August 1, 2018 Creepy Facebook influence campaign targeted liberal activists, aimed for offline events The coordinated inauthentic activity that Facebook revealed this week shows that bad actors’ are determined to influence U.S. politics, sow discord and set Americans against each other—regardless of whether they use conservatism or liberalism as conduits.
August 1, 2018 Facebook cuts off 'hundreds of thousands' of apps in new review process Facebook has blocked a massive number of apps from accessing its data as a part of a new review process formed in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal.
July 31, 2018 Twitter brings in anti-Trump academics to combat intolerance Twitter’s campaign to foster healthier conversations on its platform with the aid of academics is itself facing an allegation of anti-Trump bias.
July 30, 2018 Facebook, tech giants creating 'crisis in democracy' and must be held liable, UK report says A scathing new report from the British parliament calls for technology companies to be held liable for “misleading” content on their platforms and says the world is facing a “democratic crisis” thanks to the spread of false information online.
July 27, 2018 Facebook admits it blocked Florida Republican's pro-gun ad, reverses course Facebook has apologized after it “mistakenly” blocked a Florida Republican’s pro-gun ad from the social media platform.
July 27, 2018 Amazon face recognition wrongly tagged lawmakers as police suspects, fueling racial bias concerns Amazon’s Rekognition facial surveillance technology has wrongly tagged 28 members of Congress as police suspects, according to ACLU research, which notes that nearly 40 percent of the lawmakers identified by the system are people of color.
July 27, 2018 Facebook is sorry: Ten times Mark Zuckerberg's social network apologized Facebook is sorry—for many, many things.
July 26, 2018 Free from Facebook: Study reveals what types of people are fleeing the social network Are you likely to flee Facebook? New research reveals what types of people are deactivating their Facebook accounts.
July 26, 2018 Trump blasts Twitter's Republican 'shadow banning,' vows to probe 'illegal practice' President Trump took to Twitter Thursday morning to blast the social media platform over the reported practice of “shadow banning” certain prominent Republicans, restricting their visibility in search results.
July 25, 2018 Twitter slammed for 'shadow banning' prominent Republicans Twitter has been slammed for "shadow banning" certain prominent Republicans, restricting their visibility in search results.
