Dec 05 UK accuses Facebook of giving certain companies preferential access to users’ data By Danica Kirka, Associated Press The U.K. Parliament committee says Facebook "whitelisted" or gave preferential access to certain companies, such as Airbnb and Netflix, even after the tech giant announced changes in 2015 to end access to a user's "friends." The allegations are based on… Continue reading
Nov 22 Watch 6:18 After latest scandal, does Facebook need to be regulated? Facebook has been on the defensive since a New York Times investigation found it had hired a consulting firm--founded by Republican operatives--to push negative stories about its critics. Among them: liberal billionaire George Soros, a favorite target of far-right conspiracy… Continue watching
Nov 19 U.S. stocks slide as tech, internet companies sustain big losses By Marley Jay, Associated Press Apple, Microsoft and Amazon, the most valuable companies on the market, saw some of the worst losses Monday. Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch 5:49 Did Facebook merely ‘deflect’ after realizing Russian disinformation? A New York Times investigative report published this week details how Facebook reacted to the discovery of massive disinformation campaigns run by Russian operatives. Sheera Frenkel, who helped write the story, joins William Brangham to explain what the social network’s… Continue watching
Nov 06 Facebook blocks 115 accounts ahead of U.S. midterm elections By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press The social media company shut down 30 Facebook accounts and 85 Instagram accounts and is investigating them in more detail, it said in a blog post late Monday. Continue reading
Nov 05 Fox, NBC and Facebook say they will stop airing Trump’s anti-immigrant ad By David Bauder, Associated Press 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… Continue reading
Oct 26 Iran-linked Facebook accounts removed for politically charged misinformation By Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Oct 12 Facebook says hackers accessed 29 million people’s accounts By Associated Press Facebook says hackers accessed data from 29 million accounts as part of the security breach disclosed two weeks ago. Continue reading
Oct 11 Facebook purges hundreds of spammers spreading ‘sensational political content’ By Associated Press Facebook deleted 800 pages and accounts that it said were designed to drive people to ad-laden websites outside Facebook. Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch 4:07 How Facebook uses a hidden feature to share your information with advertisers By PBS News Hour 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… Continue watching