Facebook

Technology

Milo JasperJanuary 12, 2023
0 163

Meta sues to ban Voyager Labs from using Facebook and Instagram, alleging the investigative software firm created 38K+ fake accounts to scrape 600K+ users' data (The Guardian)

The Guardian: Meta sues to ban Voyager Labs from using Facebook and Instagram, alleging the investigative software firm created 38K+…
Read More »
Technology

Milo JasperJanuary 8, 2023
0 195

Seattle Public Schools sue TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Snap, Instagram, and their parent companies for allegedly causing a youth mental health crisis (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

Todd Bishop / GeekWire: Seattle Public Schools sue TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Snap, Instagram, and their parent companies for allegedly causing…
Read More »
Technology

Milo JasperJanuary 5, 2023
0 165

Internal docs and sources: Facebook scaled back a plan to heavily demote politics and sensitive topics after finding it came at a "high and inefficient cost" (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Internal docs and sources: Facebook scaled back a plan to heavily demote politics and sensitive topics after…
Read More »
Technology

Milo JasperJanuary 1, 2023
0 170

Experts weigh in on Meta's impending decision to lift Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram ban; source: the announcement will be made later than January 7 (Hannah Murphy/Financial Times)

Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: Experts weigh in on Meta’s impending decision to lift Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram ban;…
Read More »
Technology

Milo JasperDecember 20, 2022
0 109

SEC deposition: in 2017, Zuckerberg considered saying Facebook was investigating "organizations like Cambridge Analytica", before advisers suggested against it (Brian Fung/CNN)

Brian Fung / CNN: SEC deposition: in 2017, Zuckerberg considered saying Facebook was investigating “organizations like Cambridge Analytica”, before advisers…
Read More »
Technology

Milo JasperDecember 19, 2022
0 124

The European Commission sends Meta a statement of objection for possible antitrust breaches over tying Marketplace to Facebook and imposing unfair trading terms (Stephanie Bodoni/Bloomberg)

Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: The European Commission sends Meta a statement of objection for possible antitrust breaches over tying Marketplace…
Read More »
Technology

Milo JasperDecember 18, 2022
0 137

Twitter will stop users from promoting their presence on rival services, including Facebook, Mastodon, and Nostr, and will remove tweets and accounts that do so (Emma Roth/The Verge)

Emma Roth / The Verge: Twitter will stop users from promoting their presence on rival services, including Facebook, Mastodon, and…
Read More »
Technology

Milo JasperDecember 18, 2022
0 219

Twitter will remove accounts made to "promote other social platforms" and content that has links or usernames to Facebook, Mastodon, and others (@twittersupport)

@twittersupport: Twitter will remove accounts made to “promote other social platforms” and content that has links or usernames to Facebook,…
Read More »
Technology

Milo JasperDecember 10, 2022
0 173

Vietnam says it will bar ads on content that it deems to be anti-government or otherwise "toxic", which may affect individual YouTube and Facebook user accounts (Lien Hoang/Nikkei Asia)

Lien Hoang / Nikkei Asia: Vietnam says it will bar ads on content that it deems to be anti-government or…
Read More »