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Through necessity, the pandemic forced us to inhabit spaces online. We carved out territory for ourselves jumping between curated newsfeeds on various platforms to stay on top of the latest in climate news, political unrest, and developments in vaccines. We used Twitter for fast news and gossip, Instagram for social branding and Facebook for messaging, marketplace and news curation. By Nina Culley
Reports show that businesses are becoming reliant on Amazon services due to increasing fees; Google ban political advertising in the Philippines ahead of elections; and WhatsApp banned around 2.07 million accounts in India to prevent harmful behaviour.
“Trump’s ‘Looting and Shooting’ post … was incitement of violence in the clearest sense of the term,” one employee wrote.
A string of investigations into the documents disclosed by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen have reignited concerns about the company's track record protecting users of color, curbing hate speech and defending civil rights across its platforms.
Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and chief executive officer of Twitter Inc., is stepping down from his role at the social media company.