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.
Nation Apr 24 Facebook releases its 27-page list of banned activities on the service The updated community standards will mirror the rules its 7,600 moderators use to review questionable posts, then decide if they should be pulled off Facebook. And sometimes whether to call in the authorities.
Nation Apr 09 WATCH: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Senate committee Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is scheduled to speak at 2:15 p.m. ET Tuesday in a joint hearing before two Senate committees. Watch live here.
Nation Apr 06 Did Cambridge Analytica get your data? You’ll know soon Anyone who's been wondering if their private Facebook data might have been swept up in the Cambridge Analytica scandal will soon get their first clues.
World Mar 25 What Facebook doesn’t tell you about information it collects Facebook defends its data collection and sharing activities by noting that it's adhering to a privacy policy it shares with users, but activity isn’t limited to pages or posts.
Nation Mar 22 Facebook takes baby steps on privacy after scandal over user data collection But those steps don't get at what many outsiders see as bigger problems at Facebook: its rampant data collection from users, its embrace of political ads that target individuals, and its apparent inability to end malicious use of its service…
Politics Oct 31 In hearing on Russia, Facebook, Twitter, Google defend their security measures Leaders from the tech giant promised a Senate subcommittee they would do more to stop the misuse of their platforms by foreign nations.
Nation Oct 30 AP report: Russia-linked posts may have reached 126 million Facebook users The company says the total number of agency posts accounted for less than 1 of every 23,000 posts on Facebook.