EghtesadOnline: Facebook Inc. is offering major record labels and music publishers hundreds of millions of dollars so the users of its social network can legally include songs in videos they upload, according to people familiar with the matter.

EghtesadOnline: Facebook Inc. has hired more than 150 counterterrorism experts and is increasingly using artificial intelligence that can understand language and analyze images to try to keep terrorists from using the social network for recruiting and propaganda.

EghtesadOnline: Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it had stepped up efforts to rid its social network of posts from users advocating political or religious violence, and was increasingly using software to find them rather than relying on reports from users or governments.

EghtesadOnline: Microsoft sought EU antitrust approval on Friday for its $26 billion bid for social network LinkedIn, a spokesman said on Friday, kicking off a month-long review by regulators of its largest deal.

EghtesadOnline: Twitter Inc faces an uncertain future after Saleforce.com Inc, the last of the companies believed to be interested in buying the troubled social network, said on Friday that it would not make a bid.

EghtesadOnline: China's largest e-commerce company is building a social network that keeps users buying more. Vice Chairman Joseph Tsai explains how.