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Advertisers take wait-and-see approach after Biden administration demands that video app’s Chinese owners sell stakes

Google said Tuesday that versions of the Pinduoduo app that weren’t in its Play store had been found to contain malware.

Updated Jan. 15, 2021 3:55 pm ET Two apps—Signal and Telegram—are currently the No. 1 and No. 2 free app downloads in Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store. Millions of users flocked to the chat apps in recent weeks, according to data from Apptopia and Sensor Tower. There are a few factors behind the surge. One is concern over a privacy-policy update for the Facebook Inc.-owned WhatsApp. (After the initial publication of this article, the company delayed the policy update until May 15.) Meanwhile, the deplatforming of President Trump from prominent social networks followin...

Google Pulls Parler as Apple Threatens the Same in Wake of Capitol Riot Tech giants say some content hosted in app seeks to incite violence in violation of rules Parler CEO John Matze said the social-media network believes its existing rules against incitements to violence meet Apple’s standards. Photo: Bridget Bennett for The Wall Street Journal By Updated Jan. 8, 2021 11:45 pm ET Alphabet Inc.’s Google late Friday suspended Parler, a free-speech focused social-media network favored by conservatives, from its app store, and Apple Inc. threaten...

Twitter cited the risk of further incitement of violence following the Capitol attack for the ban. Meanwhile, Google suspended social-media app Parler over content inciting violence, and Apple threatened to do the same.