A judge has made public his decision that allowed Meta to acquire a virtual-reality startup, providing new details on why he ruled against the Federal Trade Commission in its high-profile antitrust case against the Facebook parent company on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Ohio’s attorney general is suing Meta Platforms, formerly known as Facebook, alleging the company misled the public about how it controlled its algorithm and the effects its products have on children on.wsj.com
@guardian4 years ago
More public figures expected to turn off Facebook comments after Australian defamation ruling theguardian.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Running afoul of Facebook’s rules can mean removed posts and blocked privileges, but a vast number of guidelines aren’t made public and restricted users have little chance of appeal. Here's a look inside "Facebook Jail." on.wsj.com
@guardian4 years ago
Public Domain review – social-media musical swipes at Facebook theguardian.com
@nytimesworld5 years ago
Over the weekend, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram deleted posts by Mr. Bolsonaro in which he questioned social distancing measures, deeming the posts in violation of guidelines prohibiting content that endangers public health. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld6 years ago
Europe's digital czar will have unmatched regulatory reach at a time when public anger is rising over issues like privacy, disinformation and the enormous reach of Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook into the every day lives of billions of people. nyti.ms
@WSJ6 years ago
Facebook hires top State Department lawyer and Bill Gates’s former public relations chief on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld6 years ago
What if Facebook, YouTube and Twitter were expected to vet every post, comment and image before they reached the public? Or held responsible for the safety of their products and the harm they cause? nyti.ms
@nytimesworld6 years ago
A smalltown police inspector in Germany is using on-the-ground detective work to combat Facebook-based rumors that he says threaten public safety: "Facebook, with its algorithm, influences people." nyti.ms
@guardian6 years ago
'ZuckTalks': Facebook founder's 2019 personal challenge to host public discussions trib.al
@WSJ7 years ago
New rules on Facebook intend to improve the reliability of information found on the public profiles of large organizations on.wsj.com
@WSJ2 years ago
Meta has long given preferential treatment to VIP Facebook and Instagram users under its “cross check” program and misled the public, its oversight board said on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Reluctant to turn down the volume on viral content, Facebook is instead playing whack-a-mole with political groups it deems harmful, with little public disclosure or right of appeal on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
In public, Facebook has consistently played down Instagram’s negative effects on teens, and hasn’t made its research public or available to academics or lawmakers who have asked for it on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
India ordered Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to block about 100 social media posts criticizing its handling of the Covid-19 surge, sparking public anger on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
Uganda’s president blocked Facebook in his country, a day after the company took down accounts and pages linked to his government that were allegedly trying to manipulate public debate before Thursday's election nyti.ms
@WSJ5 years ago
To suppress misinformation about the coronavirus, Facebook has altered its search results, created pop-ups directing users toward public-health authorities and offered the WHO what Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg called “as many free ads as they need” on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld6 years ago
Europe's digital czar will have unmatched regulatory reach at a time when public anger is rising over issues like privacy, disinformation and the enormous reach of Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook into the every day lives of billions of people. nytimes.com
@nytimesworld6 years ago
“Shhhh...don’t tell anyone. It was us.” Kaizler Inbar, a public relations company, posted that message on Facebook with a photo of Prime Minister Netanyahu. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld6 years ago
What if Facebook, YouTube and Twitter were expected to vet every post, comment and image before they reached the public? Or held responsible for the safety of their products and the harm they cause? nyti.ms
@nytimesworld6 years ago
A police official in Germany says that Facebook-based misinformation has become such a serious threat to public safety that he's set up a special team to fight rumors through shoeleather detective work. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld6 years ago
Critics say that Facebook, by screening users' posts for suicide risk and contacting the police in extreme cases, has assumed the authority of a public health agency all the while protecting its process as if it were a corporate secret. nyti.ms
@WSJ7 years ago
WhatsApp owner Facebook and social-media companies broadly are grappling with a sea change in public perception about them on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Facebook parent Meta reported its slowest sales growth since going public, as the company navigates growing competition for users and privacy headwinds in its advertising business on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Reluctant to turn down the volume on viral content, Facebook is instead playing whack-a-mole with political groups it deems harmful, with little public disclosure or right of appeal on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Twitter, Facebook and other platforms would be stripped of liability protections if they spread public-health misinformation, a Senate bill proposes on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
Facebook has agreed to pay Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp for its journalism content in Australia. Critics said that the deal, opaque in its lack of detail, did little to guarantee public-interest journalism. nyti.ms
@WSJ4 years ago
Facebook said Thursday that over the coming weeks it would start removing false claims and conspiracy theories about Covid-19 vaccines that have been debunked by public health experts on Facebook and Instagram on.wsj.com
@WSJ5 years ago
Facing probes and growing public backlash, leaders at Microsoft, Apple, Google and Facebook call for new laws on.wsj.com
@WSJ6 years ago
Facebook launched a major redesign, hoping to encourage more group interactions amid public pressure over social-media discourse on.wsj.com
@WSJ6 years ago
Heard on the Street: Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg appears to be trying to redirect public outrage and serve it up to regulators instead on.wsj.com
@WSJ6 years ago
Why Facebook is putting more emphasis on private messaging and less on public sharing, explained with charts on.wsj.com
@guardian6 years ago
Nick Clegg betrayed the public – and now he’s failing upwards at Facebook | Suzanne Mooore trib.al
@WSJ6 years ago
Merrill Lynch was sanctioned $6 million by Finra for selling shares in companies they were helping to take public, including Facebook and LinkedIn, to industry insiders on.wsj.com
@guardian7 years ago
Is Facebook a publisher? In public it says no, but in court it says yes trib.al
@WSJ3 years ago
Instacart said its president, Carolyn Everson, will leave the food-delivery company at the end of this year, about four months after she joined from Facebook, marking the second high-profile departure in recent months ahead of a possible public offering on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Former President Donald Trump unveiled a new digital-media venture that will create a social network called Truth Social to fight such companies as Facebook and Twitter. He said the venture would go public by merging with a SPAC. on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Twitter, Facebook and other platforms would be stripped of liability protections if they spread public-health misinformation, a Senate bill proposes on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Facebook has referred its decision to indefinitely suspend former President Donald Trump from its platforms to an independent oversight board, as the company grapples with how to treat one of its highest-profile users after his exit from public office on.wsj.com
@WSJ5 years ago
Protestors are using Facebook to organize and broadcast at the homes of public health officials, sometimes using violent rhetoric on.wsj.com
@WSJ5 years ago
Facebook, beset by public controversies over how it handles misinformation, hate speech and graphic content, says it will pay $130 million to establish an independent board charged with reviewing how the company moderates its content on.wsj.com
@WSJ6 years ago
Facebook launches major redesign, hoping to encourage more group interactions amid public pressure over social-media discourse on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld6 years ago
What if Facebook, YouTube and Twitter were expected to vet every post, comment and image before they reached the public? Or held responsible for the safety of their products and the harm they cause? nyti.ms
@nytimesworld6 years ago
A police inspector in a German town is using on-the-ground detective work to combat Facebook-based rumors that he says threaten public safety: "Facebook, with its algorithm, influences people." nyti.ms
@guardian6 years ago
'ZuckTalks': Facebook founder's 2019 personal challenge to host public discussions trib.al
@guardian7 years ago
Corbyn proposes 'public Facebook' as part of media overhaul trib.al
@WSJ7 years ago
A bug that changed users’ posts to public is the latest breach in trust for Facebook on.wsj.com