Facebook Oversight Board upholds Trump ban but demands six-month review

Facebook's independent Oversight Board upheld the platform's ban on former President Donald Trump — but is requiring a review of ban policies and procedures leaving the door open for a return in the future.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 0

Apple's & Facebook tensions span a decade, reveals Epic 'Fortnite' trial emails

Emails between Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs and other executives over Facebook have surfaced as part of Epic's lawsuit, with the messages showing tensions between the pair existed as early as 2011.

Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 1

Facebook considers telling users enabling tracking keeps app 'free of charge'

Facebook is considering adding new screens for both its main app and Instagram, to educate users that enabling tracking under Apple's App Tracking Transparency policy will "help keep" the apps free to use.

Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 49

Facebook warns investors of ad headwinds due to App Tracking Transparency

Facebook warned investors about "ad targeting headwinds" because of Apple's App Tracking Transparency, despite changing its tune on the matter earlier in April.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 3

Facebook gaming exec dropped from Epic vs Apple trial

Epic Games will now not call on Facebook's Vivek Sharma to testify in the "Fortnite" developer's case against Apple and the App Store.

William Gallagher 5 years ago 2

Tim Cook told Mark Zuckerberg to delete user data sourced by third parties in 2019

Apple CEO Tim Cook warned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to delete extraneous data about its users in 2019, a profile on the antagonistic relationship between the two men claims.

Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 6

Facebook 'dangerous vulnerability' exposes millions of email addresses

After the company allegedly dismissed the exploit, a security researcher highlighted a Facebook vulnerability exposing millions of user email addresses.

Will Shanklin 5 years ago 7

Facebook announces in-app podcast platform, Clubhouse competitor

Facebook has announced a series of new features like audio editing, podcasts, and a Clubhouse competitor releasing later this summer.

Wesley Hilliard 5 years ago 2

Facebook staff can continue remote working, but may face pay cut [u]

As Apple, Google, and others plan getting workers back into offices after the coronavirus, Facebook says that it will support staff continuing to work from home — with certain conditions.

William Gallagher 5 years ago 17

Facebook to make Clubhouse-style 'social audio' push on Monday

Facebook is allegedly preparing to announce a number of new products under the title of "Social Audio" on Monday, launches that could see it take on Clubhouse as well as working with Spotify to improve podcast recommendations.

Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 4

FTC challenges Facebook's antitrust suit dismissal request

The US Federal Trade Commission has hit back at Facebook's claims that there is no merit to an antitrust suit, saying that there is an addressable social media market — and Facebook dominates the vast majority of it.

Wesley Hilliard 5 years ago 2

Massive Facebook data leak connected to undisclosed 2019 breach

Facebook on Tuesday responded to a recently reported data leak that potentially impacted more than 530 million users, saying the information was likely scraped from its servers in a newly disclosed 2019 incident.

Mikey Campbell 5 years ago 8

Facebook, Apple quarrel over documents in Epic Games v. Apple dispute

Facebook is refusing to produce additional documents in the Epic Games versus Apple App Store legal dispute despite continued requests from the iPhone maker.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 1

Supreme Court argument casts doubt on Facebook, Twitter free speech rights

In a ruling on a different matter, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has argued that social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter may not have a First Amendment right to regulate user commentary on their platforms.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 36

Over 500M Facebook account records leaked on hacking forum

A major cache of personal data for more than 500 million Facebook users has been published on hacking forums, in one of the biggest lapses of data protection for the social network so far.

Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 25

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