Facebook’s ongoing fight against fake news is one of the biggest controversies the site has faced in years. Some more fuel was added to the fire this week when a fake news report of a bomb blast in Bankok, Thailand, caused the site’s Safety Check feature to trigger. The false alarm lasted for about an…

A German newspaper this week obtained and published what it claims are excerpts from Facebook’s internal content moderation policy. While Facebook spells out some of the reasons it censors content in its public-facing guidelines, the rules that were allegedly leaked to the paper go into much greater detail — and they’re just as confusing as…

The family members of three people killed in June’s Orlando nightclub shooting are suing Facebook, Twitter and Google for not doing enough to curb terrorist content. The attorney representing the families, Keith Altman, is taking a creative approach to the case, arguing that the websites should be held liable for what users post because the…

Here in the United States, Facebook’s fake news problem has taken on a life of its own — some experts even claim that hoax content on the site swung the outcome of the presidential election. However, lost in all the hubbub about the impact of the issue has been talk of what role, in any,…

Facebook caused a privacy controversy this summer when it announced that it would begin blocking ad blockers. At the time, Facebook said that “part of the mission of the company is to create connections between people and businesses,” and ad blockers got in the way of that goal. Of course, what that really meant was…

Facebook launched a new feature called Parents Portal this week as part of its Safety Center. The tool provides a set of safety guidelines and resources to help parents teach young Facebook users to get a grip on the social media site. The page includes information like a “Get to Know Facebook” section featuring simple…

It’s always a good idea to watch what you post on Facebook — especially if you’re involved in a court proceeding. One Milwaukee juror learned that the hard way this week after he or she posted about a federal civil rights trial, inadvertently jeopardizing the plaintiff’s $2 million verdict. The trial in question involved a…

According to a report in the Daily Mail, Facebook users in the U.S. and U.K. have reported seeing old posts mysteriously reappear on their profiles this week like the content is brand new. Some users initially blamed a hack, but the weird glitch apparently began occurring after Facebook’s latest iOS app update, leading many to…

In a statement posted to Facebook this week, the social media giant announced that it has teamed up with Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube to help “curb the spread of terrorist content” across their platforms. The group plans to create a shared database of terrorist content flagged with so-called “hashes,” or “unique digital footprints.” That way…

The spread of fake news stories is one of the greatest controversies Facebook has faced in recent years, with some vocal critics even claiming the social media giant helped swing the presidential election by allowing this phony content to proliferate. One third-party plugin tried to help solve the problem by creating pop-up warning flags for…