WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) – Facebook was grilled by lawmakers again on Capitol Hill. A Senate subcommittee held a hearing focused on social media and children’s mental health. Senator Richard Blumenthal, (D-Conn.) said “Facebook has shown us, once again, that it ...
MENLO PARK, Calif. (NBC) – Facebook’s indefinite suspension of former President Donald Trump now has an end date. The social media giant silenced Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts on January 7 following his posts praising people who attacked the U.S. ...
MENLO PARK, Calif. (NBC) – Facebook’s oversight board upholds the decision to suspend two of former President Donald Trump’s social media accounts. Facebook and Instagram Silenced Mr. Trump January 7, the day after the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol ...
MENLO PARK, Calif. (NBC) — Facebook users will not get a heads-up from the company about whether some of their personal data has been posted online. The incident involves more than 530 million accounts whose data was posted on a ...
MENLO PARK, Calif. (NBC) – Facebook announced Wednesday that it will start to limit political content in the news feed. Last month, Facebook said it will no longer recommend political groups to users and it would consider some steps limiting ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – Facebook has extended its ban on President Trump’s account indefinitely. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the move on his Facebook page Thursday morning. It comes after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol Wednesday just ...
(NBC News) The Federal Trade Commission and 48 state attorneys general have filed anti-trust lawsuits against Facebook, accusing the tech giant of illegally stifling competition. “For nearly a decade Facebook has used its dominance and monopoly power to crush smaller ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC News) — Republicans escalated charges of anti-conservative bias levied against major tech companies Wednesday in a Senate subcommittee hearing that left CEOs Sundar Pichai of Google, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Jack Dorsey of Twitter defending how ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three big tech company leaders are testifying virtually before a Senate committee Wednesday. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai are answering questions from the Senate Commerce committee. Topics expected to ...
MENLO PARK, Calif. (NBC) – Holocaust denial will no longer be allowed on Facebook. In a post from CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook is updating its hate speech policy to include Holocaust denial and distortion. The move, Zuckerberg said, comes with ...