Facebook is currently in hot water with dozens of US states that are suing the social media giant for allegedly endangering young users, violating their privacy, and collecting too much of their data. And this week, new research revealed the extent of the problem. According to privacy research group Arrka, Facebook is the second-worst offender…

It’s not a secret that Facebook collects as much of our data as it can get its hands on. However, it’s truly surprising how many ways the social media giant has found to accomplish this. According to researchers with app developer Mysk, the social media giant can collect your data even when you’re not using…

Facebook is under fire again for its content moderation practices, this time for how it deals with offensive posts about the trans community. This week, the Facebook Oversight Board reversed a company decision to leave up a post that seemingly called for transgender people to kill themselves. The post, originally uploaded in April 2023, was…

When Facebook created the semi-independent Oversight Board several years ago, it wanted to hand off responsibility for making some of its toughest content moderation decisions. However, the company hasn’t always listened to its own so-called supreme court. Thankfully, the company did follow the advice of the Board this week by cracking down on offensive Holocaust…

Facebook often finds itself in trouble overseas for its data and privacy practices, especially in European countries with much stricter rules than the social media giant faces here in the US. However, those European privacy rules are undoubtedly a great thing for users, because Facebook has been forced repeatedly to change the way it collects…

Facebook Marketplace scams are a sadly commonplace occurrence on the platform, and recent reports indicate the problem may be getting even worse. For example, a recent study of Facebook Marketplace sellers conducted by TSB retail banking company, a UK financial institution, found that 34 percent of listings were fraudulent. The company also concluded that buyers…

Last month, the state of New Mexico filed a lawsuit against Facebook for failing to protect children and for recommending sexual content to minors via its algorithm. And now, facts are beginning to emerge in court that paints a shocking picture of Facebook’s complicity in the problem. In fact, newly redacted documents presented in the…

Facebook loves to rely on artificial intelligence to detect and remove problematic content on its platform. The only problem is that sometimes this system bans content it shouldn’t. That’s what happened this week when Facebook banned ads for a critically acclaimed board game called “Votes for Women,” centered on the fight for women’s voting rights…

Facebook scammers are constantly seeking new ways to fool users, and deepfake videos are at the very cutting edge. But in addition to fraud, these fake doctored videos are increasingly being used to spread misinformation online. According to researchers in the UK, more than 100 deepfake videos of the British prime minister have been promoted…

This week, a man in Chicago filed a $75 million lawsuit against 27 women and Facebook for defamation, doxing, privacy violations and more after his image and alleged text messages were shared in a popular Facebook group called “Are We Dating the Same Guy?” These groups, which are hosted in several major cities across the…

This week, Facebook introduced a new feature that will hide certain types of harmful content and restrict specific search terms for users under 18. The move comes after the company was slapped with dozens of state lawsuits and increasing pressure from child safety groups to make Facebook and Instagram safer for young users. According to…

Facebook may be one of the world’s largest social media companies, but its policies and philosophy on privacy stems largely from one individual: founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. That’s why, for over a decade, professor and privacy expert Michael Zimmer has tracked every single public comment Zuckerberg has made in an attempt to analyze his…