March 7, 2019 Zuckerberg lays out vision for 'privacy-focused' social networking Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has vowed to develop new privacy-shielding messaging services as the social network comes under increasing pressure over its handling of user data.
March 6, 2019 Facebook plans to turn your profile into ‘virtual grave’ when you die Facebook is adding a new feature for memorialized accounts, which will allow users to leave messages in a 'Tributes' section that is separate from the timeline of the account.
March 6, 2019 Silicon Valley hit with new digital tax in France The French government on Wednesday introduced a new levy aimed at big tech giants, adding to momentum behind more than a dozen similar measures globally that could collectively cost Silicon Valley companies billions of dollars.
March 4, 2019 Facebook denies it threatened to pull investment from Canada and Europe as leaked docs reveal lobbying strategies Facebook is denying that it threatened to pull investments from Europe and Canada if demands from COO Sheryl Sandberg were not met — as a new trove of leaked documents provides a window into the tech giant's extensive lobbying strategies.
March 4, 2019 Facebook doesn't allow phone number 'look up' opt-out Hot on the heels of the Onavo VPN fiasco and paying teenagers in return for spying on them, Facebook is facing fresh outrage over allowing everyone to look up users with a phone number.
February 28, 2019 Doctors on Facebook face harassment from anti-vaxxers Facebook is coming under fire because doctors are facing harassment on the platform by anti-vaccination activists.
February 28, 2019 New York requests documents from Facebook, apps on data sharing A New York regulator is ramping up a promised investigation of how Facebook Inc. gathered sensitive personal information from popular smartphone applications after a report by The Wall Street Journal revealed that many such apps were sending the social-media giant data, including users’ body weight and menstrual cycles.
February 28, 2019 Gun safety devices get caught in online advertising bans As more Americans keep loaded guns in their homes, efforts to sell them new kinds of safety locks are getting stuck by policies intended to block ads for firearms online.
February 28, 2019 Return of 'Momo suicide challenge' sparks fear among parents The "Momo suicide challenge" is in the spotlight again.
February 28, 2019 At Facebook, Google and many other tech companies the level of political intolerance is stunning The tech giants of Silicon Valley, particularly Google and Facebook, have faced intense criticism in recent years for promoting partisan political agendas in the workplace. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey even admitted recently that conservative employees at his company “don't feel safe to express their opinions.”
