August 16, 2017 Facebooks internet-beaming drone managed not to crash on its second outing Facebook's internet-beaming drone suffered a crash landing at the end of its debut outing last year. However, the team has clearly improved its design, on Thursday reporting a successful test flight and landing.
July 5, 2017 Dallas cop sues social media companies for allegedly helping influence police shooter Lawyers for a Dallas police officer filed a federal civil suit late Tuesday against Twitter, Facebook and Google for allegedly providing “material support” to the Palestinian militant group Hamas and purportedly helping radicalize Micah Johnson, the Army veteran who killed five police officers and wounded nine others in an ambush last July.
July 5, 2017 Facebook Live video shows disabled man tied up, beaten as captors yell 'F--- white people!' Chicago police on Thursday were considering filing hate crime charges after a mentally disabled white man was bound, duct taped and tortured by four African-Americans who yelled anti-Trump and racial slurs while broadcasting the heinous ordeal on Facebook Live.
July 5, 2017 Facebook 'Find Wi-Fi' goes global Facebook also announced a small tweak intended to reduce low-quality links you see in your News Feed.
June 29, 2017 Garth Brooks speaks to NASA astronaut in orbit using Facebook Live Country music star Garth Brooks has become the first celebrity to use Facebook Live to speak to a NASA astronaut while in orbit.
June 28, 2017 Facebook is now deleting 66K posts a week in anti-hate campaign NEW YORK — Facebook is deleting about 66,000 posts a week as the social media giant cracks down on what it considers to be hate speech.
June 27, 2017 Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Microsoft join up to battle terrorist content Amid concern about the recent spate of terror attacks, some of the world's largest technology companies are teaming up in an effort to put a stop to terrorist content on their platforms.
June 26, 2017 Facebook employees to get 20 days off for family bereavement Facebook says it is extending its bereavement policies and will also allow employees paid time off when a family member is sick.
June 26, 2017 Facebook blocks car insurer from profiling users Facebook says that it will block a British car insurer from profiling users of the social network to decide whether they deserve a discount on their insurance.
June 26, 2017 Mark Zuckerberg gives Pope Francis model drone during Vatican meeting Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave Pope Francis a model drone during a meeting at the Vatican Monday.
