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Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok have stepped up efforts to curb the spread of misinformation about the election, but researchers say falsehoods thrive nearly unchecked on live videos. (Image credit: YouTube) from Technology : NPR https://ift.tt/3noWoH9 via IFTTT

A federal judge put the brakes on yet another aspect of Trump's push to ban the app TikTok, but the future of the viral video app in the U.S. remains clouded by uncertainty. (Image credit: Kiichiro Sato/AP) from Technology : NPR https://ift.tt/35NYvwN via IFTTT

The action hardens the video-sharing app's previous enforcement against QAnon that targeted specific hashtags on the app but let the videos remain. (Image credit: Kiichiro Sato/AP) from Technology : NPR https://ift.tt/31mtDlD via IFTTT

A federal judge has ordered Twitter to reveal the identity of an anonymous user who allegedly forged an FBI document to spread a conspiracy theory about the killing of DNC staffer Seth Rich in 2016. (Image credit: Jeff Chiu/AP) from Technology : NPR https://ift.tt/3iMgJ6w via IFTTT

The decision grants TikTok a short-term reprieve, but the wildly popular app's fate still faces an extraordinary amount of uncertainty. (Image credit: Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency) from Technology : NPR https://ift.tt/336juL1 via IFTTT

Senators pressed the tech giant on the scope and scale of its digital advertising business. Republicans repeated long-running allegations of conservative bias, (Image credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) from Technology : NPR https://ift.tt/3iBMShx via IFTTT

The videoconferencing company is seeing surging demand — and profit — as so much of daily life goes virtual during the coronavirus pandemic. (Image credit: Sam Wasson/Getty Images) from Technology : NPR https://ift.tt/32KaSZc via IFTTT

Trump said he didn't know much about the online conspiracy theory community, other than he believes its followers "like me very much." (Image credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) from Technology : NPR https://ift.tt/2YgBrny via IFTTT

The move follows a previous executive order from the president that would make "transactions" between U.S. citizens and the Chinese-owned app illegal. (Image credit: AP) from Technology : NPR https://ift.tt/341on9l via IFTTT

The social network said the president's false claims that children are "almost immune" from COVID-19 violated its policy on coronavirus misinformation. (Image credit: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images) from Technology : NPR https://ift.tt/3kjv1NC via IFTTT

The administration awarded a contract for a COVID-19 database to TeleTracking Technologies using a process reserved for innovative research. Its CEO had links to the New York real estate world. (Image credit: smartboy10/Digital Vision Vectors/Getty Images) from Technology : NPR https://ift.tt/312rElk via IFTTT

The CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google are set to testify about whether their companies have too much power. Jeff Bezos begins his prepared remarks with a personal story. (Image credit: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images) from Technology : NPR https://ift.tt/2X5c9bv via IFTTT

A Russian satellite hatched from another satellite fired a projectile last week that American military officials say is meant to take out other satellites. Moscow says it's an inspection tool. (Image credit: Carolyn Kaster/AP) from Technology : NPR https://ift.tt/2ZTSWem via IFTTT

In an exclusive interview with NPR, Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar outlined new measures the popular neighborhood app is taking to address reports of racial profiling and censorship on the platform. (Image credit: Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images) from Technology : NPR https://ift.tt/31AVNKL via IFTTT

IBM is the first major technology company to walk away from facial recognition technology amid nationwide protests for racial justice and police reform. Amazon and Microsoft have not followed. (Image credit: Richard Drew/AP) from Technology : NPR https://ift.tt/2YgS0ig via IFTTT

Some of the social network's earliest hires say CEO Mark Zuckerberg's inaction on the president's most inflammatory posts is a 'betrayal' of the company's ideals. (Image credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images) from Technology : NPR https://ift.tt/3gR78eN via IFTTT

The Center for Democracy and Technology argues that Trump's executive order attempting to strip tech companies of a key legal protection was retaliatory and violates the First Amendment. (Image credit: AP) from Technology : NPR https://ift.tt/3gPd4oE via IFTTT

A "well-funded" and elaborate social media disinformation campaign played out online Sunday night, showing how polarization creates situations where lies go viral. (Image credit: Twitter Screenshot) from Technology : NPR https://ift.tt/2Mh6sRM via IFTTT

Twitter has put a warning label on a tweet by President Trump for the first time on Tuesday. The company says the tweet contains "potentially misleading information about voting processes." from Technology : NPR https://ift.tt/3d79ofs via IFTTT

A link is added to a tweet in which the president claims without evidence that mail-in ballots are fraudulent. A Twitter spokesman says the tweet wasn't deleted because it didn't discourage voting. (Image credit: Denis Charlet/AFP via Getty Images) from Technology : NPR https://ift.tt/3em1S0v via IFTTT