“Facebook Fatigue” is the expression being used to describe the new trend. First identified in the West, it has now spread to Asia, according to Hakuhodo Institute of Life and Living ASEAN (HILL ASEAN). More people in Japan are getting off Facebook and other platforms because they believe there is … …

Washington: Facebook has removed a virtual reality shooter game demo from a booth it has set up at the Conservative Political Action Conference near Washington, DC on Friday, after people drew attention to it online and questioned whether it was appropriate in light of the shooting last week in … Read …

On Facebook and Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, searches for the hashtag #crisisactor, which accused the Parkland survivors of being actors, turned up hundreds of posts perpetuating the falsehood (though some also criticised the conspiracy theory). Many of the posts had been tweaked ever … Read More

Facebook has said it regrets promoting a virtual reality shooting game on its stand at a US conservatives' event. The game allows the player to shoot imaginary weapons against enemies in a public train station. Facebook said it removed the display at the Conservative Political Action Conference "out of … Read …

Facebook let conservative conference-goers play a virtual reality first-person shooter video game at Conservative Political Action Conference, just days after 17 students were shot dead in Parkland, Florida. The company ultimately pulled the game Friday after it came under scrutiny for showcasing gun … Read More

For at the conference, held in National Harbor, Maryland, was a VR shooting game demo by Facebook-owned Oculus. The game, called Bullet Train and developed by Epic Games, involves shooting bad guys before they shoot you. It was captured in action by Sean Morrow of video site NowThis. Read More

Facebook has admitted it erred in offering a shooting game demonstration at a conference of U.S. conservatives scarcely a week after a young man used a gun to slaughter 17 people at a Florida high school. The Menlo Park social media giant, according to website ThinkProgress, had for the second … …

Facebook has removed a virtual reality shoot-em-up experience from a tech demo at a top American conservative conference after recieving criticism for being "tone deaf" following last week's deadly school shooting in Florida. The social network has a presence at the Conservative Political Action … Read More

This week at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference Facebook chose to maintain a booth for attendees that includes an Oculus virtual reality demo. Now This writer Sean Morrow noticed that it included a demo of a shooting game, Bullet Train, where players teleport around a train station … Read More

Facebook showed publicly, then later removed, a violent virtual reality game demo from its kiosk at a conservative political conference near Washington. The company says it regretted not removing the game demo from its Oculus highlight reel given the recent school shooting in Florida. The game demo … Read More