Facebook announced that it removed four separate networks for violating Facebook’s policy against foreign interference and coordinated inauthentic behavior. Facebook removed 54 Facebook Accounts, 50 Pages, and 4 Instagram accounts that were involved coordinated inauthentic behavior in the United States.…
Facebook has rejected a proposal by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) to share advertising revenue with Australian news organizations, The Guardian reported. Facebook says there would “not be significant” impacts on its business if it stopped sharing news…
The Joe Biden campaign posted an open letter to Facebook calling on Facebook to strengthen its rules on misinformation. As you may have guessed, Facebook has absolutely no interest in doing anything that would stem the tide of misinformation on…
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating Facebook’s acquisition of GIPHY. The CMA is considering whether that transaction has resulted in the creation of a relevant merger situation under the merger provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002. If…
The Wall Street Journal has a very detailed article that examines why Facebook is such a toxic place to visit. Several efforts were made internally to make Facebook less divisive, but executives shut down or weakened those efforts. Facebook had…
Facebook is rolling out Messenger Rooms. They also are expanding WhatsApp group calls, and adding new live video features for Facebook, Instagram, and Portal. Perhaps Facebook is trying to compete with Zoom, which has grown to 300 million users. Messenger…
The Australian federal government has asked the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to create a mandatory code of conduct that would require companies like Google and Facebook to pay media companies for news. This comes after the ACCC advised…