As you may have noticed, discussions of politics on social media can quickly become extremely toxic. According to the Wall Street Journal, Facebook had started working on a feature that was designed to reduce that toxicity and encourage more civil…
Facebook revealed more bad news about the lack of security on its platform. In a post on its Developer News site, Facebook notified developers that a photo API bug was discovered that “may have affected people who used Facebook Login…
On November 14, 2018, The New York Times posted a lengthy article titled: “Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis”. Facebook responded on November 15, 2018, with a post of its own, titled “New York Times Update.”…
Facebook announced that it removed 82 Pages, Groups and accounts “for coordinated inauthentic behavior that originated in Iran and targeted people in the US and UK”. This follows Facebook’s previous removal of 559 Pages and 251 accounts “that have consistently…
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Facebook GB£500,000 for data breaches relating to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. That’s about US$650,000. The ICO’s investigation into the activities of Facebook is highly critical of Facebook’s laissez-faire approach to user’s data. For…
As reported by Recode, and with a small dose of “Told you so“, Facebook has clarified that it will spy on you using its new Portal devices after all. In an email sent to Recode, Facebook said, “Portal voice calling…
Facebook revealed more information about the security issue that affected the privacy of many Facebook user’s information. The update provided by Facebook includes unsettling news. Facebook now says that out of the 50 million people whose access tokens were affected…