Social Media

Musk, who has 80 million Twitter followers and is active on the site, has questioned free speech on Twitter and whether the platform is undermining democracy.

"We’ve seen time and again where these social-media companies don’t take a strong enough stance and lift the restrictions. I don’t think they care enough to understand what the issue really is,” said Douglas Sandoval, campus advisor at the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America.

The misinformation on Russian Embassy's Twitter, Facebook and Telegram accounts circulated even after the platforms took down posts from the embassy in Britain for breaking their rules against denying violent events, an Israeli watchdog finds.

In a temporary change to its hate speech policy, the tech giant will also allow posts calling for the death of Putin, Belarusian President Lukashenko in the context of the Ukraine conflict, according to internal emails.

Supermodel Gigi Hadid weighs in on world geopolitics again, accusing Israel of inflicting the same suffering on Palestinians as Russia does on Ukrainians.

US lawmakers and federal regulators criticize TikTok over the promotion of content that can endanger the physical and mental health of young users. TikTok says it focuses on age-appropriate experiences, noting that some features, such as direct messaging, are not available to younger users.

The Kremlin's communications regulator accuses the social media giant of restricting access to Russian media after Facebook insists on flagging accounts suspected of spreading fake news.

Although the Russian president has never publicly acknowledged so, 18-year-old Luiza Rozova, a student in St. Petersburg, is believed to be his daughter.

Clever TikTok videos serve up Russian nationalism with a side of humor as armies of trolls and bots stir up anti-Ukrainian sentiment across various social media platforms.