Social Media

Facebook’s Efforts ‘Not Nearly Sufficient’ in Genocide-Torn Myanmar, UN Investigator Says

It’s been nearly two years since the bloody peak of a social media-fueled genocide in Southeast Asia, but Facebook is still not doing enough to prevent the ongoing promotion of violence and hate in Myanmar on its social network, according to a member of the United Nations team that found the Silicon Valley company for…

Social Media Patrick Howell O'Neill

Facebook Is Just Casually Asking Some New Users for Their Email Passwords

Facebook has been prompting some users registering for the first time to hand over the passwords to their email accounts, the Daily Beast reported on Tuesday—a practice that blares right past questionable and into “beyond sketchy” territory, security consultant Jake Williams told the Beast. A Twitter account using the handle @originalesushi first posted an image…

Social Media Tom McKay

Facebook’s Misinformation Problem Is Only Getting More Complicated

In the aftermath of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Facebook’s potential to be a subversive political tool has been all too clear. And several years later, the social network still struggles to deal with the very real dangers its platform creates for political systems. As the social network cracks down on its core product, new…

Social Media Melanie Ehrenkranz

The Annoying Posts in Your Facebook News Feed Will Soon Come With an Explanation Box

One of the enduring criticisms of Facebook is that the News Feed is a black box. Starting this week, however, the box will suddenly take on a shade of dark gray. No one outside the company fully understands why they saw this post or that one. We do know that Facebook’s News Feed algorithms are…

Social Media Patrick Howell O'Neill

Mark Zuckerberg: OK, Fine, Regulate Facebook

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg—whose company has blundered its way into controversies over everything from user privacy and data breaches to amplification of extremist content and literal genocide as of late—responded to growing criticism of the tech sector by calling for more outside regulation in an op-ed in the Washington Post (and on his own personal…

Social Media Tom McKay

HUD Charges Facebook With Enabling Housing Discrimination

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Thursday charged Facebook with discrimination under the Fair Housing Act. HUD says it believes the company was “encouraging, enabling, and causing housing discrimination through the company’s advertising platform.” Facebook allegedly allowed advertisements on its platform to exclude certain people from targeting based on categories like race,…

Social Media Matt Novak

Facebook and Instagram Finally Ban White Nationalism and White Separatism

Facebook and Instagram will finally ban white nationalism and white separatism on their networks in a move that will be implemented next week. The decision, first reported by Motherboard but announced by Facebook on its website, comes after the social media giant spent years splitting hairs about the difference between white nationalism and white supremacy.…

Social Media Matt Novak

Facebook Ruins Woman’s Attempt to Pin Crime on Her Sister

Last week, a sheriff’s office in South Carolina posted a pretty crazy story to its Facebook page about how Facebook’s “People You May Know” feature had foiled a woman’s attempt to hide her identity from the police. The story, which was shared thousands of times and got some pick-up in the local media, went like…

Social Media Kashmir Hill

Facebook Exec Gets New Title as ‘VP of Integrity’ for Less Than a Day

Guy Rosen is Facebook’s vice president of Product Management. But when the company published an update about the Christchurch massacre in the middle of the night on Wednesday, Rosen got a shiny new title: VP of Integrity. That is, until a journalist called Facebook out on the switch. Guardian tech journalist Alex Hern was apparently…

Social Media Matt Novak

Instagram Purges Its Platform of Some Popular Anti-Vaccine Hashtags, But Others Are Still Thriving

Following an investigative report by the Atlantic on the prevalence of misinformation on Instagram, the company appears to be scrubbing its platform of some popular anti-vaxxer content. In a sweeping report on misleading content and conspiracy theories at large on Instagram, the Atlantic reported Thursday that anti-vaxxer content was being surfaced on the platform through…

Social Media Catie Keck

Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of Passwords Accessible in Plaintext for Years

Facebook stored hundreds of millions of account passwords in plaintext for years, the company admitted on Thursday following a report by cybersecurity reporter Brian Krebs. The passwords were accessible to over 20,000 Facebook employees, according to Krebs, raising the obvious risk that they could be improperly accessed. “We estimate that we will notify hundreds of…

Social Media Patrick Howell O'Neill

After Its Utter Failure to Stop Discriminatory Ads, Facebook Praises ‘Historic’ End to the Mess It Created

Why did it take a lawsuit, multiple investigations, and three years of promises for Facebook to change its ways? After an 18-month court battle and years of fierce criticism, Facebook says it will stop allowing housing, jobs, and credit advertisers to show ads to only users of specific races, genders, or age groups, the company…

Social Media Patrick Howell O'Neill

Should Facebook Spying Be Used to Keep Kids From Dangerous Parents?

Last year, an English child protection worker was assigned a case where a mother was deemed a high risk to her baby’s safety. It’s the worker’s job to protect the child and, if necessary, separate the mother from her kid. To do that, the worker hunts for information: What is the mother doing with her…

Social Media Patrick Howell O'Neill

RIP Your Wallet: Instagram Adds In-App Shopping

If you’ve ever browsed through your Instagram feed and thought “Oh that shirt is cute but haha, thank god that’s way too much effort for me to actually leave this app and buy it”—bad news, friends. Instagram announced that starting today, it’s introducing an in-app checkout feature. The way the checkout feature works, users in…

Social Media Victoria Song

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Says Social Media Can’t Be ‘All Profit, No Responsibility’

New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, gave a powerful speech in that country’s parliament today expressing solidarity with the victims of Friday’s terrorist attack that left 50 dead and dozens injured. Ardern also had strong words for the social media companies that enabled the shooter to broadcast his massacre around the world. “We will look…

Social Media Matt Novak

Facebook Says It Removed 1.5 Million Videos of Christchurch Massacre Within 24 Hours

Facebook said on Saturday night that within 24 hours of a horrific attack on Muslims in Christchurch, New Zealand that killed at least 50 people and wounded dozens of others on March 15, it had blocked 1.5 million attempts to share a video of the attack live-streamed on Facebook by the shooter. Over 1.2 million…

Social Media Tom McKay

Facebook Says It Will Use AI to Police Revenge Porn, but It Won’t Fully Explain How (Updated)

In the absence of proactive tools to prevent dirtbags from nonconsensually uploading intimate photos to the internet, victims of revenge porn have little surefire recourse to ensure the photos stop circulating online. It’s an exhausting and devastating game of whack-a-mole, and even when images are effectively scrubbed, the damage has been done. That’s why Facebook’s…

Social Media Melanie Ehrenkranz

Facebook’s C-Suite Continues to Melt Down Amid Zuckerberg’s Plan to Bundle Products

Chris Cox, one of the first handful of engineers hired to Facebook, a close personal friend of Mark Zuckerberg’s and, until very recently, Chief Product Officer of the entire suite of the company’s products, is departing the company. He’s joined on his way out the door by Chris Daniels, Vice President of WhatsApp. Both began…

Social Media Avery Ellis

Facebook Blames Protracted Outage on a ‘Server Configuration Change’

After the better part of a day, Facebook’s “family of apps” are being restored to normalcy. Small outages are not unusual, even for sites of this size—although, in recent memory, protracted inaccessibility of major services is more often caused by backbone outages. The cause for Facebook, Instagram, and Oculus’s long (and probably costly) goof? Allegedly,…

Social Media Avery Ellis

Report: Facebook Data Deals Are Under Criminal Investigation

Facebook is under criminal investigation for massive data deals between the social media giant and many of the world’s biggest technology firms, according to a Wednesday evening report on the New York Times. Facebook confirmed the investigations in a statement. “We are cooperating with investigators and take those probes seriously,” a Facebook spokesman told the Times…

Social Media Patrick Howell O'Neill

Facebook’s Efforts ‘Not Nearly Sufficient’ in Genocide-Torn Myanmar, UN Investigator Says

Facebook Is Just Casually Asking Some New Users for Their Email Passwords

Facebook’s Misinformation Problem Is Only Getting More Complicated

The Annoying Posts in Your Facebook News Feed Will Soon Come With an Explanation Box

Mark Zuckerberg: OK, Fine, Regulate Facebook

HUD Charges Facebook With Enabling Housing Discrimination

Facebook and Instagram Finally Ban White Nationalism and White Separatism

Facebook Ruins Woman’s Attempt to Pin Crime on Her Sister

Facebook Exec Gets New Title as ‘VP of Integrity’ for Less Than a Day

Instagram Purges Its Platform of Some Popular Anti-Vaccine Hashtags, But Others Are Still Thriving

Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of Passwords Accessible in Plaintext for Years

After Its Utter Failure to Stop Discriminatory Ads, Facebook Praises ‘Historic’ End to the Mess It Created

Should Facebook Spying Be Used to Keep Kids From Dangerous Parents?

RIP Your Wallet: Instagram Adds In-App Shopping

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Says Social Media Can’t Be ‘All Profit, No Responsibility’

Facebook Says It Removed 1.5 Million Videos of Christchurch Massacre Within 24 Hours

Facebook Says It Will Use AI to Police Revenge Porn, but It Won’t Fully Explain How (Updated)

Facebook’s C-Suite Continues to Melt Down Amid Zuckerberg’s Plan to Bundle Products

Facebook Blames Protracted Outage on a ‘Server Configuration Change’

Report: Facebook Data Deals Are Under Criminal Investigation

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Facebook’s Efforts ‘Not Nearly Sufficient’ in Genocide-Torn Myanmar, UN Investigator Says

Facebook Is Just Casually Asking Some New Users for Their Email Passwords

Facebook’s Misinformation Problem Is Only Getting More Complicated

The Annoying Posts in Your Facebook News Feed Will Soon Come With an Explanation Box

Mark Zuckerberg: OK, Fine, Regulate Facebook

HUD Charges Facebook With Enabling Housing Discrimination

Facebook and Instagram Finally Ban White Nationalism and White Separatism

Facebook Ruins Woman’s Attempt to Pin Crime on Her Sister

Facebook Exec Gets New Title as ‘VP of Integrity’ for Less Than a Day

Instagram Purges Its Platform of Some Popular Anti-Vaccine Hashtags, But Others Are Still Thriving

Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of Passwords Accessible in Plaintext for Years

After Its Utter Failure to Stop Discriminatory Ads, Facebook Praises ‘Historic’ End to the Mess It Created

Should Facebook Spying Be Used to Keep Kids From Dangerous Parents?

RIP Your Wallet: Instagram Adds In-App Shopping

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Says Social Media Can’t Be ‘All Profit, No Responsibility’

Facebook Says It Removed 1.5 Million Videos of Christchurch Massacre Within 24 Hours

Facebook Says It Will Use AI to Police Revenge Porn, but It Won’t Fully Explain How (Updated)

Facebook’s C-Suite Continues to Melt Down Amid Zuckerberg’s Plan to Bundle Products

Facebook Blames Protracted Outage on a ‘Server Configuration Change’

Report: Facebook Data Deals Are Under Criminal Investigation

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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