Revelations about how Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm that worked for Donald Trump's campaign, amassed data about more than 50 million Facebook users without their consent has forced the social media company to tell anyone who will listen that it takes privacy very seriously. Read More

Facebook is working around the clock to address users' privacy concerns in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. One of the steps the social network is taking is to address the issue of email-targeted ads. Tech Crunch reports that the company is planning on launching a certification tool that …

Facebook announced this past week that the company is going to fact check photos and videos. In the announcement Facebook's VP of Product Management Guy Rosen, Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos, Product Manager Samidh Chakrabarti, Product Manager Tessa Lyons and Product Management … Read More

The tool, reported earlier by TechCrunch, will be part of Facebook's Custom Audiences program, which allows advertisers to upload lists of hashed customer data, such as email addresses. Facebook then matches that data against its users, allowing advertisers to target individuals on the social network … Read More

That issue was crystallized in recent weeks with Facebook. Hundreds of people deleted their accounts after revelations that the political-data firm Cambridge Analytica had improperly harvested the information of 50 million Facebook users. Yet many of those same people promptly instructed their friends … Read More

Let's fast forward to 2020. A combination of class action lawsuits and tough regulation across the globe following the Cambridge Analytica scandal has led to the break-up or collapse of the digital behemoths. The remaining digital brands are constrained by stringent regional regulations that place social … Read More

Paul Bergevin's “Mark Zuckerberg Is No James Madison” (op-ed, March 21) about Facebook hits the mark. Mr. Zuckerberg and others pretend they are selling something new, when in reality it's the same old come-on where suckers think they're getting something for nothing. Facebook users believe they … Read More

Probably not, though thousands of Facebook users are in the wake of the data-sharing controversy involving Cambridge Analytica, a British firm that specializes in data mining. In a nutshell, the firm scours the internet for your digital history and uses that information to build a psychographic profile of you … Read …

Facebook Inc. FB 4.42% is battling a backlash from lawmakers, regulators and users on multiple continents. Some of the sharpest criticism is coming from close to home. A succession of Silicon Valley rivals have stepped forward in recent weeks and months to speak out against the social-media giant, … Read More

As someone who prides himself on being an anti-Facebooker, I take a small degree of pleasure whenever I learn about Facebook's failings, of which there have been many. It's bad enough they have successfully taken over the minds of billions of people worldwide, but it was revealed last year they … …