Here’s how to see, edit and delete the topics that Facebook advertisers use to target you
If we've learned anything from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's lengthy congressional testimony this week, it's that most people are woefully unaware of how much data Facebook collects about them, and then how that data is used. Earlier this week, we wrote a story explaining how Facebook uses … Read More
Recommended Reading: Facebook’s influence on Instagram
With all the attention on Mark Zuckerberg's visit to DC this week, it can be easy to lose sight of an important detail: Facebook also owns Instagram. Of course, this means it also has access to the photo-sharing app's massive user base. Bloomberg Businessweek has a detailed look at the …
Let’s put this rumor to bed: Facebook is not spying on you through your phone’s microphone
It's time to move on from everyone's favorite Facebook conspiracy theory: No, Facebook is not listening to you through your phone's microphone. This is a crowd favorite. When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress this week to discuss the company's data collection and privacy … Read More
It costs $7.3 million to keep Facebook’s Zuckerberg safe
Over the last year, it got a lot more expensive to make sure Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg stayed safe. According to a regulatory filing for the US. Securities and Exchange Commission, the powerful tech chief's security expenses surged to $7.3 million in 2017, from $4.9 million the previous year. Read …
Cyber Saturday—Meet Vero, a Lebanese Billionaire’s Anti-Facebook
I met the Lebanese billionaire and brother of that nation's on-again, off-again prime minister at a coffee shop in Brooklyn where he pitched me on his social network. Hariri's 3-year-old app, Vero, has a novel value proposition: privacy. He designed the service as an alternative to Facebook and Instagram. Read …
Facebook’s Bookmarks menu gets a facelift that makes its settings easier to find
Facebook is rolling out a redesigned bookmarks section in its app that will make it easier to navigate and access various Facebook settings – including Account Settings, Privacy Shortcuts, News Feed Preferences, Activity Log, Payments Settings, access to Help & Support, and more. None of the options … Read More
Facebook Starts Notifying Users Whose Data Might Have Been Accessed By Cambridge Analytica
Facebook since has banned the app, which sold information harvested from millions of users' profile pages — details such as birthdate, current address and page likes — to Cambridge Analytica, a data-mining firm that worked on behalf of Trump's 2016 presidential campaign that used the information to … Read More
Mark Zuckerberg can’t truly apologize until he stops thinking Facebook is a force for good
Everyone is glad not to be Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook's CEO testified before the US Congress this week on a growing scandal linking his company to Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm with ties to the Trump campaign. The hearing, deemed “extraordinary,” by senator John Thune, was as … Read More
Diamond and Silk Expose Facebook’s Burden of Moderation
By Thursday afternoon, Facebook's CEO was likely already familiar with the pair. During both of Zuckerberg's hearings on Capitol Hill this week, lawmakers including Senator Ted Cruz and Representatives Joe Barton, Fred Upton, Marsha Blackburn, and Richard Hudson all cited the bloggers. For these … Read More
Will Facebook Be Broken Up?
Since the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke just a few weeks ago, Facebook has seen its stock fall by $100 billion, and Mark Zuckerberg was forced to go before Congress. But what happens next for the 2.25 billion-person social network? Will it be regulated? Or broken up? Kevin Roose, a tech … …