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The head of the House Intelligence Committee said Friday he has been assured by the CEO of Facebook that the company is working on ways to prevent foreign actors from disrupting next year’s elections. Rep. Adam Schiff of California met with Mark Zuckerberg and said the Facebook CEO showed a deep awareness of the threat […]

Twitter said on Friday that it had removed or suspended thousands of accounts with ties to governments in the Middle East, including the account of Saud el-Qahtani, a former close adviser to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia. Twitter said it suspended Mr. Qahtani’s account because of “violations of our platform manipulation policies.”

Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg said she’s overwhelmed by the success of Friday’s climate protests. But the 16-year-old who sparked the global movement said she was underwhelmed by the United States government’s approach to climate change. Thunberg spoke with The Associated Press as the climate events were underway. Responses have been edited for length

SAN FRANCISCO — House lawmakers have asked more than 80 companies for information about how their businesses may have been harmed by Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google, according to four people familiar with the requests. The House Judiciary Committee, which is investigating the influence of the tech giants, sent formal requests for information to the

Facebook said Friday that it has suspended “tens of thousands” of apps made by about 400 developers as part of an investigation following the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Interested in Facebook? Add Facebook as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Facebook news, video, and analysis from ABC News. The announcement came the

SAN FRANCISCO — Last summer, several Airbnb employees wrote a letter to the online room-rental start-up’s founders. On behalf of more than a dozen employees, they pleaded to be able to sell their Airbnb stock options. Because Airbnb is privately held, its shares cannot be easily traded or cashed in. So the employees also asked

A wave of climate change protests swept the globe Friday, with hundreds of thousands of young people sending a message to leaders headed for a U.N. summit: The warming world can’t wait for action. Marches, rallies and demonstrations were held from Canberra to Kabul and Cape Town to New York and German police reported that

No 5G iPhone? No problem. You probably don’t want one anyway. For most people, it’s smart to stick with a smartphone that isn’t compatible with speedier 5G wireless networks, which are just starting to roll out. That’s the case even if you think you’ll be hanging on to your next phone for a few years.

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook said on Friday that it had suspended “tens of thousands” of apps as part of an investigation into how independent developers use its members’ data, a number far higher than it had previously disclosed and a sign that data privacy remains a central issue for the social network. Facebook said in

In one of the videos, a small object streaks across the sky before the U.S. Navy fighter jet’s tracking system locks on and follows it. “Whoa. Got it,” the pilot yells, laughing as the dot moves on his screen. “Woohoo!” Another pilot asks: “Wow. What is that, man?” The Navy isn’t offering an explanation —