This week, Facebook announced a host of new privacy features for its Messenger app that will give users added protections and greater control over their settings. According to the social media giant, it will begin testing tools that will allow users to control who is able to message them, as well as a feature that…

A new nonprofit advocacy group called Accountable Tech is calling on Facebook’s Oversight Board members to demand “real authority” from the social media giant. If they aren’t given it, the group has said that the board members should quit. The Oversight Board was created as an independent “supreme court” that would have the power to…

Earlier this year, Facebook agreed to pay $550 million to Illinois users in a class-action settlement that alleged Facebook illegally used facial-recognition technology with its “tag suggestions” feature. It was the largest-ever settlement for a class-action suit alleging online privacy violations, but according to a federal judge, it still might not be enough. “It’s $550…

According to a new report from the nonprofit journalism group ProPublica, Facebook has struggled to prevent voting misinformation from spreading on its platform in the lead-up to the 2020 presidential election despite promising to do just that. Of course, Facebook’s own community standards explicitly ban voting misinformation, with the rules stating that any content will…

As the largest social media platform in the world, it makes sense that Facebook would be taken advantage of by bad actors to scam innocent people and spread harmful content. However, there is perhaps no more serious international crime than terrorism, and according to a recent report, it may be hiding in plain site on…

According a report in CNN Business this week, Facebook is considering a blanket ban on political ads in the lead-up to the U.S. presidential election this fall. The move has apparently been under consideration since late last year, though it is just one of many options the social media giant is considering. Facebook has weathered…

This week, Facebook’s leadership team will meet with representatives from the NAACP, Anti-Defamation League and other civil rights groups behind the wildly successful “Stop Hate for Profit” advertising boycott campaign. At the same time, Facebook has also pledged to release the results of an independent audit of the social media giant’s civil rights policies and…

With each passing week, more major companies are joining the “Stop Hate for Profit” advertising boycott of Facebook. This has forced the social media giant to finally answer some uncomfortable questions about its content moderation policies — though according to a recent report in The Telegraph, these companies may not be doing everything they can…

Facebook has repeatedly gotten in trouble in the past for improperly sharing user data with third-party app developers. So you’d think the social media giant would be extra careful about making sure it didn’t happen again. However, that was not the case, as the company revealed this week that it once again shared users’ non-public…

Facebook has come under intense fire this month from advertisers who want the company to take a stronger stance against hate speech. And this week, Facebook took a small step toward addressing the issue by removing over 200 accounts linked to the white supremacist “boogaloo” movement. However, while this is a promising move, Facebook drew…