Sep 27 President calls Facebook ‘anti-Trump’ on Twitter amid Russia probe By Associated Press Trump's comments came days after Facebook said it will provide the contents of 3,000 ads bought by a Russian agency to congressional investigators and make political advertising on its platform more transparent. Continue reading
Sep 21 Watch 1:18 News Wrap: Manafort offered ‘private briefings’ to Russian billionaire connected to the Kremlin By PBS News Hour News Wrap:Manafort offered briefings to Russian billionaire Blurb: In our news wrap Thursday, President Trump’s campaign manager, Paul Manafort, acknowledged that he offered “private briefings” to a Russian billionaire with Kremlin connections, but a spokesman said no briefings ever occurred. Continue watching
Sep 21 Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will cooperate with government on Russia investigation By Associated Press Zuckerberg hinted that the company may not provide much information publicly, saying that the fact that his company is a part of the federal investigation would limit what he can reveal. Continue reading
Sep 19 Facebook should testify in Russia probe, Senate intelligence chairman says By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Senate intelligence committee says Facebook should testify as part of its probe into Russian meddling in the U.S. election, and that the social media giant “seems to have been less than forthcoming” with Congress. Continue reading
Sep 19 Facebook may be facing an ‘era of accountability’ By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press The problems keep piling up for Facebook, and it's unclear how long the internet giant will be able to brush them aside as it barrels toward acquiring its next billion users. Continue reading
Sep 17 Watch 3:40 Why did Facebook allow advertisers to target anti-Semitic groups? By PBS News Hour ProPublica reported this week that Facebook advertisers were able to target ads to "Jew-haters" and other users who belonged to anti-Semitic groups. This follows a recent announcement by the company that Russian propagandists had bought thousands of ads on the… Continue watching
Sep 14 How tech giants have shredded our privacy and what we should do about it By Sam Lane NewsHour business and economics correspondent Paul Solman sat down recently with Franklin Foer to discuss Foer's new book, “World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech.”… Continue reading
Sep 09 A Russian propaganda group purchased ads on Facebook during the 2016 election. Here’s what that means. By Dan Cooney Facebook announced this week that a Russian propaganda organization used the social media platform to purchase $100,000 of political advertising. Here’s what you need to know about this news. Continue reading
Aug 03 This photographer took pictures of every one of her Facebook friends to understand friendship in the digital age By Elizabeth Flock Photographer Tanja Hollander photographed all 626 of her Facebook friends around the world. Here's what she learned. Continue reading
Jun 26 Study retracted: Everyone is too distracted to stop sharing fake news By Nsikan Akpan New research shows that everyone is prone to sharing fake news when dealing with a never-ending stream of updates. Continue reading