All the headlines from our Facebook Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 3 2019 // Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey said rules like Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation have had a positive impact on the technology industry, remarks that come days after Facebook Inc. CEO Mark...
Apr 2 2019 // Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg called for new global regulations governing the internet, recommending overarching rules on hateful and violent content, election integrity, privacy and data...
Mar 25 2019 // Microsoft Corp. President Brad Smith has called for a broad effort by the technology sector to do more to halt posting and accessing of violent materials like the videos of killings from the recent terrorist attacks in New...
Mar 20 2019 // Facebook Inc has agreed to change its paid advertising platform as part of a wide-ranging settlement to prevent discriminatory and “harmful” practices, the company and U.S. civil rights groups said on...
Feb 25 2019 // The strongest data privacy law in the country may be about to get sharper teeth, and lobbyists representing the tech industry think it’s a disastrous idea.Companies that amass user data could be the target of mass...
Feb 25 2019 // New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday ordered two state agencies to investigate a media report that Facebook Inc may be accessing far more personal information than previously known from smartphone users, including...
Feb 19 2019 // Facebook intentionally breached data privacy and competition law and should, along with other big tech companies, be subject to a new regulator to protect democracy and citizens’ rights, British lawmakers said on...
Feb 19 2019 // Facebook Inc. is in talks with U.S. regulators over alleged privacy violations that could force the social-media giant to pay billions of dollars in a record-breaking settlement, according to two people familiar with the...
Jan 24 2019 // Facebook Inc.’s repeated privacy scandals have infuriated users, lawmakers and data-security advocates who are clamoring for a forceful government response. That job mainly falls to Joe Simons, who is under pressure...
Jan 23 2019 // Struggling to Engage Customers?If you are like many insurance agencies, you might be struggling to figure out how social media can help engage your customers while enhancing your other advertising programs. As an insurance...
Dec 11 2018 // They have become known as the Angels of Paradise. But there is nothing ethereal about them.They are online sleuths who know how to find people, and they have been putting their skills to use in the aftermath of...
Dec 7 2018 // Facebook Inc. wielded user data like a bargaining chip, providing access when that sharing might encourage people to spend more time on the social network — and imposing strict limits on partners in cases where it...
Nov 15 2018 // Many U.S. multinational corporations have packed up or are choosing to open subsidiaries in low-tax, rather than no-tax, countries that are seen as more legitimate than the formerly popular island destinations of the...
Oct 17 2018 // Facebook Inc. knew in early 2015 that it misled advertisers about the average time users spent viewing online video clips — and then lied about it, according to a lawsuit.The owner of the world’s largest social...
Oct 15 2018 // Cyber attackers stole data from 29 million Facebook accounts using an automated program that moved from one friend to the next, Facebook Inc announced on Friday, as the social media company said its largest-ever data theft...
Oct 8 2018 // Alphabet Inc.’s Google will shut down the consumer version of its failed social network Google+ and tighten its data sharing policies after announcing on Monday that private profile data of at least 500,000 users may...
Oct 4 2018 // A human trafficking survivor from Texas sued Facebook this week, alleging the social media platform provides human traffickers an unrestricted way to “stalk, exploit, recruit, groom … and extort children into...
Oct 2 2018 // For users, Facebook’s revelation of a data breach that gave attackers access to 50 million accounts raises an important question: What happens next?For the owners of the affected accounts, and of another 40 million...
Sep 30 2018 // Facebook Inc. said on Friday that hackers stole digital login codes allowing them to take over nearly 50 million user accounts in its worst security breach ever given the unprecedented level of potential access, adding to...
Sep 12 2018 // Tech platforms and internet activists protested the outcome of a European Parliament vote Wednesday to back copyright rules that would help video, music and other rights holders seek compensation for use of their content...