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Children photographed inside the Auschwitz concentration camp on January 27, 1945.

Facebook Has Finally Banned Holocaust Denial. Critics Ask What Took Them So Long

Facebook updated its rules on Monday to explicitly ban any content that “de...

Facebook updated its rules on Monday to explicitly ban any content that “denies or distorts” the Holocaust

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols granted a preliminary injunction against President Trump’s efforts to ban TikTok from Apple and Google’s app stores on Sunday Sept. 27, 2020, hours before the ban was due to take effect.

TikTok Gets Reprieve in U.S. as Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump's App Store Ban

President Donald Trump’s ban on TikTok was temporarily blocked by a federal...

President Donald Trump’s ban on TikTok was temporarily blocked by a federal judge hours before it was due to be removed from U.S. app stores.

The icon for TikTok on Feb. 25, 2020 in New York.

TikTok's Fate Uncertain as D.C. Judge Weighs Impending App Ban

Lawyers for the app argued the move would infringe on First Amendment right...

Lawyers for the app argued the move would infringe on First Amendment rights and do irreparable harm to the business

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg attend a meeting at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on September 27, 2015.

Facebook’s Ties to India’s Ruling Party Complicate Its Fight Against Hate Speech

The world's biggest social network has multi-billion dollar plans for India...

The world's biggest social network has multi-billion dollar plans for India. What happens when BJP politicians use its platforms to spread hatred?

A dispute over the social-media platform TikTok is just the latest sore spot in worsening U.S.-China relations

How TikTok Found Itself in the Middle of a U.S.-China Tech War

First they went after Huawei. Then it was gummy bears singing Adele. TikTok...

First they went after Huawei. Then it was gummy bears singing Adele. TikTok--the social-media platform where primarily Gen Z users share dance routines and zany memes involving crooning fruit candies and the like--has become the...

U.S. President Donald Trump waves while departing after speaking about the White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative in the Rose Garden July 9, 2020 in Washington, DC.

TikTok Teens Are 'Going to War' Against the Trump Campaign After Republicans Call to Ban the App

Efforts to push the app low enough so that Apple will remove it from the ap...

Efforts to push the app low enough so that Apple will remove it from the app store may be misguided

ByteDance's TikTok app is displayed on a smartphone.

Chinese-Owned TikTok Pulls App From Hong Kong Mobile Stores Amid National Security Law

TikTok, which has insisted it operates independently of Beijing despite its...

TikTok, which has insisted it operates independently of Beijing despite its Chinese ownership, may be able to argue the withdrawal is a move to escape requests to censor content or share user data