In the wake of last week’s riots at the U.S. Capitol, Facebook is again facing criticism for allowing extremist groups to use its platform to organize. For its part, Facebook has said that it took adequate steps to crack down on content that could promote violence. However, according to a report in BuzzFeed News this…

In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data breach scandal in 2018, Facebook introduced a tool called “Access Your Information” that allowed users to see how their data was being used. And this week, Facebook updated the tool to make it easier to navigate. The feature is one of the most privacy-friendly that Facebook offers,…

Facebook and other big tech companies are under intense fire this week for their role in allowing last week’s rioters at the U.S. Capitol to organize and spread their message. However, according to Facebook executives, the company actually took strong action to prevent the violence from occurring, and it was the fault of other platforms…

The ramifications from last week’s storming of the U.S. Capitol are still being felt across the country — and big tech companies like Facebook and Twitter are no exception. Many experts and political leaders are increasingly blaming social media platforms for not doing enough to stem the tide of misinformation and hate speech. What’s more,…

Facebook has been at war with Apple for weeks over a proposed change to the latter tech company’s privacy policies. The change to the iOS 14 App Tracking Transparency feature would require apps to gain user consent before tracking them around the web — a move that could severely hurt Facebook’s bottom line. However, Facebook…

When Facebook originally acquired the popular messaging platform WhatsApp, many users and experts raised concerns about how data would be shared between the two companies. Back then, Facebook denied that users’ personal information would be hoovered up from its acquired app. However, WhatsApp changed its privacy policy this week to require users to share data…

Facebook’s business model is built on collecting your personal data and using it target ads. Most savvy users understand this — however, seeing it brought to life visually is something else entirely. And that’s exactly what 9to5Mac recently did when it created a chart showing how much information Facebook Messenger collects versus its competition. And…

Facebook is no stranger to receiving criticism for the way it handles hate speech and misinformation. However, that criticism came from an unexpected source last week when singer Selena Gomez posted a scathing take-down of Facebook on her Twitter feed, accusing the social media giant of endangering lives by allowing false COVID-19 info to spread.…

In the lead-up to the U.S. presidential election last month, Facebook came under intense scrutiny for its policies surrounding hate speech and misinformation. And the pressure for the social media giant to clean up its act is only intensifying. This week, Washington D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine publicly blasted Facebook and other tech companies for…

In the past several years, Facebook has faced a steady stream of lawsuits across the country challenging the company’s methods for collecting user data. One notable lawsuit in Illinois alleged that the social media giant’s collection of biometric information through its facial recognition technology violated users’ rights. Another made a similar allegation based on Facebook’s…