Oct 26 Facebook froze as anti-vaccine comments swarmed users By David Klepper, Amanda Seitz, Associated Press Despite evidence that it worked, Facebook took a full month to implement the changes at a pivotal time in the global vaccine rollout. Continue reading
Oct 25 Watch 5:51 Facebook’s leadership had ‘no appetite’ to fact check political ads, combat disinformation By Amna Nawaz, Courtney Norris, Ryan Connelly Holmes Facebook is under fire again over alleged harm caused by the platform and the tech giant’s willingness — or lack thereof — to stop it. Leaked internal papers given to Congress and federal regulators by a former employee show how… Continue watching
Oct 25 Facebook has struggled to curb divisive content in India By Sheikh Saaliq, Krutika Pathi, Associated Press Internal company documents on India highlight Facebook's constant struggles in quashing abusive content on its platforms in the world's biggest democracy. Communal and religious tensions in India have a history of boiling over on social media and stoking violence. Continue reading
Oct 25 Facebook’s language gaps allow terrorist content and hate speech to thrive By Isabel Debre, Fares Akram, Associated Press Internal company documents show the problems are far more systemic than just a few innocent mistakes, and that Facebook has understood the depth of these failings for years while doing little about it. Continue reading
Oct 25 Apple threatened to pull Facebook and Instagram from its app store over human trafficking By Jon Gambrell, Jim Gomez, Associated Press Two years ago, Apple threatened to pull Facebook and Instagram from its app store over concerns about the platform being used as a tool to trade and sell maids in the Mideast. Continue reading
Oct 25 ‘Facebook Papers’ reveal company is hesitant to act on serious issues By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press Thousands of pages of internal documents provided to Congress by a former employee depict an internally conflicted company where data on the harms it causes is abundant, but solutions, much less the will to act on them, are halting at… Continue reading
Oct 19 Facebook paying fine to settle U.S. suit on discrimination By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press Facebook is paying a $4.75 million fine and up to $9.5 million to eligible victims to resolve the Justice Department's allegations that it discriminated against U.S. workers in favor of foreigners with special visas to fill high-paying jobs. Continue reading
Oct 18 Facebook plans to hire 10,000 in Europe to build ‘metaverse’ By Kelvin Chan, Matt O'Brien, Associated Press The company said in a blog post Sunday that those high-skilled workers will help build "the metaverse," a futuristic notion for connecting online that uses augmented and virtual reality. Continue reading
Oct 13 Facebook expands harassment policy to protect public figures By David Klepper, Associated Press The changes come amid mounting criticism of the company's handling of hate speech, misinformation and other kinds of harmful content. Earlier this month, a former Facebook data scientist told Congress that the platform has failed in its responsibility to protect… Continue reading
Oct 10 Facebook unveils new controls for kids using its platforms By Associated Press Facebook, in the aftermath of damning testimony that its platforms harm children, will be introducing several features including prompting teens to take a break using its photo sharing app Instagram, and “nudging” teens if they are repeatedly looking at the… Continue reading