Apple and Google should play more of a role in protecting children online, according to Facebook's former head of security, with the two platform controllers ideally placed to limit access to online services by the user's age.
Facebook and its various services — including Instagram and WhatsApp — are currently experiencing a widespread outage that is seemingly being caused by DNS problems.
A whistleblower who leaked a selection of internal documents from Facebook has revealed her identity at the same time as criticizing the social network's track record, claiming "Facebook over and over again, has shown it chooses profit over safety."
Facebook, due to testify before the Senate, has published two of its research documents into how teenagers are affected by using Instagram — but four more reports have been leaked.
Facebook is putting a temporary hold on its work to create "Instagram Kids," with the social network pausing its development in favor of building parental supervision tools and convincing policymakers that it should exist.
Facebook has admitted that it underreported certain ad performance metrics on iPhone, indicating that Apple's iOS 14 privacy changes are having the intended effect on throttling data harvesting.
Apple reportedly threatened to pull the Facebook app from the App Store in 2019 after reports surfaced that the social media platform was being used by human traffickers.
Instagram is working on a "Favorites" feature for its iOS app, one that will allow users to set a priority to accounts that will appear further up the feed, making them more likely to be seen.
Facebook's $299 Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses come in 20 style combinations and connect to your smartphone to perform basic tasks.
Images of Facebook's Ray-Ban smart glasses have appeared, and they look fairly similar to other offerings, like Snap Spectacles.
The Facebook-owned WhatsApp regularly boasts of using end-to-end encryption and keeping communications between users private, but a report alleges that some monitoring of messages does take place, and that Mark Zuckerberg may not have told the truth to the U.S. Senate.
Ireland has issued its highest ever fine for breaches of GDPR privacy regulations — and Europe's second highest — to Facebook-owned WhatsApp.
Instagram is requiring all users to supply their date of birth, in a bid to make the Facebook-owned image and video-sharing iOS app safer for younger users.
Use of the Slack messaging service has become prevalent within Apple, bringing with it changes to how staff discuss projects — and air grievances.
Facebook is once again rejiggering the communications capabilities of its various apps and platforms, with the company's flagship Facebook app to host voice and video calling features previously spun out to Messenger.
WhatsApp is working on adding multi-device support, with a beta of the messaging app revealing it will finally work on an iPad, years after the service's launch.
The Federal Trade Commission has filed a new antitrust complaint against Facebook after its previous claims were dismissed by a federal judge for lack of evidence.
Facebook plans on revamping how its advertising system works to place more value on user privacy and reduce the emphasis on data collection.
WhatsApp chief Will Cathcart on Friday dinged Apple's plan to roll out new Child Safety features that scan user photos to find offending images, the latest in a string of criticism from tech experts who suggest the system flouts user privacy.
Facebook is making money hand over fist despite warnings of impending doom due to new iOS privacy features Apple introduced in April.
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