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Facebook announced that they are introducing a forwarding limit on Facebook Messenger. From now on, messages can only be forwarded to five people or groups at a time. The purpose of this limitation, according to Facebook, is slow the spread of viral misinformation and harmful content that has the potential to cause real world harm. We want Messenger to be
Facebook posted an update to how the company addresses movements and organizations tied to violence. They have taken action against Facebook Pages, Groups, and Instagram accounts tied to offline anarchist groups that support violent acts amidst protests, US-based militia organizations, and QAnon. This comes after Twitter started taking action agains QAnon accounts last month. Facebook states that they already remove
Oculus announced that users will be required to log into Oculus with their Facebook accounts. This change will start in October of 2020. If you aren't a fan of Facebook, and don't want to make an account there, you will eventually be unable to use Oculus. Starting on October of 2020, everyone using an Oculus device for the first time
Facebook has launched a way for small businesses, creators, educators, and media publishers to earn money from the online events they host on Facebook. Page owners can create an online event, set a price, promote the event, and host the event, all in one place. According to Facebook, combining marketing, payment and live video, paid online events meet the end-to-end
Facebook has allowed some conservative news outlets and personalities to repeatedly spread false information without facing any of the penalties that doing so would typically result in, NBC News reported. NBC News received this information from leaked materials, which they reviewed. According to internal discussions from the last six months, Facebook has relaxed its rules so that conservative pages, including
Bloomberg reported that Facebook is considering imposing a ban on political ads on its social network in the days leading up to the November election. This is according to “people familiar with the company's thinking”. I find this surprising. Recently, an independent audit found Facebook lacking in several important areas. The summary of the audit pointed out many ways that
An independent audit of Facebook's policies and practices was led by Laura W. Murphy, a civil rights and civil liberties leader, along with a team from civil rights law firm Relman Colfax, led by Megan Cacace. The audit, which began in 2018 at the behest and encouragement of the civil rights community and some members of Congress, proceeded with Facebook's