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Now playing Next The Cube Trump loyalists 'driven deeper into internet' after social media bans Twitter and Facebook have both frozen Donald Trump out, while Amazon, Google, and Apple cut access to right-wing app Parler. 11/01/2021
Now playing Next The Cube Donald Trump's bans from social media fire freedom of speech debate "This precedent will be exploited by the enemies of freedom of speech around the world," said Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. 11/01/2021
Now playing Next world news Trump suspended from Twitter for 'incitement of violence' Twitter has highlighted two posts by the incumbent president for the permanent move saying they were in violation of the platform's Glorification of Violence Policy. 09/01/2021
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Now playing Next world news Twitter to remove COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy theories "Starting next week, we will prioritise the removal of the most harmful misleading information, and during the coming weeks begin to label Tweets that contain potentially misleading information about the vaccine," the company said in a blog post. 17/12/2020
Now playing Next Ireland Ireland's data regulator fines Twitter €450,000 over GDPR breaches Ireland's data regulator fines Twitter €450,000 in first sanction against US firm under GDPR 15/12/2020
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Now playing Next world news ‘Informational chaos’: Proposals made to regulate social media "Lies laced with anger and hate spread faster and further than the boring facts of news," says the Forum on Information & Democracy, which has laid out 250 ways social media companies can be regulated to tackle a growing threat to democracy. 12/11/2020
Now playing Next Green News What does the internet think of Biden’s plan to tackle climate change? Celebrities, world leaders and activists were quick to share what they thought about the new President-Elect. 11/11/2020
Now playing Next Slovenia Slovenian PM congratulates Donald Trump despite no election result Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša has said that it is "pretty clear" Donald Trump has won the United Presidential election, even though no result has been declared. 04/11/2020
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Now playing Next The Cube CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter grilled on content moderation The leaders of US tech giants faced strong criticism from US senators on Wednesday over the way they moderate content on their platforms. 28/10/2020
Now playing Next The Cube Twitter's temporary tweak of retweet function causes confusion Twitter has changed the way you retweet in the lead-up to #USElection2020. But some people have been confused about the change. 22/10/2020
Now playing Next The Cube Explained: Social networks face backlash over misinformation methods The decision by Facebook and Twitter to restrict a controversial article by the New York Post on Joe Biden has opened a wider debate about how social media companies tackle misinformation. Twitter has since reversed a decision to block access to the article. 16/10/2020
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Now playing Next The Cube Twitter suspends Hungarian pro-government media account Twitter confirmed the action to Euronews. Earlier this week, a Hungarian government account was restored after being suspended in error. 02/10/2020
Now playing Next World EU's Barnier and UK's Frost take Brexit frustrations onto Twitter Michel Barnier and his British counterpart David Frost took their Brexit frustrations onto Twitter with a very public argument about food imports. 14/09/2020
Now playing Next The Cube How to have a conversation with a coronavirus conspiracy theorist You may have family or friends who believe in unfounded coronavirus conspiracies. So how can you engage in a conversation with them? 02/09/2020
Now playing Next USA Network linked to Russian 'troll factory' removed by Facebook A small network of accounts and pages linked to a Russian “troll factory” has been removed by Facebook, the company said, in a sign of ongoing Russian efforts to disrupt the upcoming US election and sow discord in the country. 01/09/2020