Lawmakers seem confused about what Facebook does — and how to fix it
Is Facebook spying on the emails I send via WhatsApp? Those were just some of the questions senators asked of the Facebook founder and CEO during a hearing on Tuesday. It was the latest evidence that regulating Facebook will be complicated for Congress: Policymakers seem all over the place on … …
WhatsApp to hire India head for the first time
The leader is expected to a build a close partnership with product and engineering teams and to effectively represent WhatsApp's long-term strategy. India's head is expected to handle day-to-day operations to support team's efforts with key partners in the market, develop and execute on strategic … Read More
In a global first, WhatsApp is seeking a country head for India who has enough experience in …
WhatsApp does not have a country head in any country it operates in. So this will be a global first for the messaging app. The India headquarters would be located in Mumbai. The person who gets appointed would report directly to the messaging app's chief operating officer Matt Idema in …
Memes & Tweets About Mark Zuckerberg’s Testimony Are Brutal
On Tuesday, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced down members of Congress in a hearing largely focused on the social media site's user privacy protections. Of course, because the internet is the internet, Twitter users couldn't help but find some humor in the situation. So they did what … Read …
Coachella Unveils Its First-Ever Twitter Emoji
Days out from the first weekend of Coachella 2018, the music festival went live with its first-ever #Coachella emoji for Twitter. As users begin to type in a Coachella-related hashtag (such as #Coachella18 or #Coachella2018), a palm tree will appear in the tweet. Coachella has also announced a series of … …
Twitter could not stop making “Social Network” jokes during Mark Zuckerberg’s first congressional …
Today, Mark Zuckerberg made his first appearance before Congress in the wake of a number of scandals at Facebook regarding the collection and protection of user data — most notably, the Cambridge Analytica data breach, in which the data-mining and analytics company improperly harvested the … Read More
Zuckerberg: There’s been no dramatic drop-off in users despite ‘Delete Facebook’ memes
March media reports revealed that a researcher sold Facebook user data to an outside firm, Cambridge Analytica. But the negative press hasn't deterred users, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said. When asked, Zuckerberg said there has not been dramatic falloff of the number of people that use Facebook. Read More
Facebook: Cambridge Analytica may have accessed some users’ private messages
Facebook: Cambridge Analytica may have accessed some users' private messages. by Bryan Clark — 11 minutes ago in Facebook. Facebook: … Based on our investigation, you don't appear to have logged into “This Is Your Digital Life” with Facebook before we removed it from our platform in 2015. Read More
Lawmakers Grill Facebook On Privacy Practices, Pitfalls Of Ad-Fueled Business
in a joint hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Zuckerberg said it was “clearly a mistake” that Facebook did not inform users sooner after their personal information was improperly scraped in 2013 by the political research firm … Read More
Ads or not? DJ Khaled faces scrutiny over social media posts plugging booze brands
A collection of watchdog groups has done the impossible: They slowed down DJ Khaled's brand plugs on social media, at least for alcohol. The hip hop star and so-called "King of Snapchat" has dialed back posts mentioning liquor brands after scrutiny from watchdog groups alleging that his boozey … Read More