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Facebook announced Tuesday that it would lift a ban on Australians viewing and sharing news on its platform.

Canada is poised to take on Facebook, following the example set by Australia, which began a war with the tech giant when the country’s publishers backed proposed legislation demanding payment for their content.

Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple and Facebook made up the biggest source of donations to Democrat Joe Biden among corporate employees.

Parler interim CEO Mark Parler Interim CEO Mark Meckle expects to be back in the App Store “pretty shortly” after being offline for more than a month.

Kevin Sorbo is speaking out after the actor claimed Facebook removed his page without any explanation.

Facebook announced on Thursday that it would ramp up its efforts to counter misinformation about climate change.

​​​​​​​For two decades, global news outlets have complained internet companies are getting rich at their expense, selling advertising linked to their reports without sharing revenue.

Facebook Inc. said it would restrict publishers and users in Australia from viewing or sharing news articles, ramping up a standoff with the government there over a proposal that would force tech companies to pay newspapers for content.

Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey – the CEOs of Facebook and Twitter – may testify in front of the House of Representatives in the next few months on issues related to coronavirus misinformation and incitement of violence that has spread on the platforms, according to a report.

Facebook will "significantly reduce" content from accounts linked to the Burmese military.

Parliament is scheduled to consider the bill on Tuesday

Facebook on Wednesday announced that it will officially start reducing the number of political posts that American users see on the platform "in the coming weeks."

Facebook has removed the Instagram page of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his posts expressing skepticism about the COVID-19 vaccine. 

Facebook on Monday said it is running the "largest worldwide campaign" to combat misinformation surrounding COVID-19 vaccines.

"The bill we’re getting ready to file will say that if a company discriminates against you, deplatforms you, blocks you, kicks you off based on your viewpoint, based on your politics, your religion, based on viewpoint discrimination, it will give you a way to get back online,” Hughes told WFAA’s Inside Texas Politics in an interview on Sunday.

The tech industry’s titans were already huge before Covid-19, the subject of soaring valuations and snowballing antitrust investigations. The pandemic has only made them bigger. A lot bigger.