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Pinterest announces new safety measures, parental controls after bombshell investigation

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks during a news conference about refusing Russian annexation of any portion of Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Senators push Pinterest exec for answers on pedophiles’ alleged use of platform

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen speaks during a hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

How one Facebook worker unfriended the giant social network

By Adam Geller and Matt O'Brien - Associated Press

The icon for the social media app Clubhouse is seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. Clubhouse, an invitation-only audio chat app launched less than a year ago, has caught the attention of tech industry bigshots like Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, not to mention the Chinese government, which has already blocked it in the country. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

EXPLAINER: What is Clubhouse, the buzzy new audio chat app?

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media after Friday prayers, in Istanbul, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. Turkey’s president has criticized the United States for kicking his country out of the F-35 fighter jet program after Ankara purchased a Russian missile defense system. Speaking after Friday prayers in Istanbul, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey paid “very serious money” for the F-35 stealth jets and that America had committed “a very serious mistake” with its NATO ally. (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

Turkey slaps advertising ban on Twitter, Pinterest

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Pantries help keep Virginia families from hunger in pandemic

By SABRINA MORENO and The Richmond Times-Dispatch - Associated Press

This Sept. 12, 2018, file photo shows an Apple iPhone XR on display at the Steve Jobs Theater after an event to announce new products, in Cupertino, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Facebook code change causes others to crash; Spotify and Tinder among iOS apps briefly broken by bug

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

This undated product image provided by Pinterest shows a new Pinterest products like this search. In another step toward revenue growth and to give users something they’ve been asking for, the company is announcing Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, that it is making more of its “pins,” the photos and illustrations users post and save for inspiration, “shoppable.” If the exact item is not available, Pinterest is making it easier for people to find similar ones, in home decor and fashion, to start, that match aesthetically. (Pinterest via AP)

Pinterest rolls out new rules on ‘false or misleading’ content ahead of 2020 election

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

FILE - In this November 2012, file photo a bride walks down a staircase at Litchfield Plantation in Litchfield Beach, S.C .Four major websites used for wedding planning are revising content that promotes former slave plantations as venues, responding to an advocacy group's campaign urging the companies to stop romanticizing places were black people were brutalized. Pinterest, The Knot WorldWide, Zola and Brides announced changes after receiving letters from Color of Change, which describes itself as the country's largest online racial justice. (Janet Blackmon Morgan/The Sun News via AP, File)

Wedding planning sites change policies on slave plantations

By ALEXANDRA OLSON - Associated Press

Friends Giving is a collaboration that feeds the hungry

By TAMMY PAOLINO - Associated Press

FILE- In this March 27, 2019, file photo, measles, mumps and rubella vaccines sit in a cooler at the Rockland County Health Department in Pomona, N.Y. Pinterest says vaccine-related searches on its site will show results from health organizations including the World Health Organization, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and others. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Pinterest to direct vaccine-related searches to health orgs

By MAE ANDERSON - Associated Press

The pro-life organization Live Action had its Pinterest content banned from the platform on June 11, 2019, due to guidelines meant to protect the "health or public safety" of users. (Image: Twitter, Live Action promotional image)

Lila Rose’s pro-life Live Action content banned from Pinterest over ‘public safety’ guidelines

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

National Alliance marks 30th anniversary

By National Alliance for Families for the Return of America's Missing Servicemen

FILE - In this Thursday, April 18, 2019, file photo, Pinterest co-founder and chief product officer Evan Sharp, left, and fellow co-founder &amp; CEO Ben Silbermann, right, watch as company communications manager Enid Hwang rings a ceremonial bell when their IPO begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange floor. Pinterest, fresh off its initial public offering, is reporting a smaller loss in the first quarter, boosted by higher revenue, but its outlook was below expectations and shares slumped in after-hours trading. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Pinterest reports smaller 1Q loss but results drag stock

By BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press

Pinterest prices public offering at $19 per share

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Pinterest sets sites on $1.5B in first public share offering

By Mae Anderson and Michelle Chapman - Associated Press

Steve Sierzega receives a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at the Rockland County Health Department in Pomona, N.Y., Wednesday, March 27, 2019. The county in New York City's northern suburbs declared a local state of emergency Tuesday over a measles outbreak that has infected more than 150 people since last fall, hoping a ban against unvaccinated children in public places wakes their parents to the seriousness of the problem. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Vaccine wars: Social media battle outbreak of bogus claims

By Barbara Ortutay - Associated Press

FILE- In this March 29, 2019, file photo Lyft co-founders John Zimmer, front third from left, and Logan Green, front third from right, cheer as they as they ring a ceremonial opening bell in Los Angeles. Lyft gave investors a lesson in how quickly a company’s market value can change. The ride-hailing company’s stock surged more than 20% from its IPO price on Friday. But by the first hour of Lyft’s second day of trading, the stock had fallen below the IPO price of $72. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

IPWhoa: What to know before joining this year’s IPO parade

By STAN CHOE - Associated Press

Digital scrapbooking site Pinterest files for IPO

By BY RACHEL LERMAN and BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press

United check-in kiosks are closed inside Terminal B at George Bush Intercontinental Airport Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, in Houston. The security checkpoint inside the terminal has been closed for several days. The partial government shutdown is starting to strain the national aviation system, with unpaid security screeners staying home, air-traffic controllers suing the government and safety inspectors off the job. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Going public? For Uber, Lyft and others, shutdown slows IPOs

By MARCY GORDON - Associated Press