Despite privacy backlash, Facebook won’t extend its strict European standards to the rest of the …
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is billed as the biggest overhaul of online privacy, giving Europeans more protections for their data than ever before. Zuckerberg said Facebook was already in compliance with many parts of the law ahead of a May deadline. He said the company wanted … Read More
Why we should all cut the Facebook cord. Or should we?
In this November 2017 photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg meets with a group of entrepreneurs and innovators in St. Louis. Zuckerberg is preparing to testify before U.S. Congress over Facebook's privacy fiasco. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) … Read More
Facebook survey asks users if it is ‘good for the world’
Facebook has scrambled to win back trust after the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the leaked 'ugly truth' memo. The company has made it easier for users to delete their data, dump third-party apps in bulk and started rolling out news verification tools. Now Facebook just wants to know what you …
Facebook just shut down dozens of Russia-linked Facebook and Instagram pages
Facebook said today it has removed dozens of Facebook and Instagram accounts owned by the Internet Research Agency (IRA), the infamous Russian group that is accused of meddling in the 2016 presidential election. The company says it also shuttered 138 Internet Research Agency-owned … Read More
Facebook says it will not extend GDPR privacy protections beyond EU
Facebook has no plans to extend the user privacy protections put in place by the far-reaching General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, law to users of its social network around the globe, according to Reuters. CEO Mark Zuckerberg told the news agency in an interview that Facebook would like to … …
Facebook update shows which of your friends are suckers for fake news
Facebook today announced it was rolling out an update to its News Feed to combat fake news. While the initial purpose of the update appears to be giving users context for the news stories they read. But the update also has a hidden second purpose: Showing you which of your …
How to Quickly Remove Permissions For Third-Party Apps From Your Facebook Account
In the fallout to Facebook's hot mess regarding data sharing with Cambridge Analytica, there have been calls by a lot of people including Elon Musk, WhatsApp co-found Brian Acton and others to #DeleteFacebook. But for some, that task might be too extreme a measure, as Facebook is (sadly) still one … …
Facebook is finally launching a new feature to combat fake news, after six months of testing …
Your News Feed will soon help you spot which stories are from reliable sources, and which articles are fake news, Facebook announced on Tuesday. People in the United States will soon see a change in Facebook that adds additional information to news stories in Facebook. Specifically, the additional … Read More
Exclusive: Facebook CEO says not planning to extend European privacy law globally
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday the social network had no immediate plans to apply a strict new European Union law on data privacy in its entirety to the rest of the world, as the company reels from a scandal over its …
Facebook rolls out news verification tools to everyone in the US
Facebook has been fighting fake news for a while now, ranking "trusted" sources and demoting "engagement bait" stories. Last October, the company began testing a feature that provided information on article publishers to help people decide which sources were worth reading, trusting and sharing. Read More