Facebook

Campaign ads have always lied—so why are we freaking out about Facebook?

It helps to have some perspective.

On Nov 1, 2019 by Roger Sollenberger

Ocasio-Cortez praises Twitter’s decision to ban political ads

The New York lawmaker has been critical of Facebook’s political advertising policy.

On Oct 31, 2019 by Andrew Wyrich

Beauty queen begs for asylum in Facebook live videos

‘Please hear me.’

On Oct 30, 2019 by Samira Sadeque

Facebook, Instagram will ban some sexual uses of the peach and eggplant emoji

The update is part of a larger initiative at Facebook to make its platforms safer for women.

On Oct 30, 2019 by Esther Bell

Woman live streams her brain surgery on Facebook

This brain operation might be the first of its kind to be live streamed.

On Oct 30, 2019 by Alex Puente

Africa is the newest sphere of illicit Russian Facebook activity

The networks reached hundreds of thousands of people.

On Oct 30, 2019 by Andrew Wyrich

A man is running for office in California so he can run fake Facebook ads

Facebook’s policy has faced a torrent of criticism.

On Oct 30, 2019 by Andrew Wyrich

AOC grilling Mark Zuckerberg cooks up Italian meme

‘*when the mozzarell is fresh*’

On Oct 29, 2019 by Libby Cohen

Facebook launches preventive health care tool

Health care checkups will be suggested to users based on age and gender.

On Oct 29, 2019 by Mikael Thalen

Facebook employees call on Zuckerberg to change political ads stance

Some employees have joined in the criticism of the social media giant’s policy.

On Oct 29, 2019 by Andrew Wyrich

In this Facebook group, South Asians are being told they’re ‘not Asian’

Controversy exploded recently in popular Facebook group Subtle Asian Traits.

On Oct 29, 2019 by Samira Sadeque

Facebook page helps solve 15-year-old cold case

The crime-fighting Facebook page led to the remains of one woman and the arrest of another.

On Oct 28, 2019 by Samira Sadeque

How Ben Shapiro’s site, the Daily Wire, is gaming Facebook

It runs a “clandestine network” of pages to promote content.

On Oct 28, 2019 by Claire Goforth

Facebook AI can help people thwart facial recognition systems

The technique alters individuals in videos by slightly altering their appearance.

On Oct 27, 2019 by Mikael Thalen

Man says he was fired for posting meme about pooping on ‘company time’

People flooded the workplace in question’s page with memes.

On Oct 26, 2019 by Esther Bell