If you work in tech and haven’t yet downloaded the app Blind — well, you’re missing out. Blind calls itself “an anonymous community app for the workplace,” where employees of various tech companies gather to namelessly ask questions, leave feedback, or start discussions about everything ranging from salary to industry gossip.Continue Reading
Facebook announced today that it will be rolling out new features to provide greater context around stories that appear in the News Feed. The news follows tests that the company has been running since last year in the U.S. to determine how much background information on publishers and stories shouldContinue Reading
Facebook announced yesterday that it will be shuttering Partner Categories: the product that allows third-party data providers to supplement advertisers with targeting information directly through Facebook. In the announcement, Facebook noted that “this is common industry practice,” but will still shutter the product to “help improve people’s privacy on Facebook.”Continue Reading
Earlier today, members of Facebook’s staff held a small press event with a status update on efforts to prevent its platform from being weaponized to influence major national events like elections. Last year, Facebook came under fire when it was revealed that it had been weaponized by foreign actors to spread misinformationContinue Reading
Facebook has reportedly suspended its plans to debut a new smart speaker at its annual F8 developer conference in May. The decision comes amidst ongoing scrutiny and backlash from the alleged misuse of its users’ personal data by analytics firm Cambridge Analytica. The postponement, first reported by Bloomberg, comes at a timeContinue Reading
Facebook announced this morning that it will roll out changes to its privacy tools to make them clearer and easier to find. The announcement, penned by Facebook’s VP and Chief Privacy Officer Erin Egan and VP/Deputy General Counsel Ashlie Beringer, led with an acknowledgment of how confusing the privacy tools were previously — withContinue Reading
According to a report from cable news network CNN earlier today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has decided to testify before U.S. Congress amid growing concerns over user privacy. As of publishing this post, Facebook has not confirmed these reports — but it comes after Zuckerberg expressed in several recent interviewsContinue Reading
When I found out I could download my entire Facebook data file, the first thing I felt was fear. How far does it go back? What does it contain? Who has access to it? Will it make me feel old? The idea popped into my head among mounting headlines aroundContinue Reading
Messaging blog WABetaInfo released new information today indicating that Facebook has plans for major changes to Messenger. Among them are a new design, auto-translate tools, and the addition of disappearing visual content. While a new iOS version of the Messenger app was recently released, according to the post, these rumored featuresContinue Reading
Back in October, Facebook introduced a new initiative to put Page content in a separate feed from content within a user’s personal network. It was one of the first efforts from Facebook to shift its emphasis from advertisers to users — and it would live under what the social mediaContinue Reading
Today Facebook announced a new feature that will allow Facebook business Pages to post jobs and manage applications on its platform. In over 40 countries, administrators will be able to create job listings directly from their Pages, where they’ll appear throughout Facebook like any other post or ad would: theContinue Reading
By now, it’s clear: Facebook is trying to convince everyone that it’s putting the “social” back in “social media.” As the network begins to show a loss of followers under 25, is called out as a place where users argue with each other over contentious topics, and continues to faceContinue Reading
