On Friday, Facebook suspended several pages that published viral "news" videos viewed by millions that failed to disclose their Russian affiliations. After ...
Facebook might face a multi-billion dollar fine from the FTC
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Google also has a data-collecting app, just like Facebook
After the shocking revelation on Tuesday about a Facebook app that collected web browsing and other sensitive data from its users, TechCrunch is back with a ...
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 ...
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 ...
Zuckerberg’s plan to combine messaging apps is a spectacularly bad idea
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
