Heat wave triggers outage at Twitter data center
A Twitter data center in Sacramento was knocked offline last week amid an extreme heat wave, the company affirmed in an internal memo.
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Ex-employee accuses Twitter of “egregious” security lapses
Twitter’s ex-head of security said the company has serious security lapses that would shock users if they knew about them.
New York Attorney General investigates platforms after mass shooting
The Attorney General of New York has launched a probe of Discord, Twitch and other platforms used before and during the Buffalo mass shooting.
Facebook gave VIPs space to break rules, report says
A system designed to scrutinize the content of high-profile Facebook users instead gave VIPs a blank check to behave badly.
Parler quietly drops lawsuit against Amazon
Parler has quietly dropped its lawsuit against technology giant Amazon, largely resolving a two month-long legal battle between the two companies.
Parler, Gab outages cause law enforcement headaches
Social media posts help build cases and prevent crimes, but a blackout on mainstream and fringe platforms since the Capitol attack has caused serious headaches for police and prosecutors.
Parler CEO says site will come back with better content moderation
Parler’s CEO says the social media website will use algorithms to tackle problematic content when it comes back online.
Facebook briefly pulls page used by Iranian state broadcaster
The Facebook page used by Iranian state-run news outlet Press TV was briefly pulled from the social media site on Tuesday.
Personal info of Parler users exposed before website went offline
Photographs of driver’s licenses are said to be among a trove of data compromised from the conservative-leaning social media website.
Twitter suspends 70,000 user accounts over rule violations
Most of the accounts were designed to push conspiracy theories at scale, the social media website said.
