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Discord blocked in Turkey

Discord blocked in Turkey

Turkey has blocked access to instant messaging platform Discord in line with a court decision after the platform refused to share information demanded by Ankara, Turkish authorities said. Turkey's Information Technologies and …

Twitter to replace bird logo in brand overhaul

Twitter to replace bird logo in brand overhaul

The billionaire and Twitter owner Elon Musk signaled he will replace the well-known blue bird logo with an X. The change followed Musk's recent admission that advertising revenue remains nearly half of what it once …

Turkey to fight disinformation on social media

Turkey to fight disinformation on social media

Turkey is developing legal norms to regulate social networks and combat misinformation distributed there, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in an interview with the Yeni Safak newspaper, commenting on the purchase of Twitter by the founder of …

US makes exception for sanctioned Russians

US makes exception for sanctioned Russians

The US Treasury Department issued a general license that allows sanctioned Russian citizens and companies to freely use web communications services. The list includes instant messengers, e-mail, Internet browsers, social networks, file …

Instagram is blocked in Russia

Instagram is blocked in Russia

An access to the US-based social network platform Instagram was blocked across the territory of Russia starting on March 14, according to the Russian IT and mass media watchdog. Last Friday, the Russian Federal Service for Supervision …

Turkish President names one of the main threats to democracy

Turkish President names one of the main threats to democracy

Social networks, initially perceived as symbols of freedom, have gradually turned into one of the main threats to democracy, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a video message to the participants of the Information Technology …

Instagram testing new useful feature

Instagram testing new useful feature

Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri said the platform is testing the long-awaited Take a Break feature to give users reminders when they’ve spent a long time on the platform. “It does what you think it does,” Mosseri …

Facebook will change its name

Facebook will change its name

Facebook will change its name to Meta. This was stated by the founder of the social network Mark Zuckerberg at the presentation of the company's rebranding. "From now on we will be called Meta," Zuckerberg said. …

Mail.ru Group rebranding into VK

Mail.ru Group rebranding into VK

Mail.ru Group will change its name to VK, the company’s CEO Boris Dobrodeev announced on Tuesday. "VK is a single brand for the entire company. Unlike Mail.ru Group, it will be presented not only at the corporate level, but …

Facebook services almost completely recover from crash

Facebook services almost completely recover from crash

Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp have almost completely recovered from the massive outage. WhatsApp has announced fully returning to normal mode, while Facebook and Instagram are still continuing repair works. Although, there seem to …

WhatsApp to stop working on millions of phones

WhatsApp to stop working on millions of phones

WhatsApp is once again changing its minimum specs, with millions of phones set to lose access to the market-leading chat app. Later this year WhatsApp will be shifting the goal posts so that Android devices running version 4.0.4 or …