The coronavirus crisis is now serious with a toll of 81,292 cases and 2,770 deaths as of writing that tech giants are starting to carefully consider how they moderate related content posted on their social platforms. According to a report from Business Insider, Facebook is crafting tighter rules for what content is acceptable on the […]
It seems pretty much every big company, including Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft, has been listening to and transcribing users’ voice recordings without their consent. It’s a way to improve speech recognition systems, but many customers were angry at not being informed. Facebook and other firms are now more open about their audio reviews, making […]
Facebook launched its Messenger Kids app back in 2017 it’s seen a few security blips since, though, leading senators to question whether Facebook is doing enough to protect kids’ privacy. Today, the company appears to have answered that call, as it rolls out a raft of new parental controls and safety features. The new features […]
Facebook is planning to prompt almost 2 billion people to review their privacy settings over the “next few weeks.” Tap the prompt in your News Feed and you’ll be directed to the revamped Privacy Checkup tool to determine who can see your data and how you secure your account. When Facebook had 2.45 billion monthly […]
Facebook promised last year has started making its way to users, according to CNET. Facebook is reportedly giving a small percentage of people the chance to test the interface some users will see a pop-up asking them if they want to participate in testing “The New Facebook,” as Facebook is calling the redesign. The new […]
Facebook revealed a handful of updates it says will increase your control of political ads but stood firm on its policy to let politicians lie in ads on the social network. Facebook plans to add a new control that will let people see fewer political and social issue ads on Facebook and Instagram. The feature […]
Britain’s competition watchdog said that Facebook and eBay pledged to crack down on the trade in fake reviews, removing hundreds of accounts, pages and groups involved in the illicit business after the regulator warned them. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the two U.S. tech companies agreed to step up efforts to detect, investigate […]
According to a report from Comparitech, around 267 million Facebook user names and phone numbers were left exposed on a web server with not even a password to prevent unauthorized access. This isn’t the first time this has happened. In September, a researcher found the personal information of over 400 million Facebook accounts from all […]
Facebook may soon bring music videos to Watch. The company is reportedly negotiating new licensing deals with Universal Music Group, Sony Music and Warner Music Group. According to Bloomberg, it’s asking each label for rights to music videos. Facebook previously negotiated with the labels to let users include songs in videos they post, but it […]
Instagram is once more stepping up its efforts to fight misinformation, and that now includes automatically flagging some bogus posts. It’s expanding its fact-checking program worldwide, and as part of that move will label any known false Facebook material if it’s shared to Instagram. Next year is the 2020 US presidential elections and, like the […]
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is reportedly weighing an injunction against Facebook to stop it from integrating WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger into its own services, according to the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. The news follows reports that the the FTC has been investigating Facebook as part of an antitrust investigation, […]
We’ve heard Mark Zuckerberg’s vision, and Facebook shared a charter outlining its rules. Now, Facebook is committing $130 million to the effort. That initial investment is expected to cover the board’s operating expenses for approximately six years or two three-year terms. It will pay for things like office space, staff and travel expenses. Facebook says […]
Facebook has added a correction notice to a post that Singapore’s government said contained false information. It is the first time Facebook has issued such a notice under the city-state’s controversial “fake news” law. Singapore claimed the post, by fringe news site States Times Review (STR), contained “scurrilous accusations”. The post claims a whistleblower who […]
Some Facebook and Instagram users are experience outages on Thursday, with the social media sites experiencing intermittent malfunctioning on Thanksgiving morning. “We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing Facebook’s family of apps, including Instagram,” Instagram tweeted in the morning. “We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible.” #Instagramdown […]
If you’ve used your Twitter or Facebook account to log in to another app on your phone, some of your personal information could have been accessed by shady developers. Twitter published a notice on its website that says that some third-party developers may have used a software development kit called oneAudience to obtain your email, […]