Fox, NBC and Facebook say they will stop airing Trump’s anti-immigrant ad
NBC, Fox News Channel and Facebook all said Monday they will stop airing President Donald Trump's campaign advertisement that featured an immigrant convicted of killing two police officers. The ad has already likely been seen by more people than it…
Iran-linked Facebook accounts removed for politically charged misinformation
The accounts were targeting U.S. and U.K. citizens and typically represented themselves to be American and in some cases British citizens, posting about topics such as race relations and opposition to President Donald Trump.
Facebook says hackers accessed 29 million people’s accounts
Facebook says hackers accessed data from 29 million accounts as part of the security breach disclosed two weeks ago.
Facebook purges hundreds of spammers spreading ‘sensational political content’
Facebook deleted 800 pages and accounts that it said were designed to drive people to ad-laden websites outside Facebook.
This week, Facebook revealed that security breaches on the social media site could expose personal data for approximately 50 million users. This comes as the company faces renewed criticisms for utilizing a hidden function to share users' contact information, like…
The company says hackers exploited its "View As" feature, which lets people see what their profiles look like to someone else. Facebook says it has taken steps to fix the security problem and alerted law enforcement.
The co-founders of Instagram are resigning their positions with the social media company without explanation.
Twitter and Facebook, the world's largest social media giants, told the senators investigating Russia's tactics during the U.S. elections that they had improved their defenses, but some still lawmakers believe the companies need regulation. Meanwhile, the question of whether social…
The statement comes as Facebook and Twitter executives appeared at congressional hearings Wednesday. Both companies pledged to better protect their social media platforms in the 2018 elections and beyond.
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