July 18, 2018 Cambridge Analytica's Facebook data was accessed from Russia, UK lawmaker says Facebook data gathered by now-defunct political consultancy Cambridge Analytica was accessed from Russia, a British lawmaker charged.
July 17, 2018 Facebook allowed underage users, extreme content on site, investigation finds Facebook is ignoring underage users and knowingly permitting extreme content to remain on its platform, a new investigation in the United Kingdom has found.
July 17, 2018 Facebook exec apologizes for censoring Diamond & Silk WASHINGTON – A Facebook executive publicly apologized Tuesday for mistreating Diamond and Silk, the pro-Trump social media personalities.
July 13, 2018 Facebook making slow progress on diversity, report says Facebook’s latest diversity report shows that, while the tech giant has grown the percentage of women in its workforce, more work needs to be done in other areas.
July 13, 2018 Russian troll farm created fake city newspaper Twitter accounts ... to spread real local stories: report Operatives of the Kremlin-linked troll farm called the Internet Research Agency reportedly created Twitter accounts pretending to be local newspapers -- and shared real local stories rather than fake news.
July 12, 2018 How under-fire Facebook is bolstering its battle against fake news Facebook, which has come under fire for the proliferation of fake news on its platform, is ramping up its efforts against misinformation.
July 11, 2018 Tyler Perry warns about Facebook scams using his name in viral video Tyler Perry is directing fans not to fall for any scams involving his name.
July 11, 2018 Facebook fined over $650G by UK in Cambridge Analytica data misuse scandal Facebook is facing a fine of over $650,000 in Britain after the country’s information regulator said Wednesday the company failed to protect millions of users’ data.
July 8, 2018 Tourist sentenced to 8 years in prison for anti-Egypt Facebook post A Lebanese tourist who was arrested for posting a video to Facebook about her experience being sexually harassed in Egypt was sentenced to eight years in prison on Saturday.
July 6, 2018 Facebook, Wes Cook Band, work to resolve patriotic song 'censorship' row The Wes Cook Band says that it is in a “productive dialogue” with Facebook after the social network prevented the group from using its paid tools to promote their song “I Stand for the Flag.”
