Social Media

The FBI and the N.Y. Department of Financial Services have opened investigations into a widespread hack of popular Twitter accounts of public figures and companies.

Examples of accounts verified with a blue checkmark on Twitter include President Donald Trump, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, billionaire Bill Gates, and musician Kanye West.

A Twitter employee helped give hackers access to a number of high-profile accounts using an internal tool, according to Motherboard.

Cybersecurity experts say such a breach could have dire consequences since the attackers were tweeting from verified, globally influential accounts with millions of followers.

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The hacked accounts sent out tweets soliciting the public to send bitcoin to a specific address.

A number of prominent Twitter accounts appeared to be hacked Wednesday as they sent out messages seeking donations in Bitcoin.

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A new American social media app offers an alternative to TikTok, touting more music options.

Facebook will reportedly automatically post artists’ music videos on their page with the artists’ permission.

Twitter marked a photo of Goya Foods products as "potentially sensitive" in error.

Facebook and other competitors host the same videos, but engineers have made changes that effectively preference YouTube—owned by Google—over other video sources. Journal tests show YouTube usually ends up first and takes most of the slots in Google Search video carousels, prime results real estate.

Twitter adds labels to misleading posts on the website that lead users to more information.

Facebook partners with independent, third-party fact-checkers to help identify, rate and label misinformation.

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