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 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 06 Facebook blames massive outage on error during routine maintenance By Associated Press Facebook's vice president of infrastructure said that Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp going dark was "caused not by malicious activity, but an error of our own making."… Continue reading
Oct 05 WATCH: ‘Choices being made inside Facebook are disastrous,’ whistleblower says By News Desk Frances Haugen, a former data scientist for Facebook, testified to Congress on Oct. 5 about the tech giant’s negligence of acknowledging its societal harms, particularly to children. Continue reading
Sep 27 Facebook puts Instagram for kids on hold after pushback By Michelle Chapman, Associated Press The announcement follows a investigative series by The Wall Street Journal which reported that Facebook was aware that the use of Instagram by some teenage girls led to mental health issues and anxiety. Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch 7:04 Elizabeth Holmes’ trial over alleged fraudulent blood testing technology begins By PBS NewsHour Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was once the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire. Now she could face up to 20 years in federal prison. Opening statements began in the closely watched trial of the former Silicon Valley star. Amna Nawaz discusses… Continue watching
Feb 18 WATCH: Robinhood CEO Tenev defends actions in GameStop saga at hearing By Marcy Gordon, Alex Veiga, Associated Press The GameStop episode has been portrayed as a victory of the little guy over Wall Street titans, but not everyone is buying it. Lawmakers from both parties are among the skeptics. Continue reading
Jan 13 How the U.S. Capitol attack highlights the challenges of thwarting online right-wing extremism By Courtney Vinopal, Justin Stabley Last Wednesday's riot reignited an ongoing conversation about the role social media plays as a space where extremists perpetuate violence. Continue reading