Déjà Vu? Facebook Removes Troll Farm Posing As African-American Support For Trump
Is this 2016 all over again? Facebook removed hundreds of accounts on Thursday from a foreign troll farm posing as…
Black Workers Allege Employment Discrimination At Facebook
On Thursday, multiple people filed a complaint alleging discriminatory hiring and promotion practices that harm Black employees at Facebook. The…
Civil Rights Groups Ask Advertisers To Stop Buying Facebook Ads In July
Several civil rights and other advocacy groups are calling on large advertisers to stop Facebook ad campaigns during July because…
Facebook takes down Proud Boys, American Guard accounts connected to protests
The Proud Boys and American Guard are identified as hate groups by the SPLC. June 16, 2020, 10:08 PM 4…
Mark Zuckerberg Says He’ll Review Policies That Allowed Trump’s Inflammatory Post
It turns out protests work. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Friday that the company will conduct a review of the…
Facebook’s Zuckerberg promises a review of content policies after backlash
FILE PHOTO: Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in…
Snapchat Says It Is No Longer Promoting Trump’s Account
Snapchat said Wednesday that is has stopped promoting President Donald Trump’s content on its “Discover” pages due to recent comments…
Civil Rights Leaders Slam Zuckerberg After Meeting On Trump Posts
A group of civil rights leaders who spoke with Mark Zuckerberg Monday night blasted the Facebook CEO afterward for his…
Study: White Supremacist Groups Are ‘Thriving’ On Facebook, Despite Extremist Ban
A new study reported that white supremacist groups are “thriving” on Facebook, despite repeated assurances from the company that it…
Justin Bieber Reveals The Hardest Part Of Marriage To Hailey Bieber
Like most married couples, Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber have experienced ups and downs in their relationship. But the two…
Driver in crash may have passed out from wearing N95 mask too long: Police
Police said the driver is believed to have worn an N95 mask for too long. April 25, 2020, 3:21 PM…
Country Singer Joe Diffie’s COVID-19 Death Twisted By Conspiracy Theorists
CHICAGO (AP) — Conspiracy theorists are twisting facts online about country singer Joe Diffie’s death from COVID-19 complications in order…
Facebook to buy 10% stake in telco unit of India’s Reliance Industries for $5.7 billion
BENGALURU (Reuters) – Facebook (FB.O) will buy a 10% stake in the digital business of India’s Reliance Industries (RELI.NS) for…
EU industry chief warns of more onerous tech rules by year end
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will decide by the end of the year whether to impose rules reining in…
EU industry chief tells Facebook to adapt to EU, not other way round
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU industry commissioner Thierry Breton said on Monday it was for Facebook to adapt to Europe’s standards,…
As coronavirus misinformation spreads on social media, Facebook removes posts
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) said it will take down misinformation about China’s fast-spreading coronavirus, in a rare…
Facebook’s ban on deepfakes a ‘baby step’ but won’t eliminate disinformation, experts say
Facebook announced it will remove deepfakes on its platform, a move experts call a “baby step” in the right direction…
Police warn that abbreviating 2020 on legal documents could lead to fraud
The advice comes from the East Millinocket Police Department. January 3, 2020, 8:32 PM 4 min read The police department…
Facebook’s latest takedown has a twist — AI-generated profile pictures
Facebook has been regularly removing fake accounts in its fight against disinformation, but the company’s latest announcement presented a twist…
Rescue crew finds missing hiker with unlikely piece of technology
An aviation unit shared night vision footage of the woman’s rescue. December 31, 2019, 3:57 PM 4 min read A…
Facebook sues ILikeAd, alleges ad fraud
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) on Thursday sued a Hong Kong company that it said baited people into clicking on…
Trump administration threatens tariffs of ‘up to 100%’ on certain French goods
The Trump administration threatened the possibility of slapping additional duties of “up to 100 percent on certain French products” in…
Adam Devine’s Mom Is Catfishing His Facebook Fans
Actor Adam Devine operates his own Twitter and Instagram accounts. But his verified Facebook page? Not so much. The “Pitch…
13-year-old Broadway star Laurel Griggs dies after asthma attack, family says
A 13-year-old Broadway actress, Laurel Griggs, has died after an apparently fatal asthma attack. Laurel appeared in the Tony award-winning…
Space satellite crashes in front yard of Michigan home
A Samsung pseudo space satellite parachuted from the sky and fell to the ground on a farm in Merrill, Michigan,…
Facebook executive confident Libra will win enough financial backers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O), whose digital currency project Libra has been abandoned by several high-profile partners including PayPal,…
Facebook CEO says he’d fight Elizabeth Warren’s plan against tech mergers
While Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren watched her 2020 candidacy steadily rise over the summer, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was telling…
California man who set sleeping homeless man on fire and took pictures held for $1 million bail
A California man who purposefully set a homeless man on fire and took pictures of the incident while it was…
3 suicides in 1 week by sailors from aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush
The deaths by suicide of three sailors serving aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush last week have led…
Daughter cracks up as mom surprised her at bus stop dressed as unicorn
A mom who met her daughter at the bus stop while dressed as a unicorn if getting lots of laughs…
Embattled Facebook CEO Zuckerberg seeks to mend fences in Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill for a second day on Thursday…
Chimpanzee on the loose in Texas, harassing people and dogs, reports say
A chimpanzee is on the run in Texas and not letting anyone get in its way, officials said on Tuesday.…
U.S. states launch antitrust probes of tech companies, focus on Facebook, Google
(Reuters) – Two groups of U.S. state attorneys general on Friday announced separate antitrust probes of large tech companies such…
Citing ‘Christian Belief,’ Mississippi Event Hall Refuses Service To Interracial Couple
A Mississippi event hall has come under fire after an employee cited “our Christian race” and “our Christian belief” as…
Audit Reveals No Evidence Of Anti-Conservative Bias At Facebook
An audit conducted by an independent third party and authored by a former Republican senator concluded Tuesday that Facebook shows…
Facebook failed to warn users of known risks before 2018 breach: court filing
(Reuters) – Facebook (FB.O) users suing the world’s largest social media network over a 2018 data breach say it failed…
US regulators fine Facebook $5 billion for privacy claims; sue Cambridge Analytica
U.S. regulators fined Facebook a record $5 billion penalty to settle claims that the company deceived its users about the…
The Fall Of Mic Was A Warning
Esther Bergdahl felt invigorated. How could she not? It was 2014, and she had just joined the millennial-centric news site…
Facebook to create privacy panel, pay $5 billion to U.S. to settle allegations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Trade Commission is set to announce on Wednesday that Facebook Inc (FB.O) has agreed to…
U.S. SEC chief says he has not met with Facebook since Libra announcement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top U.S. financial market regulator said on Tuesday he has not discussed with Facebook its Libra…
Facebook should not be trusted with ‘crazy’ cryptocurrency plan: senators
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic and Republican lawmakers said on Tuesday that Facebook Inc’s track record of what they described as…
62 employees, 8 former under investigation for crude online posts: Border officials
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Monday that 62 employees and eight former employees are under investigation for lewd and…
Facebook vows Libra currency will wait for approval as U.S. airs worries
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Monday it would not proceed with the launch of its Libra cryptocurrency until…
U.S. regulators approve $5 billion Facebook settlement over privacy issues: source
(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission approved a roughly $5 billion settlement with Facebook Inc this week over its…
ABC News to host 3rd Democratic primary debate in Houston
This year’s third Democratic primary debate will be hosted by ABC News in partnership with Univision and is scheduled for…
Facebook campus given all-clear after sarin scare
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) Silicon Valley campus received the all-clear on Tuesday after fears that a package…
Facebook to tackle content with misleading health claims
The logo of Facebook is pictured during the Viva Tech start-up and technology summit in Paris, France, May 25, 2018.…
Genetics research gets help from social media
(Reuters Health) – Researchers have harnessed the power of social media to build a genetic database, according to a new…
Baby who was cut from his murdered mother’s body dies after weeks in hospital
A heartbreaking story of an unborn baby being cut from his mother’s abdomen has become even more tragic. Authorities said…
4 teenage boys arrested in London following alleged attack of 2 gay women 4 teens arrested in connection to attack on gay couple who says they were told to kiss
London police have arrested four teenagers following an alleged homophobic assault and robbery of two women on a London bus…
Tennessee Official Refuses To Apologize For Anti-Muslim Comments
A Tennessee district attorney is refusing to apologize after Muslim leaders rebuked him for sharing virulently Islamophobic beliefs in a…
President Trump amplified far-right voices in protest of Facebook ban
President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Saturday to blast social media platforms for unfairly marginalizing conservative voices, days after…
New York investigating Facebook over storage of ‘unauthorized’ email contacts
(Reuters) – New York Attorney General Letitia James said on Thursday she is investigating Facebook Inc’s unauthorized storage of up…