Facebook quitting advice from a professional internet quitter
But if you've been following all the recent Facebook drama or you can't stand the culture of Twitter discourse or you feel like the Instagram algorithm is harmful to your well-being and you've decided that you need to make a statement by quitting something, I might be able to offer …
Mark Zuckerberg Refuses to Admit How Facebook Works
Zuckerberg found it hard to plainly acknowledge that Facebook tracks users from device to device, collects information on websites people visit and apps they use, gathers information on people's physical locations, collects phone call logs from Android smartphones and pulls in some online activity from … Read More
Here’s How Washington Could ‘Unfriend’ Facebook
Congress has warned Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook Inc. chief executive, that the era of self-regulation for social media is likely over, following Facebook's data breach and Russia's use of the social-media behemoth in its disinformation campaign during the 2016 presidential election. Zuckerberg … Read More
This plan would regulate Facebook without going through Congress
After two days of bruising testimony before Congress, there's never been more interest in regulating Facebook. In question after question this week, lawmakers seemed to take it as a given that new rules were needed to rein in Facebook, with proposals like the Markey-Blumenthal CONSENT Act (which … Read More
“It’s Your Data”
In Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's second session with lawmakers this week, there were a few high points, many low points, and an absurd number of deflected or unanswered questions. But between all of the bromides and promises to get back to members of Congress with answers to questions that … Read …
Mark Zuckerberg’s second day in Congress: Here are the key points you need to know
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced his second day of grilling from lawmakers in Washington on Wednesday. The House Energy and Commerce Committee questioning Facebook's fundamental business model, the way it uses data and what kind of regulation may be appropriate. Key points include … Read More
Cambridge Analytica has your Facebook data. So now what?
What consumers whose data was breached can do about it is far less clear — a point driven home by broad skepticism from lawmakers who, in the second of two marathon congressional hearings, pressed Zuckerberg on whether Facebook's 2.2 billion users really own and control their data and what, … Read …
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Is Grilled on Privacy During Day Two of Congressional Hearings
Lawmakers grilled Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday over the social networking giant's repeated data privacy problems and subsequent apologies. Zuckerberg withstood five hours of questioning by members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee in what was the second of two … Read More
Up to $2 billion of Facebook’s revenue may be at risk after data leak scandal
About 3 percent of Facebook's annual advertising revenue could be at stake because of the scandal involving its handling of user data, according to a widely followed tech analyst. The social media giant may feel that lost revenue, which could range from $1 billion to $2 billion, as a result …
I’m angry at Facebook – but I’m also addicted. How do I break free?
Ah, the urge to punish without denying yourself pleasure, if that's what using Facebook can even be called at this point. But I understand your quandary: officially, I “hate” Facebook, the way I hate Amazon (which I still use) and hate my local supermarket for charging $7 for a loaf …