Labour MPs urge Corbyn to shut down abusive Facebook groups
UK opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn is facing calls from MPs in his own party to show firm leadership and instruct his supporters' Facebook groups posting anti-Semitic, abusive and violent comments to shut down. The Labour leader faced renewed criticism over his commitment to combating … Read More
Facebook will crack down on unwanted ad targeting by email
Facebook is still determined to limit data access in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. TechCrunch has learned that the social network is launching a certification tool requiring advertisers to pledge that they've obtained your permission before using your email address for ad targeting. Read More
Facebook data misuse scandal sparks calls for greater privacy
Trust in social media has hit a new low, following revelations that data of fifty million Facebook users, ended up in the hands of a UK data analysis company, and may have been used to influence Donald Trump's 2016 election and Brexit. Facebook this week announced new measures to protect …
Facebook and Google are becoming too big to be governed, French president Macron warns
Emmanuel Macron, the French president, has warned that Google and Facebook are becoming too big to be governed and could face being dismantled. Internet giants could be forced to pay for the disruption they cause in society and submit to French or European privacy regulations, he suggested. Read More
Facebook scrambles to distance itself from leaked memo
Facebook is scrambling to respond to its latest crisis, the publication of a leaked memo in which a company executive argued that the company's growth is justified at any cost. Critics say that the controversial 2016 memo is further injuring the public's trust in Facebook at a time when Facebook …
Exclusive: Facebook to Launch its Own Cryptocurrency with Massive ICO
Users will have to register to use the coin, but Facebook will guarantee that wallets and transactions will be completely anonymous. The development has not been officially announced, but reportedly the coin is to be launched on the Ethereum blockchain via an ICO within the next two weeks. Given the … …
Facebook says you have control over your personal information — but you don’t, really
Facebook apps have been in the spotlight because of Cambridge Analytica. The research firm convinced a university researcher to design an app to collect data on Facebook users. Although only 270,000 downloaded the app, the researcher was able to get data on some 50 million unwitting users, … Read More
How Facebook Blew It
“Umm . . . log into Facebook so we can take 'some demographic data, your likes, your friends' list, whether your friends know one another, and some of your private messages,'” someone wrote on a message board in May 2014. “MESSAGES, even?! I hope Amazon listens to all of our …
Facebook plans crackdown on ad targeting by email without consent
Facebook is scrambling to add safeguards against abuse of user data as it reels from backlash over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Now TechCrunch has learned Facebook will launch a certification tool that demands that marketers guarantee email addresses used for ad targeting were rightfully … Read More
Liberal or conservative? Facebook has you all figured out … maybe
With the controversy surrounding Facebook and security of personal information following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, it's only natural that many people are concerned about their own privacy, delving into their own profiles and settings. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has promised to … Read More