In the run-up to Mark Zuckerberg's first appearance before Congress, Oregon Senator Ron Wyden issued a warning to the company about what it can expect from lawmakers if it doesn't radically alter course. “Mr. Zuckerberg is going to have a couple of very unpleasant days before Congress next week … Read …

Christopher Ailman, chief investment officer of the California State Teachers' Retirement System, said Wednesday that he deactivated his personal account due to the "offensive" lack of oversight and poor management at Facebook. CalSTRS has owned shares of the company since its initial public … Read More

Facebook has suspended a data analytics firm that played a key role in the Vote Leave campaign during the UK's Brexit referendum, adding to questions over whether the personal data of millions of users that leaked from the social network helped sway the result. The firm, AggregateIQ, is said by …

Facebook is under intense pressure after the data of millions of its users ended up in the hands of political consultancy Cambridge Analytica. … on Thursday that the agency, along with its counterpart in British Columbia, would jointly investigate Facebook and AggregateIQ over the ongoing data scandal. Read More

Facebook announced a few more policy changes Friday to limit the impact bad actors can have on upcoming elections in the U.S. and around the world. The company is now requiring the administrators of popular Facebook pages to become verified, and also extending previous disclosure rules for … Read More

Facebook is rolling out a pair of verification policies meant to “support positive discourse and prevent interference” in elections, founder Mark Zuckerberg announced on Friday. Moving forward, only verified advertisers — those who have confirmed their identity and location with Facebook administrators … Read More

Late Friday the Cambridge Analytica data scandal spread wider, as Facebook announced it has also suspended Canadian data firm Aggregate IQ. In a statement to The Guardian, Facebook said "In light of recent reports that AggregateIQ may be affiliated with (CA parent company) SCL and may, as a … Read More

(NEW YORK) — Facebook says it will require advertisers who want to run either political ads or so-called “issue ads” — which may not endorse a specific candidate or party but which discuss political topics — to verify themselves. Facebook is working to strengthen its system ahead of this year's …

On Thursday evening for example, TechCrunch reported that Mark Zuckerberg and other top Facebook executives can delete old messages on Messenger, a feature not available to anyone else. Facebook says the feature exists for corporate security reasons related to the 2014 Sony hack, but it still … Read More

Facebook has suspended the Canadian data firm that the official Vote Leave campaign spent 40% of its budget with, as the Cambridge Analytica scandal continues to unfold. On Friday, Facebook announced that it had suspended AggregateIQ (AIQ) from its platform following reports that the company … Read More