Americans who rely on social media as their main source of news are more likely believe false or unproven stories about important topics such as politics and Covid-19, a survey showed Monday.
Myanmar’s web-savvy protest movement has overcome social media blocks and even a nationwide internet blackout to transmit real-time information out of the country, as the new military regime struggles to tamp down opposition to last week’s coup.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel believes that the decision by social media giants to permanently suspend Donald Trump’s accounts is problematic because freedom of opinion should not be determined by such online platform bosses, her spokesman said Monday.
Tech giants Amazon, Apple and Google have all cut ties with Parler, the social media platform popular with some conservatives, potentially leaving it without an internet home as of midnight Sunday even as its usership has recently been soaring.
US President Donald Trump on Friday accused Twitter of conspiring with his political enemies “to silence me,” after the social media platform permanently suspended his account.
Will broadcaster Raffy Tulfo soon make the Senate his new “sumbungan” or platform for airing people’a grievances?
Social Media is a major battle ground,” says BluePrint.PH.
“Para sa lahat ng naniwala. Finally a licensed doctor,” Tricia Robredo said in a tweet.
Filipinos spend the most time on social networks, according to online statistics portal Statista.
“I fully acknowledge my place of privilege and the need to do more,” says socialite and businesswoman Bea Soriano Dee.
Conservatives backing President Donald Trump’s claims of election malfeasance have sparked a migration to alternative social media sites which have refrained from filtering unverified claims.
Following the lead of Twitter and YouTube, Facebook on Monday removed several pages linked to former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon, whose content pushed unsubstantiated claims of election fraud.
Twitter labeled a Donald Trump post as potentially misleading while social media platforms kept on high alert against election misinformation early Wednesday, with the outcome of the US presidential vote yet to be called.
DOT regional director Jeff Ortega posted the video on his Instagram account which became viral.
The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Tuesday advised its officials to remain professional in performing their duties.
A K-pop superstar, beauty queens and TV personalities are among a growing wave of celebrities backing Thailand’s pro-democracy movement, sending out messages of support to millions of followers on social media.
The increasingly visible and vocal followers of QAnon promote a bewildering blend of unsubstantiated conspiracy theories, worrying everyone from Facebook to the FBI.
According to Tricia Robredo, her 20-minute online graduation was a production number with her sister and mom.
The politiko’s wife also had a post on social media where she offered netizens their gadget of choice if they could send photos of the congressman with his alleged mistress.
Malacañang on Monday defended the police monitoring of social media for for violations of quarantine protocols.
Malacañang on Monday defended the police monitoring of social media for violations of quarantine protocols.
The Twitter account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been hacked, the social media giant confirmed Thursday.
France’s interior minister on Tuesday defended the right of women to sunbathe topless on beaches, after a police warning for a group who stripped off on the southern coast sparked a social media outcry.
Armed Forces of the Philippines(AFP) Southern Luzon chief Maj. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. depends social media regulation proposal.
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