The heads of Facebook-owned WhatsApp and Messenger services told Barr and his U.K. and Australian counterparts that Facebook is moving forward with plans to enable end-to-end encryption on all of its messaging services. https://t.co/CEcWfMlrsN
Twitter said this week it would pause plans to purge inactive accounts after some users worried about memorialized accounts of people who had died. https://t.co/Ti3FOmujvo
In response to Instagram's opaque standards for "inappropriate" content, women have started switching their gender to male on the app — and they've noticed a change in how their posts are promoted. https://t.co/YvEQr3jaug
Amazon will challenge a $10 billion Pentagon contract awarded to Microsoft, saying the process was tainted by "political influence." https://t.co/OM9KLnmx51
Apple Inc co-founder Steve Wozniak joined in the online debate over accusations of gender discrimination by the algorithm behind the iPhone maker’s credit card, fueling scrutiny of the newly launched Apple Card. https://t.co/yABebbv39v
A man said the Apple Card offered him a credit limit 20 times greater than it gave to his wife, even though she has a higher credit score. Now a NY regulator said it will investigate. https://t.co/P59zP3CSJK
A Democratic lawmaker who was at Harvard with Mark Zuckerberg slammed the Facebook co-founder's revisionist history of the social media giant. https://t.co/gom2q6zpl6
With 8chan now inaccessible, the message board’s hordes of displaced hatemongers are searching for a new place to share vile content. https://t.co/DveIreSq8s
The tech company said the app violated its rules because it was used to ambush police and by criminals who used it to victimize residents in areas with no law enforcement. https://t.co/WEOTaFoUU2
Gaming giant Blizzard said pro gamer Blitzchung violated competition rules when he said, "Liberate Hong Kong!" in a post-game interview. https://t.co/NO3o7XTfsd
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg held a livestreamed Q&A with employees in which he addressed leaked remarks he made in July about Sen. Elizabeth Warren as well as requests for the company to not encrypt its messaging platforms. https://t.co/Yf4dGpYHHQ