Can you really delete Facebook data?
As its co-founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress about a data, Facebook gave users access to the data it had shared with data brokers and advertisers, including login information, deleted friends and even offline activity. Brian Chen of the New York Times found this out by tracking … Read …
Facebook’s tracking of non-users called into question
Concern about Facebook respect for data privacy is widening to include the information it collects about non-users, after chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said the world's largest social network tracks people whether they have accounts or not. Privacy concerns have swamped Facebook since it … Read More
Looking to spice up your Facebook Stories? Try 3D drawing, a new AR effect
It's not just Instagram that's competing against Snapchat — now parent company Facebook is getting into the action as well. As originally reported by TechCrunch, you'll soon be able to take a photo of your surroundings, annotate them using AR technology, and turn them into Instagram Boomerang GIFs, … Read More
Should Mark Zuckerberg be Facebook’s chairman and CEO? Some investors say no
SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg's tight grip on Facebook is under growing scrutiny as investors call for the giant social network to name an independent chairman. Zuckerberg, who faced two days of questioning from Congress last week over the improper handling of 87 million users' personal … Read More
Facebook Spent $20 Million on Relatable Guy Mark Zuckerberg’s Bodyguards, Flights Since 2015
CNN reports that the company says the spending is necessary to address “threats to his safety arising directly as a result of his position as our founder, Chairman, and CEO” and that “We require these security measures for the company's benefit because of the importance of Mr. Zuckerberg to Facebook.”. …
Zuckerberg’s dual role at Facebook helm draws fresh fire
Mark Zuckerberg's control over Facebook and the company's lack of an independent chairman have drawn fresh criticism from investors, following the severe dent to the company's stock price from the Cambridge Analytica scandal. “In essence Mr Zuckerberg is not accountable to anyone. Not the board … Read More
The psychological impact of an $11 Facebook subscription
This conversation is relevant because Zuckerberg was asked twice by congress about Facebook potentially offering subscriptions. Zuckerberg endorsed the merits of ad-supported apps, but never ruled out letting users buy a premium version. “We don't offer an option today for people to pay to not show … Read More
Why the politicians must set their sights on Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg – 106.9 million Facebook followers – is a person of intense interest not only to the US legislative process, but to a wider population whose lives he touches in some way every day through Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Over two days and through more than 600 questions, the … …
Facebook knows all about you, even if you never join
Yet Antonio Garcia Martinez, a former Facebook executive who helped build the ad system, responded later on Twitter that the data was “collected for growth reasons as well”. He added: “When a user signs up for (Facebook) the first time … their entire friend network will essentially already be there.”. …
Facebook reluctant to release data to Swiss authorities
The main reason Facebook denied so many of the data requests, according to Federal Police spokeswoman Lulzana Musliu, was that some acts that … “If, for example, a Swiss Facebook user spreads illegal propaganda through the network, that may be punishable in Switzerland, but not so in the US … Read …