No Big Deal, but It Looks Like Facebook Is Giving Up On Election Misinformation
New reports give credence to the claim that Zuckerberg now cares less about securing elections and more about his one true love: the Metaverse.
After Years of Perpetuating Housing Discrimination, Facebook Gets $115,055 Fine
Facebook is no longer allowed to use biased algorithms to target discriminatory housing ads under a settlement with the DOJ.
Mexican Journalists’ Murders May Be Linked to Anonymous Facebook Pages
Posts often include explicit images of crimes, along with messages between rival gangs. Any journalist accused of being associated with them ends up in danger.
Sheryl Sandberg Is Leaving Facebook
Sandberg served as Facebook Chief Operating Officer and was directly responsible for some of the worst behavior we've seen from any technology company in history.
In Facebook Groups for Elite Schools, Members Sell Private Islands and Luxury Cars
“Someone was selling a meteorite—a literal meteorite.”
Livestreaming Platform Yubo Collaborating with Law Enforcement on Texas Shooting
The mass shooter met a girl from Germany on the app. He later told her about his plans over text shortly before entering the school.
Why Did Instagram Remove Summer Walker’s Post Criticizing the KKK?
White supremacist groups are thriving on social media, but platforms like Instagram are silencing those who speak out against racist hate.
Facebook Struggles to Keep Buffalo Shooting Video Offline
Despite the content moderator’s best efforts, the shooter’s manifesto and video of the attacks are still proliferating across social media.
Facebook’s New AI System Has a ‘High Propensity’ for Racism and Bias
The company’s AI researchers say its new language model is generating ‘toxic’ results that often reinforce stereotypes.
Facebook Doesn’t Know What It’s Doing With Your Data
Leaked documents show that the social media giant has no idea where all that information it collects on you ends up.
Lawmakers Call For Better Facebook User Data Oversight
After a Motherboard article showed that Facebook struggles to track what it does with user data, European and American lawmakers are calling for closer oversight.