What a Facebook Exodus Means for Businesses and Democracy
The Cambridge Analytica scandal has hit Facebook and democracy in the UK and the US. On Tuesday, a whistleblower from Cambridge Analytica gave yet more evidence about how data obtained through Facebook may have tampered with the Brexit referendum. What's more, Christopher Wylie has … Read More
Report: Facebook Staff Suddenly Concerned About Privacy, Specifically Theirs
The ridiculous mess over at Facebook has continued to get worse, with staff allegedly in a full-on “uproar” over the fallout of the leak of consumer hardware VP Andrew Bosworth's 2016 memo claiming things like terrorism and cyberbullying suicides were justifiable side effects of the site's continued … Read More
Facebook’s crisis demands a reevaluation of computer science itself
As Robert Oppenheimer watched a mushroom cloud from the first nuclear detonation bloom over a New Mexico test site, he repeated a line from the Hindu epic Bhagavad-Gita: “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” The scientist who helped build the world's most lethal weapon saw how … Read …
The new social networks you should join instead of Facebook, according to a Y Combinator partner
The past two weeks have been rough for Facebook. Some are deleting their accounts in protest of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, while others are decrying the death of social media, likening its effect on us to sugar or smoking. But online socializing isn't inherently bad for us, and just because …
Who gains from Facebook’s missteps?
That's a question for startups that may be worth contemplating following Facebook's recent stock price haircut. The company's valuation has fallen by around $60 billion since the Cambridge Analytica scandal surfaced earlier this month and the #DeleteFacebook campaign gained momentum. That's a … Read More
Facebook Staff Created A Weapon, Here’s What Happens Next
Facebook still can't seem to get a handle on the Cambridge Analytica mess and it should have done so by now – for the employees if nothing else. Fumbled narratives, non-existent or poor internal leadership…the list continues to grow. Staff are now threatening to quit in light of a leaked …
Should news organizations be the next to delete Facebook ?
Some news publishers would like to abandon Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook and building their own alternatives. Channel 4 news editor Benb De Pear suggested publishers could collaborate on a site that could be called 'Newsbook.' But it's hard to turn away from Facebook's audience of 2 billion. Read More
Facebook Employees Are Reportedly Deleting Controversial Internal Messages
Facebook employees are deleting potentially controversial comments and messages from the company's internal communications systems, after the leak of a 2016 memo in which Vice President Andrew Bosworth appeared to place growth priorities ahead of public safety concerns. According to … Read More
Here’s how to beef up your Facebook privacy settings
Francie Black, a tech expert, who runs a blog iPadWisom, is a believer in closely monitoring apps that access your information inside your Facebook page. She recommends paying $10 for an app called MyPermissions, that will filter through apps on your Facebook page and help you navigate which … Read More
Loss of life can be justified if it helps Facebook to grow – internal memo
In a statement to Buzzfeed, which Facebook confirmed, CEO Mark Zuckerberg called Mr Bosworth a "talented leader who says many provocative things" but added that the memo was something "that most people at Facebook, including myself, disagreed with strongly". He continued: "We've never … Read More