April 28, 2019 Justin Haskins: Conservatives should stand up to Facebook and other left-wing social media giants Conservatives and libertarians are facing a monumental, existential threat from social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
April 27, 2019 Facebook slammed for not taking action against ICE for alleged phony videos The Electronic Frontier Foundation is calling on Facebook to escalate action against fake accounts set up by law enforcement to nap immigration violators.
April 25, 2019 Facebook investigated by New York AG over email harvesting New York is investigating Facebook over what it called the "unauthorized collection" of 1.5 million users' email address books.
April 25, 2019 Facebook sets aside $3 billion to cover expected FTC fine Facebook Inc. set aside $3 billion for an expected fine from the Federal Trade Commission over privacy violations, cutting into the social-media giant’s profit even as its underlying business remained strong.
April 24, 2019 Macron, Ardern seek pledge to purge extremism from social media The leaders of New Zealand and France plan to host a meeting of global leaders and tech executives in an effort to stamp out the transmission of violent extremism on social-media sites.
April 23, 2019 Top Dem says Zuckerberg should be held 'individually liable' for Facebook privacy breaches A top Democrat on Tuesday called for the Federal Trade Commission to hold Facebook chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg “individually liable for the company’s repeated violations of Americans’ privacy,” and charged that Zuckerberg's status as majority shareholder improperly “insulates him from accountability to Facebook’s board and shareholders."
April 22, 2019 Arthur Milikh: How Big Tech uses 'freedom of expression' to quash free speech Big Tech wants America to conform to their moral assertions about the purpose of speech.
April 22, 2019 Facebook stored millions of Instagram passwords in plain text Facebook on Thursday revealed that it accidentally stored "millions" of Instagram user passwords in plain text.
April 21, 2019 Social media services blocked in Sri Lanka after deadly attacks, group says Sri Lankan authorities have blocked most social media services in the country following attacks that killed more than 200 people on Easter, according to officials and a group that monitors Internet censorship.
April 20, 2019 Stop Facebook’s targeted advertising by changing your account settings Let me be frank: I only keep a Facebook account to engage with listeners of my national radio show. I don’t use my personal account. I stepped away from the social media platform, and I never looked back.