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Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee confirmed that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will indeed testify in front of the congressional committee on April 11. His testimony is rooted in the ongoing controversy over Facebook’s handling of its users’ data, which became the subject of global news after it wasContinue Reading
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
Update on March 21, 2018, 5:09 PM EST: Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg has also issued a statement here. After several days of silence, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has finally issued an official statement on the misuse of user data by analytics firm Cambridge Analytica. The statement is of particular interestContinue Reading
Update on March 19, 2018, 5:30 PM EST: Cambridge Analytica has suspended its CEO, Alex Nix, in light of footage aired by British television station Channel 4. That footage is discussed below. When Facebook shared a story in its official newsroom at 9:00 p.m. on Friday night, it didn’t bodeContinue 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
In November 2017, Facebook began internally testing Messenger Broadcast: a service for businesses that allows them to send marketing content to users, without building a bot. Last week, the social media platform announced that Messenger Broadcast would be available for testing to select Page administrators in the U.S., Mexico, andContinue 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
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