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Meta Launches ‘Threads’: App Won’t Let You Delete Account Unless You Also Delete Instagram
Meta’s newly launched Twitter rival, “Threads,” is facing criticism from users due to the app’s restrictions on deleting accounts. “You may deactivate your Threads profile at any time, but your Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting your Instagram account,” says the app’s supplemental privacy policy. To create a Threads account, users have to […]
Netflix Lays out Plans to Crack Down on Account Sharing
Netflix Inc. on Wednesday laid out plans to crack down on password sharing for accounts on its streaming platform, including setting up primary location and paying a couple of dollars for an extra member. The video-streaming giant, which has estimated that 100 million around the world use a shared account, said that members can now […]
Musk Says Kanye West’s Twitter Account Suspended for ‘Inciting Violence’ After Posting Swastika
Elon Musk confirmed on Friday that Kanye West’s Twitter account has been suspended shortly after the rapper posted a Swastika merged with a Star of David and shared private messages between the two. Twitter’s chief executive was responding to a Twitter user who had asked the businessman to “fix Kanye please” after the rapper’s account was […]
Musk Says He Will Grant ‘Amnesty’ to Suspended Twitter Accounts Beginning Next Week
New Twitter owner Elon Musk said on Nov. 24 that he would begin granting “amnesty” for some previously banned accounts on the social media platform starting next week. The move marks a reversal from the site’s previous policies regarding content moderation. “The people have spoken,” Musk wrote on Twitter on Thursday. “Amnesty begins next week. […]
Twitter Pauses Blue Check Subscriptions After Wave of Big Brand Impersonations
Twitter paused its recently announced $8 blue check subscription service on Friday and it remained inactive on Saturday after a wave of blue check accounts appeared, impersonating big brands and making embarrassing posts. Several users reported on Friday that the new subscription option for the blue verification check mark had disappeared, while Reuters reported that […]
Arizona GOP Candidate’s Twitter Account Restored After Musk Writes He’s ‘Looking Into’ It
Arizona state Rep. Mark Finchem, the Republican candidate for Secretary of State, wrote Monday that his Twitter account was suspended and then restored as new owner Elon Musk confirmed he would look into the incident—just about a week out from the 2022 midterm elections. “Twitter has blocked my account from speaking truth with one week […]
Instagram Fixes Bug That Triggered Hours-Long Outage
Instagram said on Monday it had fixed a software bug that prevented thousands of users from accessing the photo-sharing platform for about eight hours and led to complaints of accounts being suspended. “We’ve resolved this bug now—it was causing people in different parts of the world to have issues accessing their accounts and caused a […]
Australian Prime Minister’s WeChat Account Hijacked and Rebranded
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s official WeChat account has been hijacked and rebranded as a lifestyle page—leading one senator to accuse the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of “foreign interference” during an election year. According to the Daily Telegraph, the agency running the prime minister’s WeChat account reported problems with posting content on the channel in […]
LinkedIn Reinstates Account of mRNA Vaccine Inventor Who Questions COVID-19 Vaccine Benefit for Children
LinkedIn has reinstated the account of mRNA technology inventor Dr. Robert Malone, who said his page was deleted after he made comments about mRNA COVID-19 vaccines
Facebook, Twitter Lock Trump Out of His Account for the First Time
Twitter, followed by Facebook later in the day, disabled the account of President Donald Trump after deleting recent posts made by the president, including a video of him calling on protesters who had gathered on Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington to go home in peace. “As a result of the unprecedented and […]
Instagram Influencer Has Online Meltdown About Getting ‘Normal’ Job After Account Is Deleted
A video of a 21-year-old social media influencer tearfully lamenting losing her Instagram followers and not wanting to work a regular job is going viral on the internet. Jessy Taylor, 21, from Tampa, Florida, shared a video on YouTube in which she said her Instagram account—which boasted more than 113,000 followers—had been deleted. Taylor claimed her […]
Pakistan freezes bank accounts of 5,000 suspected militants
ISLAMABAD (AP)—Pakistan has frozen the accounts of 5,000 suspected militants, taking about $3 million out of their pockets, but Islamabad could still come under scrutiny at a crucial June meeting of an international watchdog that tracks terror financing. Analysts and government officials say political foot-dragging and sympathetic supporters throughout Pakistan makes it difficult to cut […]