In recent months, Facebook has cracked down on pages and accounts that promote militia activity. This move follows violence that broke out in Kenosha, Wisconsin, between right-wing militias and antifa protesters, and the potential role that militia Facebook pages may have played in stoking the tension. However, as is often the case with Facebook, its…

Facebook is the rare company that has managed to anger and alienate both sides of the political aisle, and that divide reared its ugly head again this week when the social media giant acted quickly to limit the spread of a controversial New York Post story about Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. According to…

Following the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Facebook vowed to do a better job stopping the spread of misinformation on its platform. However, a new study from a prominent nonprofit suggests that not only is that not the case, but misleading information is actually thriving on Facebook. According to the German Marshall Fund, Facebook engagement with…

Facebook has long struggled to remove hate speech from its platform — or to even define what constitutes hate speech at all. That’s why it was encouraging this week when the company’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to his personal page to explain why he was reversing his controversial stance on Holocaust denial content…

As the world’s largest social media platform, Facebook has had more than its fair share of security and privacy issues. However, the company’s bug bounty program has been a rare bright spot, offering to pay independent researchers to discover flaws in the company’s security. And this week, Facebook announced that it will be taking the…

In recent weeks, Facebook has made moves to limit the spread of QAnon conspiracy content on its platform. However, the social media giant took an aggressive and unprecedented step this week to ban QAnon altogether — even if the groups and accounts contain no explicit discussions of violence. Even though the FBI warned last year…

A new Netflix documentary called “The Social Dilemma” attempts to spell out for audiences all the ways in which Facebook is sapping our data, dividing society and profiting off users. And while this documentary has received criticism outside the tech industry for sensationalism, it has clearly rattled Facebook. The social media giant took the rare…

Facebook has long struggled to contain the spread of misinformation and hate speech on its platform, and the burgeoning QAnon movement is no exception. Despite announcing a crackdown on the popular conspiracy theory in August, it is still reportedly very easy to find QAnon content across Facebook. As an experiment, reporters from Vox created brand…

Facebook took a major step this week toward integrating the major messaging platforms that it owns, linking the functionalities of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger. The ability for the users of these tools to message or video chat each other is being tested in select markets right now, and the social media giant hopes to…

For months, Facebook has touted its Oversight Board as a solution to tough content moderation and censorship decisions. The independent organization, which has yet to launch, will function as a “Supreme Court” for the social media giant, policing the platform and taking some valuable power from the company. However, some activists and experts aren’t happy…