Will Facebook be able to handle a joke with new deepfake policy? How about a political one?
As Facebook unveils its new policy on deepfakes, will the social media giant be able to handle a joke and...
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Facebook News looks to be just another brick in the echo chamber wall
Facebook News launches in the US today in an attempt to help the media industry and democracy, but it appears...
‘Zuck Buck’ grilled in the House: Facebook CEO defends Libra in hearing
Mark Zuckerberg is appearing before the House Financial Services Committee where Chairwoman Maxine Waters grills him over Libra, political ads,...
47 attorneys general now support Facebook antitrust investigation
New York's attorney general announces today that 47 attorneys general have joined the antitrust investigation into Facebook, reaching as far...
FBI worries Facebook’s privacy first policy will be a ‘child predator’s dream’
An incredibly sensitive subject -- Facebook is looking to push a privacy first policy with end-to-end encryption, but the FBI...
Symptoms of shadowbanning on social media for your diagnosis
Shadowbanning is not uniformly defined, but here we show you the symptoms of this cyber affliction, so you can make...
Facebook’s Libra has powerful backing but Europe sees a threat
In spite of Facebook’s Libra enjoying powerful backing from some of the biggest global companies, European countries like France and...
‘Facebook’s Libra is a huge endorsement of the sustainability, capacity of blockchain’
The introduction of Libra by a tech giant like Facebook validates the sustainability of blockchain technology, Garrick Hileman, Head of Research...
Facebook’s new startup will let you control smart devices like Yoda wields the force
Facebook acquires a startup that could one day let you control smart devices with your thoughts, much like how Yoda...
Politicians on both sides agree big tech needs regulation, American citizens are split
Both liberal and conservative politicians agree that big tech needs regulation, but the average American is split on whether or...
Internet Accountability Project launches to take on big tech’s ‘bad acts’
A former Senate staffer is taking a stab at big tech through the non-profit Internet Accountability Project (IAP), which aims...
Capitol Hill is getting to grips with cryptocurrency
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The past 10 days has seen a presidential tweet regarding Bitcoin, the treasury secretary holding a news conference on cryptocurrency,...
Exposing echo chambers to eradicate the plague of propaganda
Five years after Dmytro Potekhin's 48 horrendous days in captivity at the hands of pro-Russian terrorists in Ukraine, the civic activist...
As big tech and govts differ over hate speech, should AI neutralize it?
As big tech platforms and governments have their own policies on hate speech, should society task AI with neutralizing it...
Facebook the accidental philanthropist with Libra?
Surprised to see ‘philantropist’ and ‘Facebook’ in the same sentence? I’m as surprised as anyone, yet I came to write...
Dissecting Facebook’s ‘coordinated inauthentic behavior’ removal policy
Facebook announces it has removed dozens of pages and accounts from Iran that were involved in what the social media...
Tech giants seek to exorcise privacy woes to win back user trust
While companies like Google and Facebook want to show that they are taking ‘privacy’ very seriously, they will have to...
Facebook in crypto-related advertising U-turn
Earlier this week, social media giant Facebook reversed elements of its ban on blockchain and cryptocurrency related advertising. Is this...
Tech giants explore uncharted territories to diversify, chase growth
Big tech companies like Apple and Facebook are diversifying out of their comfort zones into new businesses to ensure growth...
Are you really buying Facebook’s privacy-focused vision? Op-ed
TheFacebook launched on the exact same day DARPA's LifeLog project was reportedly killed. The vision of LifeLog is congruent with...
