Tag: Facebook
Thank you, Mark Zuckerberg: A victory for free speech
Dear Mr. Zuckerberg,
In a time when the boundaries between governmental influence and corporate responsibility seem to blur into collaboration, often to the public's detriment,...
Facebook, Instagram, and Threads go offline Tuesday morning during Meta outage
A massive Meta outage locked users out of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and Threads on Tuesday morning.
-- Facebook, Instagram, and Threads were all experiencing issues....
Reports: Facebook to end rule exemptions for politicians except Trump to remain banned for...
STORY UPDATE: Facebook announced Friday, June 4, that despite their former decision, President Trump's account will remain suspended for two years through Jan. 7,...
Vaccine emphasis shows Facebook’s divisiveness
Facebook’s emphasis on the coronavirus vaccine shows the social media platform’s divisiveness.Facebook emphasizes certain types of posts, and the focus on who received a...
Unfriended no more: Facebook to lift Australia news ban
Rod McGuirkThe Associated PressFacebook announced Tuesday, Feb. 23, that it would lift a ban on Australians viewing and sharing news on its platform after...
Mexico to require appeals on social media account blocking
The party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador presented for public comment a proposed set of regulations on Twitter, Facebook and other social media...
Coordinated deplatforming of Parler under question as arrest numbers highlight Facebook’s role in Capitol...
Michael GinsbergDaily Caller News FoundationFacebook was the social media network most used to organize the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, an analysis of Department of...
Facebook critics start rival, independent ‘oversight board’
Sep 25, 2020 4:50 AM By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology WriterOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A group of prominent Facebook critics, including one of the social...
Valley News receives $75K grant from Facebook Journalism Project
Village News Inc., the company that owns the Fallbrook/Bonsall Village News, Valley News and Anza Valley Outlook, has received a $75,000 grant from a...
Facebook bans deepfakes in fight against online manipulation
KELVIN CHAN
AP Business Writer
LONDON (AP) — Facebook says it is banning "deepfake" videos, the false but realistic clips created with artificial intelligence and...