‘Mother Goose’ brings Storytime to Facebook during quarantine
Since March, Americans everywhere have struggled with the restrictions imposed during the coronavirus pandemic, some with grace, others with grudging compliance, some even with defiance.
Facebook’s currency plan gets hostile reception in Congress
Under sharp criticism from senators, a Facebook executive on Tuesday defended the social network’s ambitious plan to create a digital currency and pledged to work with regulators to achieve a system that protects the privacy of users’ data.
Facebook’s new currency plan is under scrutiny in Congress
Facebook’s ambitious plan to create a financial eco-system based on a digital currency faces questions from lawmakers, as it’s shadowed by negative comments from President Donald Trump, his treasury secretary and the head of the Federal Reserve.
Facebook plans its own currency for 2 billion-plus users
Facebook already rules daily communication for more than 2 billion people around the world. Now it wants its own currency, too.
Facebook extends ban on hate speech to ‘white nationalists’
Facebook is extending its ban on hate speech to prohibit the promotion and support of white nationalism and white separatism.
Memos: Facebook allowed ‘friendly fraud’ to profit from kids
Facebook allowed children to rack up huge bills on digital games while the company rejected recommendations for addressing what it dubbed “friendly fraud,” according to newly released court documents.
Report: Facebook’s privacy lapses may result in record fine
Facebook may be facing the biggest fine ever imposed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for privacy violations involving the personal information of its 2.2 billion users.
Facebook to invest $300 million in news, focusing on local
Facebook says it is investing $300 million over the next three years in news initiatives, with a focus on local news partnerships and other programs.
Elderly, conservatives shared more Facebook fakery in 2016
Sharing false information on Facebook is old.
Facebook gun threat lands student in jail
A Columbus High School student is in custody after he apparently made a Facebook post threatening to shoot the school.
Child experts file FTC complaint against Facebook kids’ app
Children’s and public health advocacy groups say Facebook’s kid-centric messaging app violates federal law by collecting kids’ personal information without getting verifiable consent from their parents.
ACLU: Facebook allows gender-biased job ads on its platform
Facebook is allowing job ads on its platform that exclude women, according to the American Civil liberties Union.
Facebook finds ‘sophisticated’ efforts to disrupt elections
Facebook elevated concerns about election interference Tuesday, announcing that it had uncovered “sophisticated” efforts, possibly linked to Russia, to manipulate U.S. politics and by extension the upcoming midterm elections.
Facebook’s day of reckoning: Blip or sign of broader turn?
Facebook faced a day of reckoning Thursday as its shares plunged in the biggest one-day drop in stock market history.
Facebook ads show Russian effort to stoke political division
Democrats on the House intelligence committee have released more than 3,500 Facebook ads that were created or promoted by a Russian internet agency, providing the fullest picture yet of Russia’s attempt to sow racial and political division in the United States before and after the 2016 election.
AP-NORC Poll: For many online, Facebook is a habit
Social media is a daily way of life for many Americans.
Zuckerberg: Regulation ‘inevitable’ for social media firms
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged that regulation of social media companies is “inevitable” and disclosed that his own personal information has been compromised by malicious outsiders.
CEO Zuckerberg apologizes for Facebook’s privacy failures
Under fire for the worst privacy debacle in his company’s history, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg batted away often-aggressive questioning from lawmakers who accused him of failing to protect the personal information of millions of Americans from Russians intent on upsetting the U.S. election.
Facebook to send Cambridge Analytica data-use notices today
Get ready to find out if your Facebook data has been swept up in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Facebook: Most users may have had public data ‘scraped’
Facebook’s acknowledgement that most of its 2.2 billion members have probably had their personal data scraped by “malicious actors” is the latest example of the social network’s failure to protect its users’ data.