November 15, 2018 Facebook will create independent oversight committee to deal with content issues Following a scathing report from The New York Times that called into question what Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg knew about the Russian disinformation campaign and when, Zuckerberg said the social networking giant would create an independent oversight committee to help deal with moderating certain issues related to content posted on its site.
November 15, 2018 Banned from Facebook? New pro-Trump social network offers alternative President Trump’s supporters now have an alternative to Facebook after several users have complained about having posts blocked or accounts deleted entirely.
November 15, 2018 Facebook-New York Times fight gets ugly: Social network slams newspaper's 'inaccuracies' Facebook slammed a blockbuster New York Times report for "inaccuracies" and cut ties with a GOP-opposition firm after the newspaper painted a scathing portrait of Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, the company's top leaders.
November 14, 2018 Facebook hired PR firm to blame George Soros for rise of groups challenging tech giant: report Facebook, already under scrutiny for scores of mishaps, is under fire Wednesday after a bombshell report said its private voice and its public actions are not in sync.
November 14, 2018 Facebook morale takes a tumble along with stock price Facebook Inc.’s difficult year is taking a toll on employee morale, with several key measures of internal sentiment taking a sharp turn for the worse over the past year, according to people familiar with the matter and messages reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
November 13, 2018 WhatsApp rumor leads to two murders A mob dragged two men out of police station, savagely beat them and then set them on fire after a false rumor was spread on WhatsApp about them being child kidnappers.
November 13, 2018 No more FOMO? Cutting back on Facebook, Snapchat will make you less depressed and lonely, study says All those likes, videos and posts on Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat could be making you depressed and lonely.
November 13, 2018 Ocasio-Cortez slams Amazon for New York HQ2, cites community 'outrage' New York Democratic Congress member-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez railed against Amazon for getting tax breaks and cited community "outrage" as the tech giant plans to build one half of its HQ2 in Long Island City.
November 12, 2018 Instagram creeper targeting teens with 'Fortnite' sextortion scheme A sexual predator has been using Fortnite to try and trick teenagers into sending intimate pictures of themselves, according to Canadian police.
November 10, 2018 Facebook patent hints at creepy new feature A Facebook patent has been uncovered that could turn nearby weirdos into friends.
