#Google deletes thousands of negative Robinhood app reviews

#Google deletes thousands of negative Robinhood app reviews

“#Google deletes thousands of negative Robinhood app reviews” Google appeared to remove nearly 100,000 negative reviews for the Robinhood app after outraged investors bombarded the stock-trading startup with complaints. Amateur traders urged each other online to leave negative reviews for the app in the Google Play Store after Robinhood froze trading on shares of GameStop…

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#Facebook users’ phone numbers being sold on Telegram: report

#Facebook users’ phone numbers being sold on Telegram: report

“#Facebook users’ phone numbers being sold on Telegram: report” A cybercriminal created a bot that sold access to millions of Facebook users’ cellphone numbers through the Telegram messaging app, a new report says. The bot pulled the info from a massive database of phone numbers taken from Facebook before the social network patched a security hole…

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#Google Maps is adding COVID19 vaccine sites

#Google Maps is adding COVID19 vaccine sites

“#Google Maps is adding COVID19 vaccine sites” With COVID19 vaccines beginning to make their way around the world, there’s a glimmer of hope for this pandemic to end sometime within the next year. Searches for “vaccines near me” have increased fivefold, according to Google, so in the coming weeks, the company will begin to make…

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#The White House website reinstates Spanish version that Trump removed

#The White House website reinstates Spanish version that Trump removed

“#The White House website reinstates Spanish version that Trump removed” Following President Joe Biden‘s inauguration, the White House‘s  official website has promptly re-instated a Spanish version of its website. ¡Por fin! For those wondering, @WhiteHouse already has a Spanish-language page up.https://t.co/veEo5k443Y pic.twitter.com/nbjx4PqJsl — Julio Ricardo Varela (@julito77) January 20, 2021 As noted by Julio Ricardo…

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#Report: Trump’s Twitter ban led to a 73% drop in election fraud misinformation

#Report: Trump’s Twitter ban led to a 73% drop in election fraud misinformation

“#Report: Trump’s Twitter ban led to a 73% drop in election fraud misinformation” Trump‘s bans from Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms may have been controversial, but they appear to have been effective in achieving one goal: combatting misinformation. According to research firm Zignal Labs, and as reported by the Washington Post, online misinformation…

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#Apple joins Google in suspending Parler from App Store

#Apple joins Google in suspending Parler from App Store

“#Apple joins Google in suspending Parler from App Store” Apple is suspending Parler, the social media platform favored by President Trump’s supporters, from its application store. The tech giant said Saturday Parler failed to follow Apple’s guidelines by not removing harmful content from the platform. “Parler has not taken adequate measures to address the proliferation…

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#Google Play suspends Parler, Apple threatens to

#Google Play suspends Parler, Apple threatens to

“#Google Play suspends Parler, Apple threatens to” The app for a favorite social network of President Trump supporters will no longer be sold on Google Play — and Apple is also threatening to pull it, according to reports. Parler, which bills itself as “an unbiased social media focused on real user experiences and engagement,” can’t…

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#Jack Dorsey: “I do not celebrate” Trump’s Twitter ban

#Donald Trump has been permanently banned from Twitter

“#Donald Trump has been permanently banned from Twitter” Credit: Wikimedia Commons It finally happened: Twitter has permanently suspended @realDonaldTrump, the outgoing President’s personal account. In related news, cortisol levels around the world suddenly dropped to their lowest levels in four years. Twitter says it suspended the account “due to the risk of further incitement of…

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