Facebook has been repeatedly criticized and even sued by lawmakers and advocates around the world for intentionally creating addictive products and endangering young users. And now, another heavyweight has stepped into the ring against the social media giant. This week, the European Union announced that it will launch a formal investigation into Facebook over the…

When Facebook first introduced its AI image generator tool, many privacy advocates sounded the alarm that the company would be using users’ own images to train the technology. Facebook has since confirmed that to be true, and this week, a trade organization of photographers has blasted the social media giant for exploiting their work. For…

Earlier this year, the state of New Mexico launched one of the most aggressive lawsuits in the country against Facebook, accusing the social media giant of endangering young users and leaving them vulnerable to predators. To prove its point, the state announced this week that it arrested three men for allegedly using Facebook’s platforms to…

Facebook has built one of the largest businesses on the world on one simple fact: it owns more of our personal data than just about anyone else. However, that doesn’t stop the social media giant from always wanting more — including even our own thoughts. Facebook and other tech giants like Apple are already exploring…

After the January 6 riots at the Capitol in 2021, Facebook made promises to crack down on militia groups organizing violent activity on its platforms. However, according to a report released this week from the nonprofit Tech Transparency Project, over 200 militia groups and profiles are still operating in the open on Facebook. While Facebook…

For years, Facebook has been at odds with security and privacy researchers over the amount of access the company gives to its data. Now, one of those researchers has took matters into his own hands by suing Facebook, claiming that the social media giant is required by law to give users more control over their…

Ever since the controversial 2016 presidential election in the US, Facebook has taken steps to detect and remove misinformation spreading on its platforms from hostile countries like Russia and China. However, leaders in Europe are apparently unsatisfied with the social media giant’s solutions, opening up a probe into the company this week to determine if…

Facebook loves to brag about the potential for artificial intelligence to help its users. However, this technology can just as easily be used by bad actors on the social media giant’s platforms. For example, many experts and users have noticed a dramatic uptick in AI-generated images on Facebook, though the purpose behind these often-bizarre pictures…

Over the years, Facebook has been fined billions of dollars in Europe for its reckless handling of user data and treatment of privacy issues. And now, the company finds itself in trouble for the same old problems, except this time privacy advocates and regulators are grilling Facebook about why it hangs on to sensitive user…

For years, Facebook has been criticized for not doing enough to stop bad actors from using its platforms to influence elections. However, a new study released this week from the conservative nonprofit Media Research Center claims that the social media giant itself has interfered with US elections at least 39 times since 2008. According to…