Tag: Facebook

April 18, 2019

Oh My: Facebook stored Instagram passwords in plain text

March 27, 2019

Facebook announces ban on White Nationalism and Separatism content on its platform

March 21, 2019

Facebook has admitted to storing ‘hundreds of millions’ of account passwords in plaintext

March 15, 2019

Facebook, YouTube and Twitter continue to struggle to remove New Zealand mosque shooting video

March 14, 2019

What exactly happened that caused Facebook’s outage?

March 13, 2019

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are still experiencing widespread service interruptions

March 7, 2019

Facebook set to crack down on anti-vaccine content

March 5, 2019

In 2018, Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth was slashed by $9 billion

February 26, 2019

FTC’s new Tech Task Force will keep an eye on tech monopolies

February 22, 2019

How-To: Change your Facebook settings so you can opt-out of platform API sharing

February 15, 2019

NBA game recaps are making their way to Facebook Watch

February 6, 2019

Longtime Facebook communications head is leaving the company

January 31, 2019

Report: Apple is now blocking Google’s internal apps in addition to Facebook’s

January 26, 2019

Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly planning to unify all of Facebook’s messaging apps

January 18, 2019

Facebook could see a substantial fine from the FTC

December 31, 2018

Austria is planning its own tax for tech companies like Apple and Google

October 3, 2018

Facebook has increased account deletion grace period to 30 days

May 7, 2018

Democrats from House Intelligence Committee to release 3,000 Russian-bought Facebook ads

May 2, 2018

Cambridge Analytica permanently closes doors after Facebook scandal

May 1, 2018

WhatsApp finally brings group video calls

May 1, 2018

You can now purchase the Oculus Go standalone VR headset for $199

May 1, 2018

Soon, Facebook Messenger will start translating from English to Spanish

May 1, 2018

Facebook users will be able to see which sites are tracking them

May 1, 2018

Facebook’s F8 opening keynote will go live at 1PM ET

May 1, 2018

You can now pre-order the $199 Oculus Go VR headset on Amazon

April 24, 2018

Senate bill would require companies to have clearly worded terms regarding online data

April 24, 2018

WhatsApp to comply with EU regulations by requiring users to be at least 16 years old

April 19, 2018

Facebook will exclude 1.5 billion users from GDPR privacy protections

April 17, 2018

Cambridge Analytica ex-CEO will no longer testify in UK

April 12, 2018

Facebook no longer opposing California privacy law

April 11, 2018

Users will be able to download all of their Instagram data

April 11, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg’s data was accessed by Cambridge Analytica

April 10, 2018

Here’s how to watch Mark Zuckerberg’s first congressional hearing

April 10, 2018

Cambridge Analytica may have also accessed private Facebook messages

April 10, 2018

Facebook will now reward you for reporting data abuse through bounty program

April 10, 2018

Here’s how to check if Cambridge Analytica used your Facebook data

April 9, 2018

Congress has released Mark Zuckerberg’s statement for Wednesday’s hearing

April 7, 2018

Department of Homeland Security suggests database to track ‘media influencers’ around the world

April 7, 2018

Facebook has suspended another data firm: AggregateIQ

April 6, 2018

Facebook’s new plan: allow everyone to ‘unsend’ messages

April 6, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg to testify at joint Senate hearing on April 10th

April 5, 2018

Facebook sees fine of $33 million for not helping Brazilian authorities

April 4, 2018

Tinder is facing sign-in issues after Facebook’s privacy changes

April 3, 2018

Facebook has rolled out news verification tools for everyone in the US

April 2, 2018

Facebook has promised to delete unpublished videos it previously kept

March 28, 2018

Apple CEO Tim Cook criticizes privacy standards of Facebook

March 28, 2018

Facebook is being sued for collecting call logs and text histories

March 27, 2018

Facebook has reportedly put a pause on smart speaker plans

March 26, 2018

Cambridge Analytica now faces accusations of violating US election laws

March 26, 2018

Malaysian government proposes law that would make it illegal to spread fake news

March 26, 2018

Senate committee has asked Facebook, Twitter and Google to testify on privacy

March 26, 2018

FTC is investigating Facebook’s data security

March 26, 2018

Facebook expands focus of more local news to global

March 24, 2018

Facebook and Cambridge Analytica now face their first state lawsuit

March 23, 2018

Tumblr says 84 Russian accounts were used to spread disinformation

March 22, 2018

Sheryl Sandberg: Facebook spoke too slowly regarding Cambridge Analytica situation

March 22, 2018

Following post explanation, Mark Zuckerberg appears on camera to apologize

March 21, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg finally responds on the Cambridge Analytica situation

March 21, 2018

Facebook now faces a lawsuit from user for disclosing data to Cambridge Analytica

March 21, 2018

Facebook says Mark Zuckerberg is ‘working around the clock’ on the Cambridge Analytica controversy

March 20, 2018

WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton tweets ‘#deleteFacebook’

March 20, 2018

New York has joined Massachusetts investigation into Facebook’s data usage

March 20, 2018

UK seeks answers about Cambridge Analytica directly from Zuckerberg

March 20, 2018

FTC is reportedly investigating Facebook over use of personal data

March 18, 2018

Twitter may soon ban cryptocurrency ads

March 17, 2018

Democrats looking to subpeana tech companies over private chats

March 16, 2018

Facebook has suspended Cambridge Analytica, a Trump-linked data firm

March 16, 2018

Facebook issues apology after users discover autocomplete child abuse video suggestions

March 16, 2018

Pokémon Go players can now use Facebook to log in and sync their devices

March 15, 2018

Facebook Lite will be rolling out in the US this week

March 14, 2018

WhatsApp has agreed to not share user data with Facebook in Europe

March 14, 2018

Facebook has banned hate group Britain First

March 14, 2018

Facebook apparently blocked a newspaper article about police brutality

March 13, 2018

Sources say Facebook’s daily news video section could arrive this summer

March 9, 2018

Facebook signs deal with Warner Music for those tunes in videos

March 9, 2018

Facebook gets exclusives rights to 25 MLB games this season

March 7, 2018

All Oculus Rift headsets are offline after a software error

March 6, 2018

BlackBerry is suing Facebook for isolating messaging patents

March 5, 2018

Reddit says users unknowingly spread Russian propaganda during US election

March 5, 2018

Netflix will now let parents block individual titles

March 5, 2018

Facebook apparently asked users if it’s okay for adults to sexually harass children

March 4, 2018

European Union provides details for taxes on tech companies’ revenue

March 2, 2018

New survey says more than a third of all US adults now use Instagram

March 1, 2018

New European guidelines ask social network to remove terrorist content within one hour

February 27, 2018

Former president Barack Obama warns Facebook and Google to check themselves

February 21, 2018

A Tinder security flaw granted access to accounts with just a phone number

February 21, 2018

Facebook has signed a music licensing deal with European rights company ICE

February 19, 2018

Facebook’s solution to election meddling is to send out postcards and verify US advertisers

February 17, 2018

Apparently Facebook two-factor authentication spam was caused by a bug

February 13, 2018

Facebook’s ultimatum to publishers: take it or leave it

February 12, 2018

Instagram is testing screenshot warnings for Stories

January 30, 2018

Facebook issues a ban on ads promoting cryptocurrencies

January 26, 2018

Facebook makes a push for gaming streaming to compete with Twitch and YouTube

January 25, 2018

Lyft is investigating claims of staff abusing access to customer data

January 24, 2018

Facebook acquires company that verifies government IDs

January 19, 2018

Facebook’s next news feed move: appropriately ranking ‘trusted’ sources

January 13, 2018

Jeff Bezos and family donate $33 million to Dreamers scholarship program

January 8, 2018

Facebook inks music licensing deal with Sony

January 6, 2018

The Internet Association representing big companies joins the fight for net neutrality

January 2, 2018

Google apparently used a popular tax loophole to shield $19.2 billion

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