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The world's biggest digital companies will have nowhere to hide starting on Aug. 25, when the toughest EU rules on online content since social media first burst onto the scene enter into force.

The landmark law is part of the European Union's legal arsenal deployed to bring tech companies to heel and enforce order in what officials have described as an online "Wild West."

Facebook prioritizes profit over removing misinformation and hatred from its platform. The reason is that users are encouraged to argue, refute, quarrel with each other, which helps social media activity and is good for advertisers.

Pinterest agreed to a requirement to appoint a local representative in Turkey as part of a new social media law that took effect in October 2020, according to a top Turkish official.

Deputy Transport and Infrastructure Minister Ömer Fatih Sayan announced on Twitter that Pinterest has agreed to appoint a local representative in Turkey.

Twitter accepted a requirement to appoint a local representative in Turkey as part of a new social media law that took effect in October 2020, according to a top Turkish official.

At a surprisingly low-key 20th anniversary and future of search event, Google announced a number of new search features. Some are new, some are expansions or adaptations of existing capabilities, and some are borrowed or "inspired by" competitors' products (Snap, Instagram, Pinterest).

US e-commerce company Amazon has launched a social network called Spark that allows consumers to sell and buy products on its platform. This is Amazon's first move in the social networking world, Reuters reports.

Greek mobile advertising startup Avocarrot has been bought by adtech company Glispa Global Group for 20 million dollars, that’s likely a mixture of cash and stock.

An environmentally-conscious crow that took out the trash in a western Turkish city has gone viral on social media.

Do?an News Agency correspondent Mustafa O?uz photographed the crow at work in ?zmir?s Kültürpark on June 17.

The crow, the nest of which is located in the park, is seen in the first photos eating leftover rice from a styrofoam plate that it found on the grass.