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…
Facebook vows to remove all ‘Stop the Steal’ posts, but just look at what happened last time
Facebook would like to stop “Stop the Steal,” this time for real. In a statement posted on Monday, the company announced that in preparation for Inauguration Day, it would take…
Elon Musk advises people to ditch Facebook and use Signal
Tech CEO Elon Musk has urged his almost 42 million Twitter followers to use secure messaging app Signal instead of Facebook.
Elon Musk’s endorsement of Signal is causing the good kind of problems
So many people are joining Signal that there’s now a wait. The end-to-end encrypted messaging app endorsed by the likes of Edward Snowden got a major (ahem) signal boost Thursday…
Facebook blocks Trump indefinitely, Zuckerberg says the risks ‘are simply too great’
Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday that Facebook has blocked President Donald Trump from accessing his accounts indefinitely. The Facebook cofounder and CEO said Trump wouldn’t be able to access his…
Facebook belatedly removes Trump video falsely claiming election ‘was stolen’
Facebook continues to be the digital embodiment of too little, too late. With violent pro-Trump extremists in control of the U.S. Capitol building Wednesday, Donald Trump posted a video to…
Why do you see ads for stuff you’ve already bought?
Right now, you’re probably seeing ads for all the stuff you already bought for Christmas. Curious why that happens? We did some digging to find out.
How to delete your Instagram account. Bye, Mark Zuckerberg.
So, you finally deleted your Facebook account. The misinformation, the scams, the data privacy issues, the odd company decisions (like the one giving politicians a pass to lie) — it…
A running list of American antitrust lawsuits against Google and Facebook
Christmas has come, like, a week early for anyone who cares about the American government enforcing its antitrust laws. In the last quarter of 2020, states and the federal government…
Apple to Facebook: We’re standing up for our users
The Apple-Facebook beef over user tracking is getting serious. On Monday, Apple launched iOS 14.3, giving users the ability to see the myriad ways in which apps track you (and…