Social Media
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Instant Opinion: Labour ‘can’t just give up the fight’ on Brexit
In Depth Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Monday 29 June
By The Week Staff Published
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US election 2020: how Facebook is set to ‘curb foreign interference’
In Depth Social media platform will ban foreign political adverts - but won’t silence Donald Trump
By James Ashford Last updated
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EU accuses Russia and China of coronavirus ‘disinformation campaigns’
In Depth Allegation marks first time Brussels has pointed finger at Beijing
By Aaron Drapkin Last updated
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Donald Trump: should social media companies fact check the president?
In Depth Trump has gone to war with Twitter following the site’s push towards flagging false information
By James Ashford Last updated
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Alastair Stewart quits over Twitter ‘errors of judgement’
Speed Read Broadcaster speaks of ‘regret’ after using ‘angry ape’ Shakespeare quote in online row
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Why everyone’s talking about Facebook’s ‘deepfake’ ban
In Depth Social network to remove videos modified by artificial intelligence from its platforms
By James Ashford Last updated
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What everyone has been talking about on Twitter in 2019
In Depth Donald Trump has posted a constant stream of tweets - and provoked a flood of responses
By James Ashford Last updated
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Why Twitter is backtracking on its inactive account purge
In Depth Social media giant had planned to begin the cull in the coming weeks
By The Week Staff Published
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WT:Social - Wikipedia co-founder’s ad-free Facebook rival explained
In Depth New social media network encourages high-quality discourse and content, but can it take on the web’s big guns?
By The Week Staff Published
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Why Facebook is facing racism accusations
In Depth Employees claim the social media giant treats people of colour as if they ‘do not belong’
By Gabriel Power, The Week UK Last updated
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Why the US Army’s use of TikTok is causing concern
In Depth Congress alerts military officials over possibility of Chinese government using social media to harvest personal data of recruits
By Gabriel Power, The Week UK Last updated
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BallerBusters: the Instagram account exposing phoney entrepreneurs
In Depth The page is on the hunt for ‘FlexOffenders’ boasting of invented wealth
By The Week Staff Last updated
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Why Twitter is caught up in a Saudi spying scandal
In Depth Two former employees are accused of working with Riyadh to harvest personal data from critics of the kingdom’s regime
By Gabriel Power, The Week UK Last updated
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Instant Opinion: Working mums will decide this election
Speed Read Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Monday 4 November
By The Week Staff Published
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