Recently, presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren put forward the idea to reverse certain tech mergers to promote healthy competition in the market, particularly including Facebook and Instagram. In an op-ed shared today by Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, that topic is revisited (via The New York Times).
Social media giant Facebook will soon give the site's third-party fact-checkers access to Instagram to flag allegedly misleading posts and photos on the app.
Facebook said on Monday it had removed multiple pages, groups and accounts linked mostly to Russia that were used to spread misleading information on the social network and its Instagram service. The company deleted 97 accounts from Russia that focused on Ukraine and another 21 that focused on Austria, the Baltics, Germany, Spain, Ukraine and
Selfies posted on Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram have gone from duck lips to deadly as front-facing cameras on iPhone and Android have improved.
Facebook is an addictive digital drug that hurts its users. Researchers even suspect social media of contributing to a surge in attempted suicide.
An Indian company had stored the data of 49 million Instagram users in an unguarded online database.
When 51 people were killed in New Zealand, the suspect broadcast it live on Facebook. The massacre led to a global call to combat the spread of violent content.
Bed Bath & Beyond, facing heavy pressure from a trio of activist investors, will replace its veteran chief executive as the struggling company attempts to survive upheaval in retail.
The head of Facebook's virtual reality headset division says he's staying at Facebook, moving on to focus on partnerships. Longtime Facebooker Erick Tseng will be taking over.
With these new Facebook and Instagram tools, why ever log off?
Revellers at Melbourne's daHa bar, lounge and supper club, which opened this week, will struggle to find the nightspot on Instagram or Facebook.
Almost two months after a horrific terrorist attack in New Zealand, Facebook‘s finally taking some concrete steps to stop the abuse of its live streaming feature. Today, the social network introduced a new ‘one strike’ policy to ban users who violate its community guidelines. Guy Rosen, Facebook’s VP of Integrity, said in a blog post that the platform will ban users for a period of time when they abuse its Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy: From now on, anyone who violates our most...