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January 1, 2019

Facebook’s Zuckerberg blasted for ‘out of touch’ year-end post after scandal-plagued 2018

After a year plagued by privacy scandals, hate speech controversies, the viral spread of disinformation and the public airing of his company's internal communication, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg used his year-end note to focus on the positive ー drawing the scorn of critics who blasted the billionaire as "tone deaf" and "out of touch."

December 28, 2018

Facebook's massive, secret rulebook for policing speech reveals inconsistencies, gaps and biases

Facebook is attempting to tackle misinformation and hate that its platform has enabled with a massive, byzantine and secret document of rules packed with spreadsheets and power point slides that gets updated regularly for its global content moderators. 

December 20, 2018

Facebook blasted by privacy advocates, lawmakers over data-sharing agreements

Facebook drew widespread, scathing criticism from privacy advocates and lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic on Thursday for not disclosing the extent of its wide-ranging data-sharing deals that gave other tech firms access to private user data and information.

December 19, 2018

Facebook gave tech companies 'intrusive' access to users' private messages and personal data, internal documents reveal

Facebook gave other big tech companies "intrusive access" to the personal data of its 2.2. billion users — in some instances to private messages, usernames and contact information — raising questions about whether the company ran afoul of a 2011 consent agreement with the Federal Trade Commission. 

December 19, 2018

Shocking scale of Russia’s sinister social media campaign against US revealed

Russia's influence campaign during the 2016 presidential election was a sophisticated and multifaceted effort to target the African-American community and sow political division among the public across social media platforms, according to new reports produced for the Senate Intelligence Committee.

December 18, 2018

Facebook blasted by dozens of civil rights groups for 'generating bigotry'

A coalition of civil rights organization slammed Facebook today for "generating hatred and bigotry towards vulnerable communities and civil rights organizations" in a Tuesday letter to CEO and chairman Mark Zuckerberg.

December 18, 2018

Big Tech's disasters and debacles: Facebook, Twitter, Google and Amazon's torturous 2018

Big Tech would love to forget 2018.

December 7, 2018

Facebook's audit of alleged anti-conservative bias ongoing, won't commit to releasing final report

Earlier this year embattled tech giant Facebook agreed to review claims that it silences conservative voices, but a question mark remains over when the findings will see the light of day.

December 6, 2018

Facebook's mounting woes weigh on social network's stock

Facebook's mounting problems and newly-disclosed internal documents prompted an investor to lower its stock from buy to hold after dropping over 2 percent on Tuesday and showing a decline of 2.6 percent in premarket trading on Thursday. 

December 5, 2018

Secret Facebook documents show company allegedly gave advertisers special access to user data

Facebook gave certain companies like Lyft, Netflix and Airbnb preferential treatment by allowing them to access users' data, according to a massive trove of secret documents and emails released by a British parliamentary committee on Wednesday.