Instagram users lose followers due to bug
Noor Imtiaz
Several Instagram users woke up on Wednesday to see a follower count much smaller than the day before. Users initially believed Instagram had deliberately shut down dummy accounts, but Instagram…
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Facebook might face a multi-billion dollar fine from the FTC
Fazeel Ashraf
According to The Washington Post, Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission are negotiating a multibillion-dollar fine. The FTC is planning to fine the social network over its privacy violations. This would…
Twitter CEO makes drastic statements in latest interview
Kara Swisher from Recode interviewed Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Tuesday and got some surprising responses to her questions. Several of Dorsey’s statements from the online interview, which took place…
Twitter shares quarterly earnings and loss in active users
Twitter reported on Thursday that its monthly active users had fallen from 326 million in the third quarter to 321 million. In its earnings report, the company also revealed that it…
Facebook faces a strict ruling in Germany
In Germany, a ruling on Thursday has declared that Facebook abused its dominance in the social media market. A German antitrust watchdog had been investigating Facebook for apparent violations of…
Facebook bans Myanmar military groups
Facebook wrote in a Newsroom post today that it has decided to ban four more military groups from Myanmar from their platform. The organizations include the Arakan Army (AA), the…
YouTube CEO admits annual “Rewind” video was “cringey,” makes promises for 2019
YouTube’s CEO Susan Wojcicki admitted that even her kids think Rewind 2018 is “cringey,” in an open letter to YouTube creators. The video had the dishonor of becoming the most…
Facebook now lets users unsend messages
Facebook Messenger has released a long-promised feature – it now lets users unsend messages. We’ve all felt it – that immediately regret after hitting the “send” button. But now, you…
Somehow Facebook continues to grow, despite constant scandal
Facebook announced their quarterly earnings on Wednesday. The tech giant has been drenched in scandals that show no signs of slowing down. Their latest squabble with Apple over Facebook Research…
Study shows Facebook users are happier if they quit the social network for a month
In somewhat surprising, but not totally unexpected, news it looks like quitting Facebook for a month makes people happier. This is according to new research out of Stanford and New…
Apple blocks Facebook from running internal apps on iOS
Apple has responded to the Facebook Research app scandal with decisive action. Facebook was collecting data from teenagers in return for small payments, in open defiance of Apple’s official policy.…
Facebook is paying users to install invasive “Research” app
Facebook is in the news again, and not in a good way, again. The social network has been caught up in another scandal, secretly paying people to install a “Facebook…
Zuckerberg’s plan to combine messaging apps is a spectacularly bad idea
Jessica Baron, PhD
Ok, so here’s what we know: 4 Facebook employees, described only as “people involved in the effort, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the matter is confidential” reached…
Facebook looking to merge Instagram DM, WhatsApp, and Messenger
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has revealed plans to merge the messaging services of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. But this would not mean making these into one platform. Rather, it would…
Is Facebook’s “10 Year Challenge” more than a meme?
When the #10YearChallenge began on social media a few days ago, it seemed like a harmless trend. The challenge was to post one recent picture alongside a photo from ten…
WhatsApp limits forwards to five accounts only
Muhammad Abdullah
WhatsApp is trying to rein in fake news on its platform. So, to put its reputation back on track, they are trying to restrict the feature that fuels fake news. Yesterday,…
Judge unseals documents showing that Facebook took advantage of children
The Center for Investigative Reporting made a request last year to unseal documents related to a 2012 class action lawsuit against Facebook involving charges racked up on its platform by children.…
Facebook removes accounts linked to Russian-owned news agency
Facebook has labeled hundreds of pages linked to Russia as perpetrators of false news. Facebook claimed yesterday that the Russian Sputnik news agency was involved in serious misdemeanors that violated…
