Facebook hopes to stop foreigners from meddling in future US elections by verifying their location via postcard. The postcards will contain a specific code required if a campaign mentions a specific candidate running for office. It won't be required for issues-based campaigns. Once the buyer receives the … Read More

Chris Hughes, who made a fortune as a co-founder of Facebook, told CNBC on Tuesday that American workers who make less than $50,000 per year should get a government stipend of $500 per month. "As long as you're working, your country would take care of you," said Hughes, author of …

Facebook's efforts to prevent foreign entities from influencing U.S. elections are a "step in the right direction," the social network co-founder, Chris Hughes, told CNBC on Tuesday. The social network announced over the weekend that it would send postcards to potential buyers of political ads to confirm … Read More

Lots of media frothing over the long holiday weekend on the FBI's Russia indictment and Trump's Twitter ripostes. But CEO Daily thinks the biggest loser in the melee was Facebook. The indictment goes after a group of Russians who are beyond U.S. reach, and doesn't cite any U.S. colluders in …

The commission is looking at whether Facebook, Google or others have misused their market power in commercial dealings plus their impact on the “quality and choice of news”, as well as what the digital platforms know about their users and whether this information has been collected in a transparent … Read …

Publishers who remembered their lessons about search-engine optimization have fared best over the past year, as social views from Facebook have plummeted. That's because search, particularly Google, has more than filled the reader gap left by Facebook, says John Saroff, CEO of the publisher … Read More

UTICA — Utica police will meet with the Oneida County District Attorney's office Tuesday to review statements made on Facebook to determine whether they constitute a threat or are a matter of freedom of speech. Police Chief Mark Williams said a report of possible threats was forwarded to his … Read …

Aiming to bring together the geographically dispersed archives of the life and times of Nelson Mandela into a single online collection‚ Facebook said it will work with the Mandela Foundation in its goal to document‚ preserve and ensure these are made accessible to all. "The partnership will also help to … …

News UK's commercial division the Bridge is to launch a new social content tool to combat the recent algorithm changes to Facebook's News Feed. The Social Amp tool will allow brands to design campaigns and targeted posts across News UK titles including the Sun and the Times, where they will …

According to news from TechCrunch, citing judges in Belgium, a court ruled that Facebook's deployment of technology, including cookies and social plug-ins to track internet users, was illegal. TechCrunch noted Facebook failed to explain exactly how it was using the digital activity of the people on which … Read More