July 6, 2018 Facebook slammed for 'censorship' of country group's patriotic song Facebook has been slammed by The Wes Cook Band for preventing the country group from using the social network’s paid tools to promote its song “I Stand for the Flag.”
July 5, 2018 Facebook found 'hate speech' in the Declaration of Independence Facebook’s algorithms are in the spotlight after the social network tagged an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence as hate speech.
July 5, 2018 WhatsApp 'horrified' over India lynchings, promises action WhatsApp responded to a pattern of lynchings in India that have been sparked by false rumors spread on its platform—saying on Wednesday it was “horrified” by the incidents.
July 3, 2018 Facebook data sharing scandal: Probe of tech giant and Cambridge Analytica widens A federal probe into Facebook’s sharing of data with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica has broadened to include the actions and statements of the tech behemoth, sources familiar with the inquiry told the Chicago Tribune.
July 2, 2018 Facebook document dump reveals it shared data with 52 companies, some based in China Facebook has revealed that it shared user information with 52 companies that manufacture hardware and software, including some based in China.
July 2, 2018 Instagram mistakenly removes a photograph of two men kissing Instagram has reinstated a photograph of two men kissing after it was mistakenly removed for violating community guidelines.
June 25, 2018 Facebook rejects ads from restaurants, hair salons, because they're too 'political', report says In its efforts to scrub its site of the type of political ads used by Russia to influence the 2016 presidential campaign, Facebook was bound to hit some bumps in the road.
June 25, 2018 Hezbollah reportedly claims Facebook, Twitter have disabled their main accounts Lebanese militia and State Department-designated terrorist group Hezbollah said on Saturday that Facebook and Twitter had terminated its main accounts, according to the Times of Israel.
June 18, 2018 Facebook set to ban weapon accessory ads for users under the age of 18 Facebook will prevent advertisers from showing weapon accessory ads to minors, the social network has announced.
June 15, 2018 World Cup 2018: Who are the social media winners? Soccer fans across the globe are avidly following the World Cup, which kicked off in on Thursday when host nation Russia hammered Saudi Arabia 5-0 in the tournament’s opening game.
