Yes, we're still talking about Facebook. Onstage at the TED conference on Saturday, board member Reed Hastings offered his first public comments on Facebook's data privacy controversy. Social platforms like YouTube and Facebook “are clearly trying to grow up quickly. And you see that with all new … Read More

But, to be fair to the senators, the most urgent questions about Facebook's business model are complicated. Most of us don't understand them, and the company has spent gobs of money to make sure both users and their elected officials remain foggy on the details. Zuckerberg actually pointed to the … …

Facebook gets some data on non-users from people in its network, such as when a user uploads their friends' email addresses. Other information comes from “cookies,” which the site often installs on non-users' browsers if they visit sites with Facebook “like” and “share” buttons, whether or not a person … Read …

Not because players such as Facebook, who've allowed unauthorized access to consumer data and generally haven't been very careful with consumer data, shouldn't pay the price for what they did — they should, and Facebook will. That's what the Federal Trade Commission's Consumer Protection … Read More

The study found 17% said they deleted the Facebook app from their phones, 11% said they deleted it from other devices, and another 9% said they deleted their accounts completely due to concerns regarding privacy. Others in the free format comments said that they would continue to check their … Read …

Individual pubs also have Facebook and Twitter accounts, which are run with much the same enthusiasm. The Independent's local Wetherspoons, for instance – The William Morris in Hammersmith – has not sent a tweet since 2017, and even then only did so by automatically pulling through a post from … Read …

Like many other apps, including rival Tinder, Bumble, which launched in 2014, used Facebook to speed up and simplify the process of registration and login. First time users shared their Facebook profile with Bumble, which imported their name, age, school or occupation and photos to build a profile. Read More

7 years ago, I wrote in this column about why LinkedIn was more valuable than Facebook. Before you read any further, let me set the record straight: Facebook is financially bigger than LinkedIn: its valuation currently is almost $478 Billion. LinkedIn got acquired by Microsoft in 2015 for “only” $26B. …

It's official: The comparison between Facebook and the Catholic Church has been taken too far. The church still serves as a useful framework to think about Mark Zuckerberg's goals, of course. But it does not seem reasonable to give a social network the same tax treatment as a religious organisation …

“Sarna's argument that the Facebook scene is exempt from the applicability of the ban on libel to the point of immunity for every advertiser and person who posts is too sweeping and far-reaching for my liking,” Amit wrote. “Granting Facebook posts immunity from the ban on defamation reflects a … Read …