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FILE - This combination of file photos shows a Google sign and the Facebook app. Global digital platforms Google and Facebook will be forced to pay for news content in Australia, the government said on Monday, April 20, 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic causes a collapse in advertising revenue. (AP Photo/File)

Australia forces Google, Facebook to pay for news content

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

Australia's Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, right, with Minister for Communications Paul Fletcher speaks in Canberra, Monday, April 20, 2020. Global digital platforms Google and Facebook will be forced to pay for news content in Australia, the government said on Monday as the coronavirus pandemic causes a collapse in advertising revenue. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Australia to make Google and Facebook pay for news content

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

This photo taken April, 9, 2020, shows Paul Hanna of the Green Bay rock band Annex sitting outside his Allouez, Wis., house. With venues closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, Hanna started live streaming shows three times a week on Facebook. (Sarah Kloepping/The Green Bay Press-Gazette via AP)

Annex frontman Hanna keeping busy with Facebook Live shows

By KENDRA MEINERT - Associated Press

Multitudes of uncollected seashells in N.C. amid tourist ban

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In this July 30, 2019, file photo, the social media application, Facebook is displayed on Apple's App Store in Chicago, Ill. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky, File)

Facebook to notify users who engaged with harmful coronavirus misinformation

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this July 30, 2019, file photo, the social media application, Facebook is displayed on Apple's App Store in Chicago, Ill. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky, File) **FILE**

Facebook to warn users who ‘liked’ coronavirus hoaxes

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and AMANDA SEITZ - Associated Press

Tech companies step up fight against bad coronavirus info

By AMANDA SEITZ and BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press

(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Reddit creates new political ad transparency tools ahead of 2020 elections

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Washington attorney general sues Facebook over campaign ads

Associated Press

$100 toilet paper roll among NC price gouging complaints

Associated Press

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro greets supporters and journalists as he arrives to give a news conference on the new coronavirus at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, March 27, 2020. Even as coronavirus cases mount in Latin America’s largest nation, Bolsonaro is calling the pandemic a momentary, minor problem and saying strong measures to contain it are unnecessary. (AP Photo/Andre Borges)

Facebook removes Brazilian president’s post for allegedly spreading coronavirus misinformation

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Minot zoo brings animals to people on Facebook while closed

By ELOISE OGDEN - Associated Press

In this Jan. 9, 2019, photo, media and guests mingle before a tour of Facebook's new 130,000-square-foot offices, which occupy the top three floors of a 10-story Cambridge, Mass. building. Facebook and Twitter's announcements Thursday, March 12, 2020, that they have removed dozens of accounts and pages from their services show that Russia's efforts to interfere in the U.S. presidential election are getting more sophisticated and harder to detect. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) **FILE**

Facebook takedowns reveal sophistication of Russian trolls

By Barbara Ortutay - Associated Press

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy addresses reporters at a news conference Monday, March 9, 2020, in Anchorage, Alaska. State officials said 23 people have been tested for the new coronavirus with no positive results. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Alaska governor seeks to assert calm over virus concerns

By BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press

In this March 6, 2020, file photo, Indian nursing students wearing masks walk in a group at government run Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad, India. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Facebook and Instagram announce ban on ads and listings for medical masks amid coronavirus outbreak

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Facebook says it will ban ads for medical face masks

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., flanked by Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, left, and Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, speaks to the media about the 2020 Census and the concern for getting an accurate count in minority communities on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Facebook drops Trump ads after Pelosi cites census confusion

By MIKE SCHNEIDER and AMANDA SEITZ - Associated Press

In this Feb. 10, 2020, file photo, Attorney General William Barr speaks at the National Sheriffs' Association Winter Legislative and Technology Conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

DOJ, tech companies reach ‘historic’ agreement to prevent online child sexual exploitation

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Workers dismantle a booth after that the 90th Geneva International Motor Show (GIMS) is cancelled by Swiss authorities, at the Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. The 90th edition of the International Motor Show, scheduled to begin on March 5th, is cancelled due to the advancement of the (Covid-19) coronavirus in Switzerland. The Swiss confederation announced today that all events involving more than 1,000 people would be banned until 15 March. (KEYSTONE/Salvatore di Nolfi)

Trade show blues: Exhibitions go virtual as virus spreads

By DAVID McHUGH and ALEXANDRA OLSON - Associated Press