Social Media
2009 Feb 24 |
Jan Koum incorporated WhatsApp, a messaging service, in California. Brian Acton and Jan Koum were the founders of WhatsApp. In 2014 Acton made $6.5 billion in the sale of WhatsApp to Facebook. In 2018 Acton and Moxie Marlinspike co-founded Signal Foundation, dedicated to helping people have access to private communication through an encrypted messaging app. Links: USA, California, Social Media ![]() |
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2009 Jun |
Facebook introduced the online FarmVille game created by Zynga. Facebook shut down the game on Dec. 31, 2020. Flash, the software that powered the game, also shut down. Links: USA, Games, Social Media ![]() |
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2012 Nov |
Kuaishou, a Chinese video-sharing mobile app, was launched by Su Hua, a former software engineer at Google, and Cheng Yixiao. By 2021 the company boasted 250 million daily active users. Links: China, Social Media ![]() |
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2013 Aug 14 |
Nikolai and Pavel Durov (b.1984), Russia-born programmers, launched Telegram, an encrypted messaging app that does not use end-to-end encryption. The messages sit encrypted on its servers in Dubai. Links: Russia, Dubai, Social Media ![]() |
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2018 Mar 12 |
Saudi plain-clothed security forces entered the office of the Red Crescent in Riyadh, where Abdulrahman al-Sadhan, was working. He was taken away without any explanation. His anonymous Twitter account was purportedly critical of the kingdom's economic polices. His account was later believed to be among a list of accounts whose identities were leaked to the Saudi government by spies planted in the US tech company. In April, 2021, the anti-terrorism court where he was tried handed down a shockingly long prison sentence of 20 years for al-Sadhan, followed by a 20-year travel ban. Links: Saudi Arabia, Social Media ![]() |
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2020 May |
Facebook agreed to pay $52 million to 11,250 moderators who developed post-traumatic stress disorder from looking at the worst of the internet. Links: USA, Social Media ![]() |
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2020 Jul 29 |
Turkey's parliament adopted a law designed to force social-media giants to comply with Turkish requests to remove content. Links: Turkey, Social Media ![]() |
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2020 Aug 5 |
Instagram, a unit of Facebook, launched Reels, a TikTok look-alike. Links: USA, Social Media ![]() |
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2020 Aug 6 |
President Trump signed executive orders barring transactions with TikTok and WeChat, two popular Chinese social media networks. The orders, which cited national security concerns, take effect in 45 days. Tencent, the owner of WeChat, is a Hong Kong-listed firm with close ties to China's Communist Party. Links: USA, China, TrumpD, Social Media ![]() |
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2020 Aug 28 |
Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook should have taken down the page and event listing promoting a militia group that called for armed citizens to defend Kenosha, Wisconsin, amid ongoing protests there. The event, titled: "Armed Citizens to Protect Our Lives and Property," and the page, "Kenosha Guard," were removed after two people were killed in a shooting there on August 25. Links: USA, Wisconsin, Social Media ![]() |
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2020 Aug |
Ryan Cohen, the former boss of Chewy, an online pet food store, began amassing a large stake in GameStop, a brick-and-mortar purveyor of video games. In November he urged the board to invest in e-commerce and soon joined the board. The share value of GameStop rose and became a subject on a Reddit forum that drove the share price even higher. Links: USA, Games, Social Media ![]() |
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2020 Sep 25 |
It was reported that Thailand is prosecuting Facebook, Google, and Twitter over a failure to remove what it says are illegal posts. Links: Thailand, Social Media ![]() |
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2020 Sep |
Sophie Zhang, a Facebook data scientist, was fired. On her final day, she posted a 7,800-word memo to the company’s internal forum. She outlined evidence that governments in countries like Azerbaijan and Honduras were using fake accounts to influence the public. Elsewhere, such as India and Ecuador, Zhang found coordinated activity intended to manipulate public opinion, although it wasn’t clear who was behind it. Facebook, she said, didn't take her findings seriously. Links: USA, Social Media ![]() |
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2020 Oct 8 |
Facebook said it had closed accounts in multiple countries, from government or military-linked networks it said were spreading disinformation. This included 17 pages, 50 accounts and six Instagram accounts from Myanmar. Links: USA, Myanmar, Social Media ![]() |
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2020 Oct 8 |
Twitter said it has closed an Iran-based network of accounts fanning the flames around racial justice protests in the US sparked by the death of George Floyd. Twitter also said it had closed more than 900 accounts linked to the Thai army for attacking prominent opposition figures and diffusing pro-government and military propaganda. Links: USA, Thailand, Social Media ![]() |
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2020 Oct 10 |
It was reported that the Tuber app launched this week in China allows access to some content on Western social media sites long banned domestically such as YouTube, marking the first product by a major Chinese tech firm that helps internet users bypass the Great Firewall. Links: China, Social Media ![]() |
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2020 Oct 12 |
Mark Zuckerberg said that Facebook would ban content that “denies or distorts the Holocaust.” Two years ago, Zuckerberg cited Holocaust denial as an example of permissible free speech. Links: USA, Holocaust, Social Media ![]() |
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2020 Oct 14 |
Twitter and Facebook restricted sharing of a New York Post article alleging that Hunter Biden had abandoned a Mac laptop at a Delaware repair shop, and it had damning emails on its hard drive. Facebook said it would fact-check the story and Twitter blocked it because it violated the company's policy on hacked material. Links: USA, BidenJ, Social Media ![]() |
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2020 Oct 15 |
YouTube said it will prohibit videos promoting conspiracy theories that “justify real-world violence.” In effect, it is banning QAnon, the sprawling pro-Trump conspiracy that found much of its audience through the site. Links: USA, Social Media ![]() |
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2020 Oct 18 |
Twitter blocked a post by President Trump's science adviser, Scott Atlas, that said masks don't work to curb coronavirus infections. Links: USA, TrumpD, COVID-19, Social Media ![]() |
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2020 Oct 22 |
Pres. Donald Trump posted his full, unedited interview with "60 Minutes" on Facebook before the show's scheduled Oct. 25 broadcast and criticized CBS anchor Lesley Stahl after she pressed him on a host of topics. Links: USA, TrumpD, Social Media ![]() |
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2020 Nov 17 |
Twitter launched these ephemeral tweets, dubbed "fleets", after having tested the feature in Brazil, Italy, India, and South Korea. Links: USA, Social Media ![]() |
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2020 Dec 9 |
Federal regulators and 46 states accused Facebook of illegally stifling competition by buying up rivals like Instagram and WhatsApp. Prosecutors called for Facebook to sell those services — and for restrictions on future deals. Links: USA, Social Media ![]() |
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2020 Dec 15 |
Ireland's data regulator has fined Twitter 450,000 euros ($547,000) for a bug that made some private tweets public, the first sanction against a major US tech firm under a new EU dispute mechanism, but much less than some EU states demanded. Links: USA, Ireland, Social Media ![]() |
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2020 Dec 19 |
Pres. Donald Trump posted to Twitter urging his supporters to arrive at the Capitol on Jan. 6. “Be there, will be wild!” he wrote. Links: USA, TrumpD, Social Media ![]() |
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2020 Dec 20 |
Israel's Justice Ministry said Facebook has taken down content that spread lies in Israel against coronavirus vaccinations as the government seeks to drum up support for the program. Links: Israel, COVID-19, Social Media ![]() |
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2020 Dec 30 |
President Vladimir Putin signed an array of laws handing Russia new powers to restrict US social media giants, label individuals "foreign agents", and to crack down on the disclosure of its security officers' personal data. Links: Russia, Social Media ![]() |
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2020 |
Brazil was flooded with misinformation about the coronavirus this year, and two students fought it by creating the Sleeping Giants Brazil Twitter site to call out Brazilian websites for spreading “hate speech and Fake News,” and torpedoing those sites’ advertising revenue. The US Sleeping Giants campaign started in November 2016, shortly after Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 United States presidential election, with the launch of a Twitter account aiming to boycott Breitbart News. Links: Brazil, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Jan 4 |
Slack, the messaging service used by millions of people for work and school, suffered a global outage, the first day back for most people returning from the New Year's holiday. The outage comes as Slack is in the process of being acquired by Salesforce.com for $27.7 billion. Links: USA, M&A, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Jan 5 |
A Milan-based appeals court ordered Facebook to pay 3.83 million euros ($4.70 million) in damages to an Italian software development company for copying an app. Links: Italy, USA, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Jan 6 |
Facebook, Twitter Inc and Snap Inc temporarily locked Trump's accounts as the siege of the Capitol escalated. Links: USA, TrumpD, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Jan 7 |
Facebook Inc said it will block US President Donald Trump's accounts, silencing him for at least the next two weeks until the presidential transition is completed. Links: USA, TrumpD, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Jan 8 |
Alphabet Inc's Google suspended Parler, a social media platform popular with conservatives for its hands-off approach to content moderation, citing posts inciting violence. Apple Inc gave the service 24 hours to submit a detailed moderation plan. Links: USA, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Jan 8 |
Twitter Inc deleted new tweets posted by US President Donald Trump on official government account @POTUS and suspended the account of his presidential campaign, after booting his personal account off the platform permanently. Links: USA, TrumpD, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Jan 11 |
Facebook said it has taken down a network in Uganda linked to the country's ministry of information for using fake and duplicate accounts to post ahead of this week's presidential election. A Ugandan official accused Facebook of meddling in the East African country's election. Links: USA, Uganda, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Jan 11 |
The Turkish Competition Board said it has launched an investigation into WhatsApp and its owner Facebook Inc after the messaging app asked users to agree to let Facebook collect user data including phone numbers and locations. Links: Turkey, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Jan 12 |
YouTube said that it had suspended President Trump’s channel over concern about “ongoing potential for violence,” the latest move by one of the large technology companies to limit the president online. Links: USA, TrumpD, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Jan 13 |
It was reported that Uganda has ordered internet service providers to block all social media platforms and messaging apps. ahead of a contentious election. Links: Uganda, Internet, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Jan 14 |
Alphabet Inc's Google said it has removed some lending apps aimed at consumers in India from Play Store in an attempt to safeguard users. Links: USA, India, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Jan 14 |
A petition filed in an Indian court said that WhatsApp's updated privacy policy verges on user surveillance and threatens India's security, presenting another legal challenge for the Facebook Inc-owned messenger. Links: USA, India, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Jan 17 |
Twitter Inc locked the account of Republican US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a political newcomer known for promoting the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory. Links: USA, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Jan 18 |
Facebook said it has begun the process of assigning a legal entity in Turkey to comply with a controversial law governing social media companies. Links: Turkey, USA, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Jan 18 |
Ugandans celebrated the resumption of internet services after a shutdown was imposed ahead of last week's election. However, social media platforms remain blocked and are only accessible using Virtual Private Networks (VPN). Links: Uganda, Internet, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Jan 19 |
A court in Thailand sentenced former civil servant Anchan Preelert to 43 years and six months in prison for insulting the country’s royal family on Facebook and YouTube. Links: Thailand, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Jan 19 |
Turkey slapped advertising bans on Twitter, Periscope and Pinterest over their non-compliance with a controversial new law that requires social media platforms to appoint legal representatives in the country. Links: Turkey, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Jan 21 |
It was reported that Google and Facebook Inc have granted an Australian local government news provider status, drawing questions about the internet giants' efforts to curate news media. Links: Australia, USA, Journalism, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Jan 22 |
Twitter suspended an account linked to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei after it made a post apparently threatening former US president Donald Trump. Links: USA, Iran, TrumpD, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Jan 22 |
The Italian data privacy watchdog ordered video app TikTok to block the accounts of any users in Italy whose age it could not verify following the death of a 10-year-old girl who had been using the Chinese-owned app. The girl had reportedly been participating in a so-called blackout challenge on TikTok, putting a belt around her neck and holding her breath while recording herself on her phone. Links: Italy, Tragedy, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Jan 25 |
Iranian users of the Signal messaging service said they have lost access to the app on their mobile devices. They could use the system through virtual private networks, services that shield internet users by encrypting their data traffic. Some still had access through desktop version of the app. Links: Iran, Internet, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Jan 27 |
Google said its iPhone apps such as Maps and YouTube will stop using a tool from Apple Inc that allows them to personalize ads, avoiding a new Apple warning that informs users their browsing is being tracked. Links: USA, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Jan 27 |
Shares of GameStop and AMC Entertainment Holdings soared for a fourth day running, forcing hedge funds to retreat from heavy losses and sparking calls for scrutiny of a social media-driven trading frenzy. The share price of GameStop spiked from a few dollars in 2020 to a peak of more than $350. Links: USA, Games, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Jan 28 |
Facebook’s quasi-independent oversight board issued its first rulings, overturning four out of five decisions by the social network to take down questionable content. Links: USA, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Feb 2 |
Facebook removed the page of Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu for violating its rules on harm and hate speech. Kanu had posted a video of a militia group attacking and killing cattle in a herders' settlement. He also used the live broadcast to accuse herders of destroying farmlands in eastern Nigeria. The Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) said it will appeal the ban. Links: USA, Nigeria, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Feb 2 |
Facebook Inc said it had removed a page linked to Myanmar's military-owned TV network after a coup this week by the country's military leaders. Links: USA, Myanmar, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Feb 4 |
Myanmar's government t blocked access to Facebook as resistance to the Feb. 1 coup surged amid calls for civil disobedience. Links: Myanmar, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Feb 6 |
It was reported that private social audio app Clubhouse is attracting masses of new users from mainland China, where the US app remains uncensored by authorities despite flourishing discussions on rights, national identity and other sensitive topics. Links: USA, China, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Feb 6 |
Myanmar's new military junta cut all internet access. The junta had ordered the blockage of Facebook and other social media platforms in recent days. Facebook called on authorities to unblock access to social media services. Links: Myanmar, Internet, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Feb 8 |
Chinese users lost access to Clubhouse, adding it to thousands of websites and social media apps the ruling party blocks the public from seeing using the world's most extensive system of internet filters. Links: China, Internet, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Feb 8 |
It was reported that Mexican drug cartels are using TikTok to entice young people into organized crime. Links: Mexico, Drugs, Social Media ![]() |
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2021 Feb 8 |
Facebook anounced that it would remove posts and block groups that claim vaccines make people ill or cause autism. Previously the company had only demoted such claims. Links: USA, Medical, Social Media ![]() |
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