Nov 27 Hawaiians thankful for rainbows, men most thankful for their wives, according to Facebook By Justin Scuiletti The Facebook Data Science team compiled "anonymized, aggregate data" from the status updates of users in the United States -- drawing from entries that participated in a status challenge asking friends and families to share what they are most… Continue reading
Oct 14 Mark Zuckerberg to give $25M to fight Ebola By Ashira Morris Facebook C.E.O. Mark Zuckerberg announced on Facebook that the he and his wife, pediatrician Priscilla Chan, will give $25 million to help prevent the spread of Ebola. Continue reading
Oct 14 Facebook and Apple will pay for employees to freeze their eggs By Corinne Segal Facebook and Apple are now among the first Silicon Valley tech companies to cover the expense of egg freezing procedures for employees, NBC News reported. Continue reading
Aug 26 When it comes to Facebook, we all just want to be popular, study finds By Ruth Tam If you think your Facebook NewsFeed or Twitter timeline is becoming an echo chamber of the same material, you’re right. According to a new Pew Research Center report on the role of social media in civil discourse, Facebook might not… Continue reading
Aug 25 Facebook continues to battle click-bait By Corinne Segal Facebook announced in a blog post today that it would change its algorithm to reduce the amount of click-bait in the News Feed, and improve users' experience. Continue reading
Aug 21 Twitter Chat: Can hashtag activism have real impact? By Nora Daly Hashtag activism is a term coined to describe the use of viral hashtags on social media to raise awareness and foster discussion about specific issues and causes, but can it affect real change?… Continue reading
Jul 03 Twitter Chat: The ethics of Facebook's mood manipulation study By Nora Daly NewsHour followers share their opinions of Facebook's controversial emotional experiment. Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch Facebook's psychological study ends up testing users' trust By PBS News Hour Many Facebook users were upset by news that the social media network manipulated incoming content for hundreds of thousands of people without telling them. The manipulation was conducted for a study -- published in a respected scientific journal -- measuring… Continue watching
Jun 30 Have you read Facebook's Terms of Service? If not, read on By Colleen Shalby Facebook users discovered this weekend that their News Feeds may have been altered for a psychological experiment. Continue reading
May 27 Iranian court summons Facebook CEO over privacy allegations By Diane Jeanty A southern Iranian court has summoned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg after opening a case over complaints of privacy violations regarding social media applications WhatsApp and Instagram. Continue reading