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Feature allows users to set a list of friends and post tweets that only they are supposed to be able to readA privacy breach at Twitter published tweets that were never supposed to be seen by anyone but the poster’s closest friends to the site at large…
Rescue deal for publisher would wipe out existing shareholders, including James MurdochHow Vice and BuzzFeed fell to earthVice Media is nearing a deal to be bought out of bankruptcy by senior lenders in a process that will wipe out existing shareholder…
Verification mark granted to account that was suspended in 2017 but reinstated following takeover by Elon Musk last yearTwitter has given a gold tick to Britain First, the far right political organisation, after a shake-up of its verification system un…
Chief executive Jonah Peretti says in company-wide email BuzzFeed ‘can no longer continue to fund BuzzFeed News’BuzzFeed is shutting down what remains of its award-winning news department, signalling the end of an era for a website that once promised t…
Global alliance including NCA and FBI says Meta’s decision to encrypt direct messages could harm childrenAn alliance of the world’s most powerful law enforcement agencies including the FBI, Interpol and Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) have condem…
Billionaire also says pain level from owning site is ‘extremely high’ but the business is ‘breaking even’Elon Musk, Twitter’s billionaire owner, has said the social media platform will change the BBC’s label of “government-funded media” after the broad…
Social media site stops censoring links and searches for newsletter platform after launch of rival microblogging service A six-day row between Twitter and Substack has come to an uneasy truce after the social media site stopped censoring links and sear…
Analysis suggests top-secret documents were first shared on closed gamer chatrooms hosted by DiscordA damaging batch of documents leaked from the Pentagon appears to have been initially shared on the video game chat platform Discord in an effort to win…
Ban only applies to non-corporate government entities but may have flow-on effects to other agencies and businessesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe ABC is reviewing its use of TikTok following the federal gov…
Documents leaked from Vulkan cybersecurity firm also raise questions about role of IT engineers behind information-control projectA consortium of media outlets have published a bombshell investigation about Russia’s cyber-capabilities, based on a rare …