Facebook posted about its new facial recognition features on users’ News Feeds
Facebook is notifying more users of its facial recognition features as it faces increased scrutiny over how the technology may infringe upon their privacy. Many users who logged onto Facebook on Tuesday reported seeing a message from the firm on their News Feed outlining several new facial … Read More
The weird and surprising things I found in the file Facebook has on me
The video is of a TV screen playing an old VHS tape and appears to be taken on a camera phone. My guess is my younger sister found the tape and filmed the video to send to me. But maybe I should just ask Facebook, because that's where I found …
The Curious Case of Facebook’s Clinton Ad Controversy
On Monday night, a new voice joined the furious debate over the extent to which Facebook is culpable for President Donald Trump. “We should all care about how social-media platforms play a part in our democratic process. Because unless it's addressed it will happen again,” tweeted Hillary Clinton. Read More
Facebook’s algorithm has wiped out a once-flourishing digital publisher
The company was one of a group of media company that had quickly amassed a big following on Facebook. But Facebook's recent algorithm tweak had throttled its traffic severely, causing its profit to plummet, the company says. Read More
Facebook’s vaguely worded face recognition “announcement” coincided with a legal setback
For background: Facebook has long analyzed biometric data in photographs to make it easier to tag people. In fact, this technology has been the subject of many lawsuits–most of which took place in states like Illinois, which restrict companies' ability to collect and store biometric data without consent. Read More
Facebook Is Helping Local News Publishers Get More Digital Subscribers
Head of news partnerships Campbell Brown announced in a blog post that the Facebook Journalism Project launched a $3 million, three-month Local News Subscriptions Accelerator, which will work with several metropolitan news organizations on building their digital customer acquisitions on and off … Read More
Barack Obama calls on Facebook and Google to change approach amid exploitation by ‘Isil and …
Barack Obama has demanded Facebook and Google change their business models after warning the platforms are being exploited by jihadists and “neo-Nazis”. The former US president called on the internet giants to realise they are a “public good” rather than simply commercial companies seeking … Read More
Facebook wants to boost your local newspaper’s subscriptions
Facebook on Tuesday unveiled a $3 million, three-month pilot program in the US to help metropolitan newspapers with digital subscriptions. Called the Local News Subscriptions Accelerator, the program will work with 10 to 15 metro newspapers, and it will include some unspecified funding grants. Read More
Even Barack Obama thinks Facebook and Google need to change their ways
“I do think the large platforms—Google and Facebook being the most obvious, Twitter and others as well, are part of that ecosystem—have to have a conversation about their business model that recognizes they are a public good as well as a commercial enterprise. They're not just an invisible platform, … Read …
Facebook’s New Face Recognition Features: What We Do (and Mostly Don’t) Know
When we reached out to Facebook for more information on how the face recognition features work, they referred us to two blog posts from December announcing the new settings and addressing privacy concerns. Reading those statements closely can tell us a lot, but there's just as much we don't know. …