Facebook will start verifying the identities of accounts that keep going viral
Facebook will now require people behind individual profiles with “high reach” to verify their identity, the company announced today. Facebook hopes this will ensure users are s...
Why Twitter labeled Trump’s tweets as misleading and Facebook didn’t
I. Oh boy, there’s an executive order! About social media! And also the entire internet! And the president signed it, reports Chris Megerian at the Los Angeles Times: The order...
Donald Trump escalates Twitter feud by cross-posting blocked message
Twitter limited the reach of a second tweet from President Donald Trump this morning, as the White House and its allies sought to escalate their feud with the social media company....
Facebook’s latest experiment is an attempt to make live TV events more social
Facebook’s Venue is a new app that’s designed to make the process of watching live events more social. The digital companion app has been developed by Facebook’s R&D grou...
Joe Biden doesn’t like Trump’s Twitter order, but still wants to revoke Section 230
Former Vice President Joe Biden still wants to repeal the pivotal internet law that provides social media companies like Facebook and Twitter with broad legal immunity over content...
Leaked posts show Facebook employees asking the company to remove Trump’s threat of violence
Facebook’s decision not to take action against recent posts about mail-in ballots and the Minnesota protests by President Trump is roiling employees, some of whom are calling on ...
Facebook won’t take any action on Trump’s post about shootings in Minnesota
Facebook will not remove or take any other action on a President Trump post that Twitter removed for “glorifying violence,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Friday. “I know many peop...
Facebook renames Calibra digital wallet to Novi
Facebook is renaming Calibra, the digital wallet it hopes will one day be used to access the Libra digital currencies, Novi. In a blog post the company said that the new name was i...
Facebook reportedly ignored its own research showing algorithms divided users
An internal Facebook report presented to executives in 2018 found that the company was well aware that its product, specifically its recommendation engine, stoked divisiveness and ...
Democrats want to restrict political ad targeting ahead of the 2020 election
On Tuesday, Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) introduced a bill that would upend political advertising on platforms like Facebook and Google. The Banning Microtargeted Political Ads Act ...
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Facebook Workplace adds 2 million more paid users since October
Facebook’s Workplace, its Slack-like collaboration and chat tool targeted at businesses, now has more than 5 million paid users, up from 3 million in October, Facebook announced ...
