Now playing Next USA Trump challenges liability protections for social media companies The US President signed an executive order directs executive agencies to ask for review of social media companies' liability protections. 28/05/2020
Now playing Next USA In a first, Twitter adds fact-check warnings to Trump tweets The US President said Twitter's fact-check warning is stifling freedom of expression and accused the platform of interfering in the US presidential elections. 27/05/2020
Now playing Next Brazil Bolsonaro busy market videos removed amid coronavirus pandemic Brazil's president has campaigned to keep the country's economy afloat during the spread of COVID-19. 30/03/2020
Now playing Next Poland 'Please stop all crime': Polish police plea amid COVID-19 workload If only it was that easy. 20/03/2020
Now playing Next China 'Chinese virus': Donald Trump sparks backlash over coronavirus tweets Chinese officials and state media have deplored the social media comments by the US President. 17/03/2020
Now playing Next USA Euroviews. Trump's Ebola obsession reveals the hypocrisy of his coronavirus response now ǀ View There is no place for partisan game playing in a public health crisis. Trump didn't understand that truth in 2014 — and he still doesn't understand it now. 11/03/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom Euroviews. Privacy is overrated. It’s time Big Tech made the positive case for harvesting our data ǀ View There are lots of people telling us how concerned we should be about giving up our data - but almost no one can tell us exactly why. And even fewer people are reminding us that privacy is a small price to pay for what tech platforms have created for our lives, economies and societies. 27/02/2020
Now playing Next World News Euroviews. The Kremlin is trying to force Twitter and Facebook to store data locally. It’s not alone ǀ View Required storage of data in a certain location might seem like the anti-internet openness pipe dream of an authoritarian government. But, that could not be further from the truth, with governments from New Delhi to Washington also implementing or considering rules that mandate local storage of data. 20/02/2020
Now playing Next The Cube How are social media giants fighting coronavirus conspiracies? Coronavirus and conspiracies: how are social media companies tackling misinformation? | #TheCube 31/01/2020
Now playing Next Poland Polish MEP sparks outrage over Holocaust cattle tweet | #TheCube The tweet comes just days before the Holocaust Memorial Day, marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. 23/01/2020
Now playing Next Ireland Why is the future of Football Association of Ireland in jeopardy? Why is the future of Football Association of Ireland in jeopardy? 31/12/2019
Now playing Next World News Euroviews. We need to stop pretending that we do enough to curtail terrorists’ online influence ǀ View We are living in times of global terrorism, unlike any we have known before. This is a terror that thrives through its enduring online presence. The time has come and gone for relying on the goodwill of the tech industry and their unfulfilled promises of self-regulation. 13/12/2019
Now playing Next Italy University condemns professor's 'shameful' pro-Nazi tweets The university rector had said the tweets were expressed in a "personal capacity" before releasing a revised statement denouncing the tweets. 02/12/2019
Now playing Next The Cube How did Iran's government pull the plug on the Internet? Experts are calling it one of Iran's largest internet blackouts, as connectivity returns, we look at how the government implemented a near total blackout. 22/11/2019
Now playing Next The Cube Conservatives under fire over 'Factcheck UK' Twitter rebranding A Twitter spokesperson said: "Any further attempts to mislead people by editing verified profile information - in a manner seen during the UK Election Debate - will result in decisive corrective action." 20/11/2019
Now playing Next World News Euroviews. A glass ceiling in male-dominated Big Tech is keeping innovating women from making their mark ǀ View Far from being a safe haven where diverse voices can be heard and respected, new media platforms are often reflecting the worst prejudices of the older media when it comes to minorities - including women. 12/11/2019
Now playing Next Saudi Arabia Saudis recruited Twitter workers to spy on critics: US prosecutors A complaint unsealed in a U.S. court detailed a coordinated effort by Saudi officials to recruit Twitter employees to look up users' private data. 07/11/2019
Now playing Next World News Twitter set to ban political advertising from November "We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought," Twitter Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey wrote on the platform. 30/10/2019
Now playing Next The Cube How China has been shaping a narrative through Twitter | #TheCube How China has been shaping a narrative through Twitter | #TheCube 28/10/2019
Now playing Next The Cube Twitter wants your help to combat deepfakes | #TheCube Th social media giant is looking at what to do once deepfakes are detected, including whether to label the videos or take them down. 22/10/2019