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WhatsApp faces first legal challenge in India over privacy
NEW DELHI (REUTERS) – WhatsApp’s updated privacy policy verges on user surveillance and threatens India’s security, a petition filed in an Indian court said on…
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Angst in Senegal After Its ‘Best Student’ Goes Missing in Paris
PARIS — When Diary Sow was crowned Senegal’s best student, after coming in first in national high-school competitions in 2018 and 2019, much of the…
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Social media firms put profit above principle on fake news: Shanmugam
SINGAPORE (REUTERS) – Social media firms are hampered by their commercial interests when tackling fake news, Singapore’s Law Minister said, underlining the need for the…
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Opinion | The Scary Power of the Companies That Finally Shut Trump Up
In the days after Donald Trump whipped up a mob to overrun the Capitol in a desperate attempt to stop the certification of his defeat,…
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Trump protest outside Twitter HQ over ban flops
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – A planned protest outside Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters against the social media platform’s ban of Donald Trump fizzled out on Monday…
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Parler sues Amazon over removal from Web hosting service, alleges political animus
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Parler, a social networking service favoured by many supporters of US President Donald Trump, sued Amazon on Monday (Jan 11), accusing its…
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Opinion | Inside the Battle Between Biden and Facebook
In the days after the election, several senior Biden campaign workers talked with me about their public confrontation with Facebook, the world’s biggest social media…
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Twitter rolling out 'fleets' that will disappear after 24 hours
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Twitter said Tuesday (Nov 17) it was rolling out tweets which disappear after 24 hours, joining rival social platforms in offering…
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How the 2020 election war on bots and trolls differs from 2016
Stock Alert: Varonis Systems Shares Surge 12% In Premarket Shares of Varonis Systems Inc. (VRNS) are surging over 12% in pre-market today, after the company…
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Opinion | The Facebook-Twitter-Trump Wars Are Actually About Something Else
Much of the outrage around the Trump era and social media platforms — like, most recently, the decision by Facebook and Twitter to reduce the reach…
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Building a Perpetual Customer Loyalty Strategy
In the latest WWD produced webinar, “Building a Perpetual Customer Loyalty Strategy,” Craig Harris, industry principal, apparel at Oracle NetSuite, and Imran Kahn, chief executive…
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The Week in Business: A Conspiracy Crackdown
The days are getting shorter, the election is getting closer and retailers are preparing for a truly weird holiday season. Here’s what you need to…
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US judge blocks Commerce Department order to remove WeChat from app stores
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – A US judge early Sunday (Sept 20) blocked the Commerce Department from requiring Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google to remove Chinese-owned…
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