April 11, 2019 British woman jailed in Dubai for calling ex-husband's new wife a 'horse' on Facebook to be released The British woman who faced up to two years in a Dubai prison for a disparaging Facebook post about her ex-husband’s new wife will be released, the group representing her said Thursday.
April 10, 2019 Ted Cruz, Twitter executive spar over alleged censorship, shadowbanning of conservatives Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, led by Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, lambasted a top Twitter exec on Wednesday over alleged censorship of conservative users, with Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., accusing Twitter and Facebook of being "anything but transparent."
April 10, 2019 Facebook bends to EU pressure on 'misleading' fine print Facebook Inc. has bowed to demands from European Union regulators to change what the bloc had called misleading terms of service, the latest example of efforts by governments globally to exercise more control over tech firms.
April 10, 2019 John Stossel: Zuckerberg’s call for regulations is crony capitalism Please, regulate me! That was Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s message to Congress recently.
April 10, 2019 Facebook to use AI to identify accounts of deceased users in hopes to stop birthday reminders Facebook announced Monday it will stopping asking users to wish deceased friends a Happy Birthday as the social media giant attempts to crack down on the practice after a series of recent missteps.
April 9, 2019 'Toxic' social media gives extremists platform for violent acts, lets them self-radicalize Social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube are fertile breeding grounds for white supremacists and white nationalists — enabling acts of real-world violence and fueling bigotry — and Big Tech must do more to stop it.
April 8, 2019 Facebook blasted as 'morally bankrupt liars' by New Zealand privacy chief New Zealand's privacy commissioner slammed Facebook as "morally bankrupt pathological liars" as the fallout from the Christchurch mosque attacks, which were live-streamed and spread virally, continued.
April 8, 2019 British woman faces jail time in Dubai for ‘insulting’ post about ex-husband’s new wife A British woman’s disparaging Facebook posts about her ex-husband’s new wife might land her in a Dubai jail for two years, a campaign group claim.
April 8, 2019 Cybercriminals still using Facebook as a black market Want to buy stolen credit card numbers?
April 7, 2019 Vaccine wars: Social media battle outbreak of bogus claims Like health officials facing outbreaks of disease, internet companies are trying to contain vaccine-related misinformation they have long helped spread. So far, their efforts at quarantine are falling short.
