WhatsApp is using Status stories to make users feel better about their privacy
WhatsApp is apparently using Status messages — the app’s take on Stories — to set users’ minds at ease. Users of the Facebook-owned messaging app in the U.S. and UK…
Facebook’s next product frontier is reportedly newsletters
Facebook is gearing up to snatch a piece of the newsletter pie. The social media company is reportedly developing a set of newsletter tools “for journalists and writers,” according to…
Facebook’s Oversight Board makes bizarre ruling in its first group of decisions
Facebook’s Oversight Board has officially chimed in on its first five cases — and the rulings are certainly interesting. The Oversight Board chose to overturn Facebook’s decision to remove content…
Facebook and Apple’s PR war seriously heats up
Facebook and Apple’s public brawl over privacy concerns and monopoly power just got even more intense. Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke at the European Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference…
Facebook claims it won’t recommend political groups anymore (we’ll see)
In a Wednesday earnings call, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a promise to cease promoting political and civic groups, globally, for the long term. You’ll forgive us if we have…
Follow these 5 simple tips for a healthier relationship with technology
If you’ve developed an unhealthy dependency on technology, here are a few easy steps you can take to fight back and cultivate a healthier relationship with it.
Congress blasts Facebook’s algorithm as rotten to its core in scathing letter
Facebook’s disinformation problem is not the result of a few bad apples. So argue two members of Congress in a scathing letter aimed at the tech giant. Representatives Anna G.…
Facebook’s Oversight Board will decide the fate of Trump’s account
Donald Trump was banned from Facebook after his supporters stormed the Capitol. Now the company’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, is outsourcing the decision on whether the former president will stay that…
Facebook’s latest ad ban in the name of inauguration safety is pure performace
Facebook really needs to pick a lane. The social network took the step on Saturday of temporarily halting ads for certain weapon accessories and protective gear. Ads for guns, “weapon…
Facebook bars events close to the Biden inauguration, state capitols
Facebook is taking steps to avoid a repeat of what happened on Jan. 6. When Donald Trump supporters gathered in Washington, D.C. for a mass gathering that eventually ended in…