Silicon Valley & Technology Log On USA Internet Outages, Slowdowns Reported from Boston to Washington US internet service provider Verizon reported severed fiber in Brooklyn, but it was unclear if that was at the core of the outages By VOA News Tue, 01/26/2021 - 02:28 PM USA EU Leader Urges US to Join Digital 'Rule Book”' In speech at Davos, Von der Leyen notes the 'dangers of social media' By VOA News Tue, 01/26/2021 - 03:01 PM Silicon Valley & Technology Twitter to Crowdsource Content Policing Called Birdwatch, crowdsourcing tool aims to enlist other Twitter users to vet tweets they think contain misinformation By VOA News Mon, 01/25/2021 - 04:30 PM Silicon Valley & Technology Twitter Bans Suspect Iran Account After Post Threatens Trump Image shows Trump playing golf in the shadow of a giant drone, with ‘Revenge is certain’ written in Farsi By Associated Press Fri, 01/22/2021 - 10:37 PM Silicon Valley & Technology Judge Says Amazon Won’t Have to Restore Parler Web Service Amazon kicked the social media app off its web-hosting service on Jan. 11 By Associated Press Thu, 01/21/2021 - 08:05 PM Silicon Valley & Technology Google Seals Content Payment Deal with French News Publishers Move paves way for individual licensing agreements for French publications, some of which have seen revenues drop with rise of internet and declines in print circulation By Reuters Thu, 01/21/2021 - 07:38 PM US Politics Facebook Oversight Panel to Review Suspension of Trump’s Accounts Facebook indefinitely suspended Trump’s accounts after he was accused of inciting a deadly insurrection on Capitol Hill By VOA News Thu, 01/21/2021 - 04:11 PM Silicon Valley & Technology Twitter Says It Locked Account of China's US Embassy Over Xinjiang-Related Tweet The Chinese Embassy's account has not posted any new tweets since January 9 By Reuters Wed, 01/20/2021 - 10:49 PM USA Official US Government Social Media Accounts Switch to New Administration Trump administration postings on official social media pages will be archived By VOA News Wed, 01/20/2021 - 03:51 PM 00:02:47 Silicon Valley & Technology Palestinian High-Tech Sector Takes Off Palestinians say they can provide digital solutions as COVID-19 encourages more remote employment By Linda Gradstein Tue, 01/19/2021 - 08:57 PM 00:02:00 Silicon Valley & Technology Skirting the Water: An Electric Bike Opens Up New Horizons for Bikers Stop pedaling and you sink By Michelle Quinn Tue, 01/19/2021 - 11:55 AM Europe Turkey Hits Twitter, Pinterest with Advertising Bans New law requires companies to appoint a representative to address content complaints By VOA News Tue, 01/19/2021 - 07:54 AM Silicon Valley & Technology Parler Partially Reappears with Support from Russian-owned Technology Firm Parler vanished from the internet when dropped by Amazon Inc.'s hosting arm and other partners for poor moderation By Reuters Mon, 01/18/2021 - 09:03 PM Europe Should Social Media Platforms Lose Legal Protection? Some European leaders see a third way to reduce fake news, hate speech, disinformation and poisonous personal attacks By Jamie Dettmer Mon, 01/18/2021 - 03:58 PM Europe Europe's Populists Fearful of Social Media Restrictions Citing free speech, some populist leaders on the continent see move blocking President Trump from opinion platforms as a threat to themselves By Jamie Dettmer Thu, 01/14/2021 - 02:27 PM Load More