The piece, clearly a comment on a common conservative accusation against CNN, had racked up more than 22,000 engagements on Facebook as of publication — gaining more than 20,000 in a matter of hours Friday, according to BuzzSumo. But then users started getting warnings before sharing the … Read More

This is a new show and Facebook has snatched it up for its Facebook Watch channel. Facebook, you see, is attempting to usurp YouTube. "Inspired by Kardashian West's own fun family antics, 'You Kiddin' Me' is a comedic prank series where the kids are in charge and celebrities must do …

Facebook has ordered a series by Kim Kardashian-West where kids prank their famous celebrity parents. But given that it's a live, unscripted show, those watching it on the social media platform might be chosen to lend their pranking expertise. Plus, show producers (and the kids themselves) will … Read More

The "unacceptable" things she's talking about were Russia's attempts to meddle in the election by spreading false and divisive content on Facebook, through a combination of paid ads and organic posts. They also took to Twitter and to Google to try to interfere and sow discord among Americans. Read More

The equal-time rule doesn't apply to the internet, but the recent hubbub over Facebook's influence on the election—in which both Hillary Clinton and Trump's 2016 campaign digital director, Brad Parscale, chimed in—illustrates that many feel it maybe should. The spat began with an explanatory piece … Read More

But in the virtual world, Facebook and other social media are full of political content. Italian parties are harnessing social media to speak to voters, especially young ones, in part because they are strapped for cash. For the first time there will be no public refund to parties for their …

Yes, this is the let's-freak-out-Facebook-users viral hoax of the day! Some hoaxster(s) came up with a fiction about “extreme hackers” stealing personal information via popular entertainment apps that transform your photo, showing you how a gender-bending or less-hirsute version of you would look. Read More

Facebook has claimed to have found no further evidence of co-ordinated Russian-backed ad purchases on its platform targeting the 2016 Brexit vote in addition to the ad buys it previously reported. In December Facebook reported finding three Brexit-targeted ads and less than $1 spent by … Read More

Kim Kardashian West is creating a celebrity prank series for Facebook Watch. The 10-episode series, called You Kiddin' Me, will be produced by Lionsgate and executively produced by Kardashian West, Jennifer O'Connell, Melissa Stokes, Brian Tannenbaum, and Peter M. Cohen. The producers say … Read More

More intimate than text but easier to record than video, Facebook hopes voice could get people sharing more on its aging social network. And internationally where users may have to deal with non-native language keyboards, voice lets them speak their mind without a typing barrier. Facebook is now … Read More