legal Shield for Facebook, Google

(Bloomberg) — The Justice Department on Wednesday outlined a broad overhaul of legal protections for online platforms such as Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc. if they deliberately promote illegal…

How the CEOs of Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook plan to defend Big Tech today

Ahead of the antitrust hearing that’s due to take place later today, the opening statements from the CEOs of Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook have been published on the House…