Mar 21 Facebook says millions of passwords stored in readable format By Barbara Ortutay, Frank Bajak, Associated Press Facebook said there is no evidence its employees abused access to the data, but thousands of employees could have searched them. Continue reading
Mar 20 WATCH: ‘Artists are our only hope,’ T Bone Burnett says in critique of big tech By Joshua Barajas Award-winning producer, songwriter and musician T Bone Burnett made a fire-and-brimstone rebuke against big tech “surveillance capitalists” last week at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, saying Silicon Valley is destroying humanity. Continue reading
Mar 19 Facebook to overhaul ad targeting to prevent discrimination By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press The changes to Facebook's advertising methods —which generate most of the company's enormous profits — are unprecedented. Continue reading
Mar 06 Mark Zuckerberg envisions ‘privacy-focused’ Facebook transformation By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press Creating more ways for Facebook's more than 2 billion users to keep things private could undermine the company's business model, which depends on the ability to learn about the things people like and then sell ads tied to those interests. Continue reading
Feb 04 Column: Facebook is not all bad at 15, but now it must be good By Bhaskar Chakravorti, The Conversation As Facebook turns 15, the company faces a critical set of challenges. Regulating Facebook itself will not be easy, and will generate endless debate. Continue reading
Jan 17 Watch 9:11 Why tech industry monopolies could be a ‘curse’ for society By Paul Solman In the early 20th century, Standard Oil was broken up because of its vast power. Today, many think Facebook, Google or Amazon present similar threats, but they proceed unchallenged. In "The Curse of Bigness," law professor Tim Wu argues that… Continue watching
Dec 24 Facebook suspends accounts over online tactics used in Alabama Senate race By Associated Press A statement from Facebook says the company "recently removed five accounts run by multiple individuals for engaging in coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook around the Alabama special election." Facebook says the investigation is ongoing. Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch 3:12 News Wrap: Outgoing Speaker Ryan laments ‘broken politics’ In our Wednesday news wrap, outgoing Speaker of the House Paul Ryan made his farewell speech in Washington, articulating concerns about what he called America’s “broken politics.” The Wisconsin Republican is retiring after 20 years on the Hill. Plus, Facebook… Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch 7:04 In the hunt for revenue, did Facebook share more data than it disclosed? In April, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Congress that his platform doesn’t “sell any data to anyone.” But now, documents released by a British Parliament committee suggest the social media giant was trading access to user data in exchange for… Continue watching
Dec 05 Opinion: WhatsApp skewed Brazilian election, showing social media’s danger to democracy By Luca Belli, The Conversation Brazil’s WhatsApp election scandal should be a wake-up call particularly for other developing world democracies. Continue reading