Asia Pacific Feb 24, 2021
Australian lawmakers expected to pass changes to law covering Facebook and Google
The government introduced amendments to the so-called Media Bargaining Code after Facebook last week escalated a dispute over the new laws.
Business Feb 18, 2021
Facebook news goes dark in Australia as payment dispute grows
Facebook's dramatic move represents a split from Google after they joined together for years to campaign against laws aimed at forcing tech firms to pay media outlets.
Commentary / World Feb 17, 2021
Twitter should stick to its guns in India
by Mihir Sharma
In its battles with India’s government and others around the world, Twitter needn’t surrender its principles too easily.
Business Feb 11, 2021
Facebook said to be building a product to compete with Clubhouse
by Mike Isaac
Facebook has a history of breaking into new technologies and chasing different mediums that have attracted users, especially if those audiences are young.
Asia Pacific Feb 6, 2021
Myanmar generals shut down internet as thousands protest coup
Fallout from coup hits overseas as Sean Turnell, an Australian economic adviser to Suu Kyi, said in a message on Saturday he was being detained.
Asia Pacific Feb 5, 2021
Facebook faces reckoning in Myanmar after being blocked by military
Facebook will have to decide how to play the delicate balance of protecting the democratic politicians and activists versus cooperating with the new regime to get services restored.
Commentary / World Feb 3, 2021
Of course the boss cares what you say on Twitter
by Sarah Green Carmichael
This isn’t about free speech or cancel culture. It’s about employability. People who think they have unlimited free speech on social media are deluding themselves about how companies work.
Commentary / World Feb 1, 2021
Facebook and Apple will miss 2020, unlike everyone else
by Tae Kim
For the third quarter in a row, Facebook Inc. and Apple Inc. generated billions upon billions in profits and flexed the power of their dominant businesses.
Business | ANALYSIS Jan 30, 2021
GameStop's 'Reddit rally' puts scrutiny on social media forums
by Paresh Dave, Katie Paul and Elizabeth Culliford
Social media services restrict discussions about weapons, drugs and other illegal activity, but their rules do not specifically mention another lucrative regulated good: stocks.
Commentary / World Jan 20, 2021
Google should fix the news industry it broke
by Alex Webb
It’s in the interest of the tech giants to help the news business develop sustainable economic models, as it might ease criticism they face for having destroyed their old business models.
Commentary / World Jan 18, 2021
Tech censorship is the real gift to Putin
by Leonid Bershidsky
Authoritarians these days have to pay lip service to freedom of speech; what the social media platforms have done takes that concern out of the equation.
Commentary / World Jan 11, 2021
What America has learned from Iranian social media
by Eli Lake
The U.S. State Department’s new approach treated social media as a channel to learn what Iranians thought about both their own regime and U.S. policy.