8 tips for parents and teens on social media use — from the U.S. surgeon general
Dr. Vivek Murthy, the U.S. surgeon general, is calling for “immediate action” by tech companies and lawmakers to protect kids’ and adolescents’ mental health on...
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Tech: Facebook gives users new way to see all their friends’ posts
Facebook is rolling out an update that enables its 2 billion daily users to more easily view their friends’ posts in chronological order. The new...
Judge approves $650M Facebook privacy lawsuit settlement
A federal judge on Friday approved a $650 million settlement of a privacy lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly using photo face-tagging and other biometric data...
Facebook’s Zuckerberg agrees closed-door talks with MEPs
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to meet European Parliament members behind closed-doors to answer questions in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, a...
Cambridge Analytica shared data with Russia: whistleblower
Political consulting group Cambridge Analytica used Russian researchers and shared data with companies linked to Russian intelligence, a whistleblower told a congressional hearing on interference...
Being A Facebook Wallflower Isn’t Good For You, The Social Site Says
That’s why everyone has to start posting, the company argues in a blog post. Passively reading Facebook posts — without posting messages or responding to...
Former Facebook executive: social media is ripping society apart
Chamath Palihapitiya, former vice-president of user growth, expressed regret for his part in building tools that destroy the social fabric of how society works. A...
Facebook only hired seven black people in latest diversity count
Company’s annual diversity report shows majority of staff still white Sixty-eight percent of employees are male – a 1% decrease Facebook is still dominated by...
Facebook draws some of YouTube’s top content producers : WSJ
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc has approached some of YouTube’s biggest content producers to get them to distribute their videos on the social network, the Wall...