BOSTON (CBS) — Local fire departments are reminding everyone in an emergency to call 911 after Wayland firefighters successfully helped a woman in Michigan because she messaged their Facebook page. The woman “said she needed help because her son was choking and she didn't have a … Read More

NEW YORK • Chris Hughes, 34, a co-founder of Facebook, was raised by Lutheran parents in Hickory, North Carolina and they taught him, by example, to tithe. Every year, they gave 10 per cent of their income to the church and other local charities and he carried that tradition into …

Bots on Facebook are like “toxic waste” being dumped into the environment, Sen. Amy Klobuchar says, and the platforms should be fined if they can't clean it up. Appearing on NBC's “Meet the Press” on Sunday, the senior U.S. senator from Minnesota said Congress should act if Facebook and Twitter … …

Facebook and Google's role in creating "filter bubbles" online, by using algorithms to show people content that aligns with their views, is under scrutiny as part of a wide-reaching probe into the digital giants. Digital companies and publishers are able to have their say on the issues raised in a …

There are basic questions at play here that consumers should be asking: What do these sites believe in? Do they have values? How are Twitter's rules, Facebook's policies and YouTube's community guidelines informed by these values? Are those rules actually enforced the same way for everyone? Read More

Prisoners are being sent pictures of Venables and information about his new identity via mobile phones in jail, a source told Daily Star Online. In a statement, Facebook said failing to comply with “local law” – in this case trying to breach Venables' anonymity order – is against its community …

Facebook (FB), the social media and networking giant, had a tough 2017 getting bombarded from all angles for publishing many "fake news" stories, not to mention fostering or abetting Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election campaign, to shoddy editing and then the rumors started about … Read More

Lindsay appealed on the Old Town Facebook group and by the power of social media and no doubt, a few prayers, Mr Small was rightly reunited with his Bible thanks to Mark Ferris who found it blown when it blew over a fence in Victoria Drive. Lindsay wrote, “Thank you …

A new report from Open Listings reveals that workers at five major tech companies, including Apple, Facebook, and Google, would have to spend over 28% of their salary to pay a monthly mortgage on a home near work. Software engineers at Apple have it worst. They would have to pay …

It's possible Facebook might simply want to integrate free streaming music into its apps. If that's the case, Facebook might expect to offset the royalty fees with ad revenue. But as Pandora's lack of profitability demonstrates, an ad-based strategy is far less sustainable than a subscription-based one. Read More