Facebook Provides a Preview of Its Privacy Makeover
Wall Street Journal–6 hours ago
As part of the changes, Facebook will this week begin to prompt its users in Europe to decide whether they would like to see targeted ads based on political, religious and … Facebook hasn’t built a way for users to decline to provide more data with a single tap. … —Sam Schechner contributed to this article.
Facebook Answers Questions Zuckerberg Didn’t in Testimony
Bloomberg–Apr 16, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg spent much of his congressional testimony making the case that Facebook Inc. users have control over their data. But what … Facebook said other websites and apps use its services to let people quickly create accounts and later share content on their Facebook pages, like news articles.
Facebook will give all US users helpful context about articles shared …
The Verge–Apr 3, 2018
Facebook is now expanding a test it started last year to all US users, and the result will be more background information and a useful overview of the publishers and articles you see appear in your News Feed — after the meaningful stuff from friends and family, of course. “We’re making it easy for people to …
Facebook starts fact-checking fake news in India
TechCrunch–18 hours ago
The company claims these efforts have allowed Facebook to reduce the distribution of fake news by 80 percent. In addition to limiting fake news’ visibility, Facebookcombats fake news by showing the fact checker’s article in a Related Articles widget right below the fake story in the News Feed; and it alerts …
Google’s Facebook Copycat Moves Leave It More Exposed to …
Bloomberg–Apr 16, 2018
No one at Google envied Mark Zuckerberg last week as he was being grilled by Congress. But for years, they certainly coveted the personal data that made Facebook Inc. a formidable digital ad player. And the strategies they set to compete have now placed Google squarely in the cross hairs of a privacy …
Facebook’s Instant Articles enabled inflammatory publishers to profit …
ABC Online–Mar 28, 2018
Facebook has been embedding ads for companies such as BMW and Woolworths in inflammatory articles from websites that target Muslim people and other groups. The placement allows the publishers of the articles to make money, but is contrary to Facebook’s content guidelines for monetisation, which …
What You Don’t Know About How Facebook Uses Your Data
New York Times–Apr 11, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, went to Capitol Hill this week to explain to members of Congress how the detailed personal information of up to 87 million Facebook users ended up in the hands of a voter-profiling company called Cambridge Analytica. What Mr. Zuckerberg got instead, as he …
For Many Facebook Users, a ‘Last Straw’ That Led Them to Quit
New York Times–Mar 21, 2018
In the months before the 2016 presidential election, he watched the social network become what he called “a garbage platform of ads and weird reposted articles and people that you care about exposing themselves as racists.” But Facebook was also where Mr. Perry promoted his films, where he posted …
Did Fake News On Facebook Help Elect Trump? Here’s What We …
NPR–Apr 11, 2018
After the 2016 election, many feared that fake news articles spread on Facebookswayed the results of the election. It’s a broad but reasonable leap to make: many purveyors of fake news aimed to help Trump win, and lo and behold, Trump won. But among people who study fake news, it’s not at all clear …
Facebook Data Scandal Has Left Zuckerberg Isolated in Tech
Bloomberg–Apr 2, 2018
Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook, Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk and Salesforce.com Inc.’s Marc Benioff have criticized the social media network in the wake of its user data scandal involving political-advertising firm Cambridge Analytica. Other tech leaders have remained quiet in the ensuing backlash against Facebook, …
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