Police in Iowa warned parents this week of a scam that involves strangers soliciting nude photos from teenage girls on Facebook. Officials say they are investigating five cases in Johnston, Iowa, Ankeny, and several other communities. Officials say the victims in each instance accept a Facebook friend request from a stranger claiming to be a…

Facebook found itself at the center of yet another controversy involving race, police shootings and live video this week when 23-year-old black woman Korryn Gaines was shot and killed by Baltimore County police. During the standoff preceding the woman’s death, police asked Facebook to deactivate the woman’s profile and the social media giant complied. The…

Right now, your Facebook news feed is likely full of content with misleading or downright false headlines designed to get you to click them. Often these clickbait links only lead to trashy tabloid-like stories, but they can also be used to drive traffic to malicious, malware-spreading sites. Thankfully, Facebook is altering its news feed formula…

Facebook launched its “Safety Check” feature in fall 2014 that allowed users to check in with friends and family in the wake of natural disasters, shootings or other dangerous incidents that occur in the same geographic area as them. The tool has come under some scrutiny for the kinds of calamities it does and does…

Perhaps no website in the history of the Internet has faced more criticism for its privacy practices than Facebook. With well over one billion users and all of the personal data that comes with it, perhaps that’s no surprise — though as The Daily Dot pointed out in an interview with Facebook’s chief privacy officer…

If you’re a parent with a tech-savvy kid, you know the costs that children can rack up in online games without your knowledge. Thankfully, a California court ruled this week that Facebook must refund parents for app and game purchases made by minors with the now-defunct Facebook Credits currency. The ruling, which was the result…

You’d think that crooks would know to keep quiet after getting away with a crime. However, as one dumb criminal after another proves, the appeal of bragging on Facebook can be too much to resist. That was the case this week when a 33-year-old Michigan man was arrested for reckless driving and fleeing a police…

It seems like every day brings another story about controversial content broadcast live on Facebook. From the fatal shooting of Philandro Castile by a police officer in Minnesota to the attack in Dallas that killed five police officers, Facebook is unwittingly broadcasting tons of graphic content across the web in real time. Another sad incident…

The Wikileaks hacking group claimed this weekend that Facebook censored information it released last Friday from the Democratic National Committee. The leaked documents caused a stir when some seemed to indicate that the DNC actively sought to undermine presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders. Wikileaks, which is known for stealing and releasing government and corporate information, claimed…

According to a report this week in The Daily Dot, Facebook is cracking down on the loose network of artists, writers and social media influencers informally known as “Weird Facebook.” These slightly kooky sites, which produce popular memes and boast tens of thousands of followers, form a strange alternative social network within Facebook — and…