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The social network MeWe is among a number of apps seeing an influx of users after Facebook and Twitter kicked off former President Donald Trump.

Fast-Growing Alternative To Facebook And Twitter Finds Post-Trump Surge 'Messy'

Jan 22, 2021
Social network MeWe began as a privacy-focused alternative to Facebook. Trump supporters and right-wing groups disillusioned with mainstream social media have flocked to it since the Jan. 6 riot.
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Facebook's new Oversight Board will review its controversial decision to suspend former President Donald Trump in the wake of the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.

Facebook Asks Oversight Board Whether Trump's Account Should Be Restored Now

Jan 21, 2021
The social network referred its decision to revoke the former president's posting privileges to its Oversight Board, an independent panel of experts.
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Twitter rolled out its new temporary sharing feature, fleets. Users can share photos, text or even repost tweets in posts that vanish after 24 hours.

Fleeting Thoughts: Twitter Adds Disappearing Tweet Feature

Nov 17, 2020
It's called "fleets." Users can share text, images and tweets that disappear after 24 hours.
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Technology
Civil rights groups and other critics say the social network has not done enough to curb misinformation, hate speech and voter suppression ahead of the U.S. presidential election.

Civil Rights Groups Say If Facebook Won't Act On Election Misinformation, They Will

Sep 25, 2020
Facebook critics are banding together to monitor misinformation, hate speech and voter suppression on the social network because, they argue, it has fallen short.
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Technology
Google+ will shut down in April instead of August, after a new data vulnerability was found in its software.

Google Accelerates Google+ Shutdown After 52.5 Million Users' Data Exposed

Dec 11, 2018
Users' names, birth dates, email addresses, work history and other data were exposed for nearly a week in November, Google says. It will now close the social network four months earlier than planned.
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Digital Life

Google+ Shutting Down For Consumers After Data Vulnerability Is Revealed

Oct 09, 2018
The company says it discovered and patched the issue in March but did not immediately disclose it. There is no evidence, it said, that a third party was aware of the bug or misused profile data.
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Shots - Health News
Don Gregorio has lived all his life in the same home in Humacao, a city on Puerto Rico's eastern coast that was hard-hit by Hurricane Maria. Many of his old friends have since left for the mainland, the former carpenter says, and he feels very alone.

Listless And Lonely In Puerto Rico, Some Older Storm Survivors Consider Suicide

May 07, 2018
The electricity is back on across much of the island, but the disruption to community spirit continues. Isolation, anxiety and depression are up, as are suicides, especially among older adults.
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Facebook Inc said the company will start using postcards to verify potential ad buyers live in the U.S. before selling campaign ads.

Facebook Is Counting On Postcards To Prevent Future Election Interference

Feb 20, 2018
Under fire for its role in the presidential election, the social network giant unveiled plans involving snail mail to verify the identity of advertising buyers and stop future foreign manipulation.
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All Tech Considered
The Gab.ai home page cites the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Feeling Sidelined By Mainstream Social Media, Far-Right Users Jump To Gab

May 21, 2017
Criticized for being affiliated with the alt-right, the social site Gab now reports 170,000 users. It has found a niche among some conservatives and others who feel stifled by Facebook and Twitter.
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Goats and Soda
Refugee housing in Leipzig, Germany.

While Others Saw Refugees, This German Professor Saw Human Potential

Feb 09, 2017
Carmen Bachmann, a professor in Leipzig, is building an online network to help political refugees who are scientists or social scientists connect with professional peers in Germany — their new home.
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All Tech Considered
The social media network Candid uses an algorithm to classify posts as negative or positive statements.

Can Candid Conversations Happen Online Without The Trolls?

Aug 01, 2016
After receiving backlash for writing a post about gender in the tech industry, Bindu Reddy launched a new social network with the goal of hosting anonymous conversations without harassment or abuse.
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