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The European Commission today proposed that more actors be involved in countering misinformation. The Commission has presented a report on the measures recently taken by the biggest players online.

The Turkish Competition Board said on Jan. 11 it launched an investigation into WhatsApp and its owner Facebook after the messaging app asked users to agree to let Facebook collect user data including phone numbers and locations.

A mobile application developed by young Turkish entrepreneurs to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus will be presented to users soon, one of its developers has said.

A group of 16 technology enthusiasts developed the "Corowarner" app which allows community-driven contact tracing.

As the Education Ministry scrambles to establish distance learning via virtual tools for long-term school closures, some teachers and pupils in Greece are trying to adapt to the new normal of instruction in the face of the public health emergency.

The Facebook-owned Instagram app plans to eliminate the number of likes seen under posts for some users in the United States. The goal of the move is to reduce competition between people in the photo and video sharing service, Bloomberg writes.

Twitter decided on Oct. 30 to ban political advertising globally, starting Nov. 22, according to the company's CEO Jack Dorsey.

Twitter has apologized to its users for abusing their phone numbers and email addresses.

The internet giant claims that they "inadvertently" used the data for advertising, although they asked for account holders as a security measure.

Instagram has announced stricter posts for weight loss products and cosmetic surgery. Some of the publications will be hidden from under-18s, while others offering "miracle" weight loss products will be removed.

The social network Facebook is considering hiding its like counter, TechCrunch reported.

The magazine notes that tests for this feature have already started on Instagram in seven countries, including Canada and Brazil. Instead of the total number of likes, users are shown only a few names of mutual friends who liked the post.