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Twitter to begin pilot testing Fleet ads starting today

Decentralized identity startup Spruce wants to help users control their signin data

Pearpop raises from The Chainsmokers Alexis Ohanian Amy Schumer Kevin Hart Mark Cuban Marshmello and Snoop Dogg

Fake news is an existential crisis for social media

Patreon CPO says the company will double in size in 2022

4 questions every CISO should be asking about the metaverse

Pendulum raises 59M to help organizations track harmful narratives

Fabula AI is using social spread to spot fake news

Reports say White House has drafted an order putting the FCC in charge of monitoring social media

UK expands Online Safety Bill to cover scam ads and eyes wider reforms

Funnel a nocode tool for marketers to organize disparate data sources raises 66M in preIPO round

Ivorian ecommerce startup ANKA formerly Afrikrea raises 62M preSeries A

Pragma is a backend toolkit for gaming companies so game developers can focus on games

Mark Cubanbacked live entertainment app Fireside launches to creators

Beware the hidden bias behind TikTok resumes

Will online privacy make a comeback in 2020

UK parliament calls for antitrust data abuse probe of Facebook

Pancake aims to make customers flip for its virtual home design platform

Snap is under NDA with UK Home Office discussing how to centralize age checks online

Founders: Land a video interview with TC

Online platforms still not clear enough about hate speech takedowns: EC

TechCrunch roundup: VC advice for CEOs 2022 ecommerce trends OpenSeas valuation

For true transparency around political advertising US tech companies must collaborate

Australia now has a template for forcing Facebook and Google to pay for news

Europe dials up pressure on tech giants over election security

UKs Digital Markets Unit starts work on procompetition reforms

Athleisure icon Ty Haney raises 98M in fresh funding for her blockchain rewards startup

Twitter took over a users account and joked about reading their DMs

Ivorian startup Afrikrea partners with DHL and Visa to launch SaaS ecommerce platform ANKA

Nigerian fintech startup OneFi acquires payment company Amplify

Heres Twitters position on Alex Jones and hatepeddling antitruthers hint: Its a fudge

Empathy technologies like VR AR and social media can transform education

Amazon and Google face UK CMA probe over fake reviews

Fake news threat to democracy report gets backburner response from UK govt

Leak shows Facebooks business model needs regulating says MEP

TikTok is giving China a video chat alternative to WeChat

Why were looking into the Mueller report

Tool up for the midterms with this Facebook junk news aggregator

Trumps new lawsuits against social media companies are going nowhere fast

Andreessen Horowitzs Sriram Krishnan on crypto social networking

Conductor raises 150M at a 525M valuation to build out its searchbased organic marketing technology

We owe it to our kids to put an age limit on social media

WeAre8 launches crowdfunder for its social media app where users are paid to watch ads

Investors say emerging multiverses are the future of entertainment

Going after social commerce for sportspeople Millions gets 10M

Obama says social media is well designed to destroy democracies

Egyptian health and wellness platform Esaal raises 17M to scale across MENA

UK quietly ditches porn age checks in favor of wider online harms rules

Most Facebook users still in the dark about its creepy ad practices Pew finds

UK names five projects to get funding for CSAM detection