March 15, 2019 Facebook battles revenge porn with artificial intelligence Facebook is harnessing new detection technology to battle revenge porn on both its main social network, as well as Instagram.
March 15, 2019 Facebook cracks down on revenge porn with new detection tech Facebook is cracking down on "non-consensual intimate images" (aka revenge porn) with new detection technology and an online resource hub for victims.
March 13, 2019 Hourslong outage hobbles Facebook, Instagram globally Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp were partially down for some users around the world Wednesday.
March 13, 2019 Pete Buttigieg calls out Big Tech's 'monopoly power,' says US is being left behind by China in AI race Pete Buttigieg, the 2020 presidential candidate and mayor of South Bend, Ind., singled out Facebook, Google and Amazon for their "monopoly power" and said America is falling behind China in the race to harness artificial intelligence.
March 12, 2019 Facebook backtracks after removing Elizabeth Warren's ads blasting the platform, drawing another rebuke Facebook was forced to backtrack after it removed ads placed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign that called for the breakup of the social network and other Big Tech companies.
March 12, 2019 Zuckerberg wants Facebook to build a creepy mind-reading machine If you're concerned about Facebook's privacy scandals or worried that it's listening in on your phone calls, you'll likely be disturbed by CEO Mark Zuckerberg's recent comments at Harvard.
March 11, 2019 FTC response to Facebook and Google's privacy abuses slammed as 'toothless' and 'failed' by GOP lawmaker A Republican senator excoriated the Federal Trade Commission for failing to protect consumers' privacy from data-hungry Big Tech companies that have suffered a series of scandals and breaches over the years.
March 11, 2019 Facebook cracks down on vaccine misinformation Facebook is taking a series of new steps to crack down on misinformation about vaccines amid widespread concerns that Big Tech companies are failing to rid their platforms of this content.
March 8, 2019 Mark Zuckerberg's conference room has a secret 'panic chute,' report says Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been accused of a lot of things, but a new report details just how far he is willing to take his privacy and safety: he reportedly has a "panic chute."
March 8, 2019 Facebook Messenger bug may have exposed who you chatted with A vulnerability affecting the Web version of Facebook Messenger may have exposed who you've been chatting with on that platform.