China hits back at Facebook and Twitter after anti-protestor propaganda was removed
It’s thought Chinese companies may start to pull advertising from China in retaliation.
Facebook bans grieving mother after she invited friends to her son’s memorial page
The mother was even denied her appeal. It was only fixed when media got involved.
Facebook staff to start “curating” the news for users
“Our goal with the News Tab is to provide a personalized, highly relevant experience for people,” said Campbell Brown, Facebook’s head of news partnerships.
Tech companies push back against India’s plan to link social media accounts to Aadhar state identity numbers
The state wants social media usage tied to identity.
FTC chairman says Facebook merging with Instagram and WhatsApp will make it difficult to break up
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is planning to unify the messaging features of Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
Major big tech antitrust investigation to start as early as September
The big tech companies are facing mounting pressure from various US federal departments.
Facebook removes accounts with Chinese government links used to spread deceptive info on Hong Kong protests
Facebook is tackling anti-protestor propaganda from the Chinese government.
Now Beto O’Rourke wants to kill Section 230 – this time to counter “hate speech and gun violence”
Section 230 is what allowed the internet to thrive.
Wave of Facebook user decline spreads across Europe
This follows reports from other countries suggesting the same.
Sen. Peters demands answers from Zuckerberg on why Facebook contractors listened to private audio messages
Zuckerberg told Peters during a Senate hearing last year that the idea of Facebook listening to the microphone and using it for ads is a “conspiracy theory.”
Instagram is training a “fact-checking” AI that will suppress “misinformation”
It’s part of Facebook’s continued efforts to censor information through “fact-checking” in the run up to 2020.
Senator Ron Wyden calls on Facebook and Google to end political micro-targeting
Sen. Wyden suggests that Google and Facebook should prevent politicians from uploading lists of specific voters for targeted adverts.












