February 3, 2019 Facebook removes accounts of fake news group in Indonesia Facebook Inc. removed hundreds of accounts, groups and pages linked to an online syndicate that has been accused of spreading fake news and hate speech in Indonesia, less than three months before a presidential election in the world’s third-largest democracy.
February 1, 2019 Outrage over Facebook's use of teens to spy on rivals as Sandberg says they 'consented' Facebook is being hit with a growing backlash over the revelation that it paid teenagers in order to monitor their online activity to gain valuable insights into its rivals.
January 31, 2019 San Francisco could ban facial recognition technology, becoming first US city to do so San Francisco could become the first U.S. city to ban the use of facial recognition technology — criticized as biased by lawmakers and privacy advocates — by all city agencies if a new bill becomes law.
January 30, 2019 Facebook slammed for 'patchy' attitude on disinformation by lawmakers Facebook was accused of taking a "patchy, opaque and self-selecting" approach to clamping down on misinformation by the European officials as the EU published its first progress report on fake news.
January 30, 2019 Apple rips Facebook for phone app it says is 'clear breach' of agreement Facebook has been paying people to install an app that allows it to hoover up data on exactly how they use their smartphones.
January 30, 2019 Ocasio-Cortez slams Amazon for 'bias' in its facial detection technology Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slammed Amazon for what she characterized as "bias" in the tech giant's facial detection technology.
January 30, 2019 Missouri's GOP senator wants to work with Ocasio-Cortez on tackling tech giants Missouri’s new conservative U.S. senator, Josh Hawley, said Tuesday that he’s willing to work with Democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York on a probe into the power and policies of big technology companies like Google and Facebook.
January 29, 2019 No one elected Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to referee free speech – His company's too big. Here’s how to fix it Facebook should agree to federal consent decrees that require it to follow the policy of viewpoint neutrality – that is, to protect the First Amendment by prohibiting the singling out or freezing of one set of opinions and perspectives.
January 29, 2019 New York lawmaker to Google: Remove conversion therapy app from Play Store A New York lawmaker is demanding that Google remove an app that promotes gay conversion therapy from its Google Play Store.
January 29, 2019 Facebook removes smiling picture of seriously ill girl being fed by a tube A mom was left horrified when Facebook banned a photo of her daughter because she was being fed by a tube.
