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The DOJ, FBI, SEC, and FTC Are All Now Investigating Facebook’s Role in Cambridge Analytica Scandal

The federal investigation into Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica data-sharing scandal—in which prior versions of Facebook’s advertising API allowed the shady election data firm to partner with an app to harvest data on at least 87 million users without their consent—has expanded to include a multi-agency inquiry into the social network’s data practices. Per the Washington Post,…

Social Media Tom McKay Jul 2

Facebook Admits to Major Screw-Up That Silently Unblocked People Without Asking

Facebook disclosed a new “bug” on Monday that temporarily let some users who’d been blocked on the service send messages to the people who had blocked them. The bug also let some previously-blocked users view posts that were shared “to a wider audience,” such as publicly or with friends of friends, Facebook said. Facebook’s privacy…

Social Media Sidney Fussell Jul 2

Instagram Under Fire for Removing Photo of Gay Couple

Instagram has apologized to a British photographer after removing her photo of a gay couple kissing, saying the post was removed “in error.” London photographer Stella Asia Consonni uploaded photos of couples as part of an art series on modern relationships, published in i-D magazine. After posting the photo, Instagram removed it, sparking public backlash.…

Tech News Sidney Fussell Jul 2

Facebook Discloses More Data Sharing Partnerships As the Hits Just Keep Coming

It’s a day of the week, so that means it’s time for more revelations about Facebook’s sharing habits that it hadn’t previously revealed to users. In the latest entry in the endless attempt at retroactive transparency, Facebook revealed to Congress that it shared data with 52 hardware and software companies, including some firms headquartered in…

Social Media AJ Dellinger Jul 1

Majority of Americans Think Social Media Sites Censor Political Viewpoints

It’s a real challenge to find just about anything that Republicans and Democrats can agree upon in the current political climate, but Pew Research Center managed to do just that. As it turns out, in both parties believe their views are being suppressed by social media. A total of 72 percent of all US adults…

Tech News AJ Dellinger Jun 29

California Lawmakers Pass Bill Stopping Companies Like Facebook From Selling User Data Without Consent

The California legislature just passed one of the most robust data privacy bills in the United States. Known as the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, the bill largely mirrors protections offered to European citizens under the recently implemented General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It is likely to drastically change the ways that American companies…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron Jun 28

Quiz App Left 120 Million Facebook Users’ Data Exposed as Recently as Last Month

Facebook’s race to prove it’s a good and trustworthy company over the last few months kicked off when it was revealed that a quiz app sold user data to a political firm. Now, a different quiz app is getting some heat. A researcher discovered that a third-party app called NameTests left the data of 120…

Social Media Rhett Jones Jun 28

FTC’s New Head of Consumer Protection is a Major Corporate Shill

At this point when a new person joins the Trump administration as a regulator, the question isn’t if they are a corporate shill, it’s how big of one are they? In the case of Andrew Smith, the new head of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission, he is truly a shill’s…

Tech News AJ Dellinger Jun 27

Facebook Patent Imagines Triggering Your Phone’s Mic When a Hidden Signal Plays on TV

You may have seen the ads that Facebook has been running on TV in a full-court press to apologize for abusing users privacy. They’re embarrassing. And, it turns out, they may be a sign of things to come. Based on a recently published patent application, Facebook could one day use ads on television to further…

Social Media Rhett Jones Jun 27

Facebook Is Testing a Snooze Feature That Lets You Silence Topics In Your Feed

For those of you who still routinely scroll through your Facebook feed, the social network may have already given you more power over what topics you might stumble upon. On Wednesday, News Feed Product Manager Shruthi Muraleedharan announced in a post that Facebook is starting to test a snooze feature for keywords. The feature—Keyword Snooze—lets…

Social Media Melanie Ehrenkranz Jun 27

Facebook, Google, and Microsoft Use Design to Trick You Into Handing Over Your Data, New Report Warns

Your favorite tech companies are trying to trick you into giving up your data, and a new study shows how they’re using design to do it. A study from the Norwegian Consumer Council dug into the underhanded tactics used by Microsoft, Facebook, and Google to collect user data. The study comes in the wake of…

Tech News Patrick Lucas Austin Jun 27

Facebook Scraps Plans to Build Its Own Massive Internet Drones for Its Aquila Project

Facebook has abandoned a key portion of its Aquila project, an effort to build solar-powered, passenger jet-sized drones that would wirelessly connect parts of the developing world to the internet, Business Insider reported on Tuesday. According to Business Insider, Facebook’s Director of Engineering Yael Maguire wrote that the company will focus on the “underlying technologies” behind…

Social Media Tom McKay Jun 26

Watch Live: You Know You Wanna Chat About the Game-Changing Westworld Ending

Westworld has ended its fascinating but confusing second season with an episode that closed a lot of doors, opened a few windows, and changed its own game entirely with a closing scene that we have to talk about. In this season’s last episode of TheoryWorld, io9’s Beth Elderkin and Gizmodo social editor Joe Tonelli chat…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jun 25

Hezbollah Reportedly Claims Facebook, Twitter Have Disabled Their Main Accounts

Lebanese militia and State Department-designated terrorist group Hezbollah said on Saturday that Facebook and Twitter had terminated its main accounts, according to the Times of Israel. According to the Times, in a post on encrypted messaging service Telegram, Hezbollah wrote that the shutdowns were “part of the propaganda campaign against the resistance due to the…

Social Media Tom McKay Jun 23

Facebook Created a Human Crisis Team After Algorithms Failed It

Facebook, fresh off a number of embarrassing incidents that algorithms and automated systems couldn’t stop, is turning to a team of former intelligence officers and researchers to identify the next potential crisis the platform might face. According to a report from BuzzFeed, the new group of experts is known internally as the “Investigative Operations Team.”…

Social Media AJ Dellinger Jun 23

Facebook Is Working on a Hidden Tool That Shows How Much Time You Waste on Facebook

You’re not the only one worried about how much time you’re spending on Facebook. The social media giant is, according to TechCrunch, working on a time-tracking tool designed to let users know how long they spend on Facebook. The “Your Time on Facebook” tool, found in Facebook’s Android app by Jane Manchun Wong, gives you…

Social Media Patrick Lucas Austin Jun 22

Facebook Doubles Down on Controversial App for Kids

Facebook’s messaging service for children has been widely criticized by child health advocates who have urged Mark Zuckerberg to delete the app altogether. But Facebook hasn’t scrapped the chat app for kids as young as six years old. Instead, it’s adding more features and extending its reach. On Friday, Facebook announced it is rolling out…

Social Media Melanie Ehrenkranz Jun 22

Instagram Removed a ProPublica Post Outing White Supremacists Because Facebook Keeps Blocking the Wrong Things

Facebook, in attempts to crack down on fake news and other content, has somehow made news organizations its enemy. Just one day after Facebook was criticized for rejecting a promoted post from the nonprofit investigative journalism outlet Reveal, Instagram has now reportedly removed a video from ProPublica’s account. Lucas Waldron, a social visuals and graphics…

Social Media AJ Dellinger Jun 21

Facebook Wants to Use Machine Learning to Stop Hoaxes and Fake News

Facebook debuted a host of new efforts Thursday in its fight against fake news. In a blog post from product manager Tessa Lyons, Facebook announced a series of new partnerships and expansions to its fact-checking endeavors, including fact-checking viral photos and images and the use of machine learning to stop the spread of hoaxes and…

Social Media Sidney Fussell Jun 21

Facebook’s Flawed Push for Political Transparency Is Censoring Crucial Voices

Fake news. Foreign election interference. Dark money propaganda. This and more served as a catalyst for Facebook’s push for more transparency around political advertising on its platform. But its efforts to be more open are flawed, and the consequences are already becoming apparent. On Wednesday, Facebook rejected a boosted post from nonprofit investigative journalism outlet…

Social Media Melanie Ehrenkranz Jun 21

The DOJ, FBI, SEC, and FTC Are All Now Investigating Facebook’s Role in Cambridge Analytica Scandal

Facebook Admits to Major Screw-Up That Silently Unblocked People Without Asking

Instagram Under Fire for Removing Photo of Gay Couple

Facebook Discloses More Data Sharing Partnerships As the Hits Just Keep Coming

Majority of Americans Think Social Media Sites Censor Political Viewpoints

California Lawmakers Pass Bill Stopping Companies Like Facebook From Selling User Data Without Consent

Quiz App Left 120 Million Facebook Users’ Data Exposed as Recently as Last Month

FTC’s New Head of Consumer Protection is a Major Corporate Shill

Facebook Patent Imagines Triggering Your Phone’s Mic When a Hidden Signal Plays on TV

Facebook Is Testing a Snooze Feature That Lets You Silence Topics In Your Feed

Facebook, Google, and Microsoft Use Design to Trick You Into Handing Over Your Data, New Report Warns

Facebook Scraps Plans to Build Its Own Massive Internet Drones for Its Aquila Project

Watch Live: You Know You Wanna Chat About the Game-Changing Westworld Ending

Hezbollah Reportedly Claims Facebook, Twitter Have Disabled Their Main Accounts

Facebook Created a Human Crisis Team After Algorithms Failed It

Facebook Is Working on a Hidden Tool That Shows How Much Time You Waste on Facebook

Facebook Doubles Down on Controversial App for Kids

Instagram Removed a ProPublica Post Outing White Supremacists Because Facebook Keeps Blocking the Wrong Things

Facebook Wants to Use Machine Learning to Stop Hoaxes and Fake News

Facebook’s Flawed Push for Political Transparency Is Censoring Crucial Voices

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