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US Social Media giants pledge to combat foreign disinformation

CAPITOL HILL — Attorneys for Twitter, Facebook and Google on Tuesday told U.S. lawmakers that Russian entities used their platforms to sow discord and disinformation during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, but...

Twitter Toughens Abuse Rules – and now has to Enforce Them

NEW YORK — Twitter is enacting new policies around hate, abuse and ads, but creating new rules is only half the battle – the easy half. The bigger problem is enforcement, and there...

Twitter to Label Election Ads after US Regulatory Threat

SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it would add labels to election-related advertisements and say who is behind each of them, after a threat of regulation from the United States...

FBI Couldn’t Access Nearly 7K Devices Because of Encryption

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA — The FBI hasn't been able to retrieve data from more than half of the mobile devices it tried to access in less than a year, FBI Director Christopher Wray...

DOST institute pitches new techno offerings

LOS BAŇOS, Laguna -- Some 24 new technology offerings are up for licensing and adoption by 20 potential adopters from the private sector through joint undertakings pitched by the Industrial Technology...

Telegram CEO’s Court Appeal Tests Russia Eavesdropping Laws, Technical Acumen

MOSCOW — Telegram founder Pavel Durov has announced plans to appeal a Moscow court's decision Monday to fine the encrypted messaging service some $14,000 (800 thousand rubles) for failing to provide law...

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