Health Apr 05 How social media is trying to contain misinformation over vaccines In social media's battle against misinformation, bogus claims about the dangers of vaccines are the next target.
Nation Mar 28 Facebook faces charges of housing discrimination for targeted ads The Department of Housing and Urban Development says Facebook technology illegally restricts who can view housing-related ads.
Nation Mar 21 Facebook says millions of passwords stored in readable format Facebook said there is no evidence its employees abused access to the data, but thousands of employees could have searched them.
Nation Mar 19 Facebook to overhaul ad targeting to prevent discrimination The changes to Facebook's advertising methods —which generate most of the company's enormous profits — are unprecedented.
Politics Dec 11 WATCH: Google CEO Sundar Pichai testifies before House committee Google CEO Sundar Pichai — and other tech executives who may be watching — got hints Tuesday of what issues they can expect to face as Democrats take control of the House in three weeks.
Nation Sep 04 WATCH: Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg testify to Congress on foreign election interference Facebook and Twitter executives assured Congress on Wednesday that they are aggressively working to root out foreign attempts to sow discord in America, and they pledged to better protect their social networks against manipulation during the 2018 midterm elections and…
Nation Sep 04 WATCH: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey faces questions about ‘transparency and accountability’ in House hearing In prepared testimony released ahead of a House hearing Wednesday, Jack Dorsey says he wants to be clear about one thing: "Twitter does not use political ideology to make any decisions, whether related to ranking content on our service or…
Politics Jul 31 Facebook finds ‘sophisticated’ efforts to disrupt U.S. elections The company said it removed 32 accounts from Facebook and Instagram because they were involved in “coordinated” political behavior and appeared to be fake.
Nation Jul 19 Zuckerberg clarifies statements on treatment of fake news The goal of Facebook is not to prevent someone from saying something untrue, Zuckerberg said, but to stop fake news from spreading.
Politics May 23 Twitter to add special labels to U.S. political candidates Twitter says the move is to provide users with "authentic information" and prevent spoofed and fake accounts from fooling users. The labels will include what office a person is running for and where.