Facebook’s Explanation Regarding It’s App-Blocking Policies

In the aftermath of the situation with Twitter’s Vine app and Yandex’s Wonder, where Facebook literally blocked them, by not allowing them access to the site, Facebook’s Justin Osofsky, Director, Platform Partnerships and Operations, has given an explanation for this act, but hasn’t addressed Vine or Wonder directly. Facebook’s explanation was given in a blog post. The social networking site …

Twitter Suspended The Account Of Al-Qaeda Linked Al-Shabaab

Twitter suspended the account of the Somalia-based Al-Qaeda linked militant group Al-Shabaab, days after the group used the site to declare death threats against the two Kenyan Government employees taken as hostages somewhere on the Kenya-Somalia border. The group posted a video of the two hostages, saying that they will be killed unless the Kenyan Government fulfill’s their demands, the …