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February 8, 2018

Ex-Silicon Valley workers plead for help in battle against 'addictive' technology

Think about the children.

February 8, 2018

Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg says #MeToo hasn't gone far enough, must end 'culture of complicity'

Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg says the #MeToo movement, which has pushed women and some men across industries and demographic lines to share stories of sexual misconduct, must address systemic sexism and lead to concrete changes.

February 7, 2018

More trouble for Facebook as Seattle claims it violated city campaign finance law

Facebook could be facing major penalties after the executive director of the Seattle Ethics and Election Commission accused the social media giant this week of violating city campaign finance laws.

February 7, 2018

Social media surveillance unfairly targeted Muslims, report says

BOSTON (AP) — A social media monitoring tool used by the Boston Police Department to identify potential threats swept up the posts of people using the hashtag #MuslimLivesMatter and a lawmaker's Facebook update about racial inequality, according to a report released Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts.

February 6, 2018

France to combat fake news with rapid response law

A new judicial procedure would be established to stop the spread of fake news, said France’s culture minister as she introduced a new anti-fake news law.

February 5, 2018

YouTube algorithm could be manipulated by 'bad actors,' used for 'fraudulent content,' senator warns

YouTube’s powerful recommendation algorithm may be “optimizing for outrageous, salacious and often fraudulent content” or easily manipulated by “bad actors, including foreign intelligence entities,” a top-ranking Democrat on the Senate’s intelligence committee said.

January 31, 2018

Facebook enables 'fake news' with its digital advertising platform, report says

Another former Facebook executive has turned on the tech giant.

January 31, 2018

Facebook bans advertisements for cryptocurrency exchanges

Facebook brought the hammer down on "misleading financial products" on Tuesday by effectively banning any and all advertisements for cryptocurrency exchanges and initial coin offerings.

January 30, 2018

Facebook slammed by experts as being 'no place' for young kids

Facebook is getting slammed by child-health advocates who have written a letter urging the company to discontinue its recently released Messenger Kids app, saying it will "undermine children’s healthy development."

January 29, 2018

How Amazon's ad business could threaten Google and Facebook

It’s easy to see how Amazon.com Inc. threatens the world’s retailers. But analysts, brands and advertising agencies are waking up to the fact that a growing piece of Amazon’s business impinges on turf now controlled by two other tech titans, Google and Facebook.