Thursday, Jun. 9, 2022

The test couldn't have been much easier — and Facebook still failed.

Facebook and its parent company Meta flopped once again in a test of how well they could detect obviously violent hate speech in advertisements submitted to the platform by the nonprofit groups Global Witness and...

Friday, Jun. 3, 2022

Sheryl Sandberg, the No. 2 executive at Facebook owner Meta, who helped turn its business from startup to digital advertising empire while also taking blame for some of its biggest missteps, is stepping down.

Sandberg has served as chief operating officer at the social media giant for 14...

Tuesday, May. 24, 2022

Facebook parent Meta said it will start publicly providing more details about how advertisers target people with political messages just months ahead of the U.S. midterm elections.

The announcement follows years of criticism that the social media platforms withhold too much information...

Sunday, Apr. 24, 2022

Big tech companies like Google and Facebook parent Meta will have to police their platforms more strictly to better protect European users from hate speech, disinformation and other harmful online content under landmark EU legislation approved early Saturday.

European Union officials...

Thursday, Mar. 31, 2022

To her 1.4 million followers across TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook, Vica Li says she is a "life blogger" and "food lover" who wants to teach her fans about China so they can travel the country with ease.

"Through my lens, I will take you around China, take you into Vica's life!"...

Tuesday, Mar. 1, 2022

As Russia's war in Ukraine  plays out for the world on social media, big tech platforms are moving to restrict Russian state media from using their platforms to spread propaganda and misinformation.

After the European Union's president called for a ban on Russian state media, a wave of...

Monday, Jan. 3, 2022

Three bright and driven women with ground-breaking ideas made significant — if very different — marks on the embattled tech industry in 2021. 

Frances Haugen, Lina Khan and Elizabeth Holmes — a data scientist turned whistleblower, a legal scholar turned antitrust enforcer and a former...

Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021

The head of Instagram on Wednesday met with deep skepticism on Capitol Hill over new measures the social media platform is adopting to protect young users.

Adam Mosseri appeared before a Senate panel and faced off with lawmakers angry over revelations of how the photo-sharing platform can...

Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021

Ex-Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen implored lawmakers Wednesday to avert the usual congressional stalemates as they weigh proposals to curb abuses on social media platforms by limiting the companies' free-speech protections against legal liability. 

Still, Haugen urged...

Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021

Facebook's parent company Meta says it will remove sensitive ad targeting options related to health, race or ethnicity, political affiliation, religion or sexual orientation beginning on Jan. 19. 

Currently, advertisers can target people who have expressed interest in issues, public...

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