The Verge

JUNE 17, 2020

Trending sideways : Google banned far-right websites ZeroHedge and The Federalist from its ad platform over racist comments posted on the sites. Trending sideways : Google banned far-right websites ZeroHedge and The Federalist from its ad platform over racist comments posted on the sites. Adi Robertson / The Verge ).

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The Verge

MARCH 9, 2021

Because God forbid, “rest in peace, Twitter” trends. And we’ve had a lot of launches end with #RestInPeaceTwitter trending. In my opinion, if we’re not seeing #RestInPeaceTwitter trend a few times a year, we’re not taking big enough swings. And that can make it very intimidating and scary for teams to build stuff.

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The Verge

JULY 7, 2020

This trend has only accelerated since the Black Lives Matters protests swept the nation last month — which, among other things, led to the first-ever virtual Facebook walkout a few weeks later. Trending up : Facebook pinned a box with information about voter registration on the top of the News Feed for every US user who is of voting age.

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The Verge

JUNE 25, 2020

Trending up : A new report from the European Commission shows Facebook assessed 95.7 Trending down : Facebook has reportedly created a fact-checking loophole for climate science deniers. Brazil’s Central Bank and antitrust regulator suspended WhatsApp’s payment features in the country, citing antitrust concerns.

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The Verge

JULY 9, 2020

Trending down : Digital ad platforms run by Google , Amazon, and other tech companies will funnel at least $25 million into websites spreading misinformation about Covid-19 this year. TikTok has been adept at navigating between those two superpowers to date — but I can’t be alone in wondering whether that can last forever.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

Trending up: Both Twitter and Square are making Juneteenth a permanent company holiday. Trending up: Apple and Google have trained their AI voice assistants to respond to questions on the Black Lives Matter movement, and to rebut the negative sentiment behind “all lives matter.”. Chris Welch / The Verge ). Sarah Perez / TechCrunch ).

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The Verge

JUNE 9, 2020

The Ratio. ?? Trending up : Tinder said it would stop banning users for posting Black Lives Matter fundraisers on their profiles. Trending up : Tech companies are writing big checks to groups fighting racial injustice. Trending up : Instacart tweaked its product to discourage “tip baiting.” Sofie Kodner / Protocol ). ??

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