In an exclusive interview with Breitbart Tech, social media entrepreneur and WTF Magazine owner Jason M. Fyk called out Facebook for censoring rule-abiding meme pages while allowing videos of violent Islamic beheadings.
Facebook is advertising for an “experienced news executive” to run its new Global News Partnerships operation following criticism over “fake news” on the platform during the presidential election.
The incoming U.S. president really isn’t that scary, not even to Hillary Clinton donors in Silicon Valley.
An Austrian court has, in a landmark ruling, forced social media giant Facebook to remove a post that misquoted a member of the Austrian Green Party and could have severe ramifications. A court in Vienna has made a landmark ruling that
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is planning to build 330 units of housing near its headquarters in what is seen as a response to the housing and rental crisis that has beleaguered Bay Area residents who are seeking more affordable, and often dangerous, alternatives to traditional living accommodations.
TEL AVIV – A video produced by an Israeli legal rights NGO claiming that Facebook allows incitement leading to Islamic terrorism has gone viral, garnering nearly 1 million views in the four days since it was launched.
Filings from a recent court case between Mark Zuckerberg and minority investors have revealed that the Facebook CEO can remain in control of Facebook even if he leaves for a period to pursue a position in politics.
MILO’s Twitter suspension has helped to propel the Breitbart editor to stardom.
Thursday on NBC’s “Today,” Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg dismissed the notion that so-called “fake news” on her social media platform was behind last month’s election outcome. Sandberg acknowledged the problem and said it was something Facebook was working on to
Left-wing political operative and close Hillary Clinton ally David Brock once tried to destroy Breitbart News. Now he is seeking funding to develop the “Breitbart of the left,” according to a report from The Hill.
(Reuters) — A senior German conservative has warned Facebook it could face fines if it fails to act faster to tackle online hate speech, and he said the government could propose legislative measures in the new year.
A Georgia woman accused of robbing, beating, and burning a grandmother who later died has been caught taking selfies and posting them to social media while behind bars.
Sweden’s Minister for Culture and Democracy has told Facebook to censor so-called “fake news” voluntarily or else face “compulsory measures” by the government.
Facebook is believed to be testing a new application which will help it eliminate so-called “fake news” from the social media site. Three separate Twitter users have reported instances of Facebook including a “survey” below links to news items, asking
The left-wing elites and their running dogs in the enemedia are in one of their fictional publicity campaigns that they masquerade as urgent news. Their latest terror is “fake news sites.”
(Reuters) — Web giants YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft will step up efforts to remove extremist content from their websites by creating a common database.
The unelected executive arm of the European Union (EU) is threatening to escalate from “non-legislative” action if Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube do not censor what it considers “illegal” online speech within 24 hours.
Since the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth has fallen by $3.7 billion.
Facebook is developing a feature that will promote content in people’s news feeds from publishers specifically chosen by the company, according to a report from Business Insider.
Facebook has announced it is developing an artificial intelligence program in order to analyse and flag offensive live streaming videos.
Despite Donald Trump proving he could overwhelm Silicon Valley’s “Thought Police” on Twitter, the platform’s political correctness means that the Twitter brand is still not attractive to the conservative half of America.
Twitter has revealed it will ban anyone from its platform should they violate any of their rules, including the account of President-elect Donald Trump.
A number of Kellogg’s Facebook pages have erupted with complaints about the company withdrawing advertisements from Breitbart News, with many users tagging their complaints with the #DumpKelloggs boycott slogan which Breitbart debuted on Wednesday.
Four people were arrested in New York City on Tuesday evening after a firearm was spotted allegedly being used in a threatening manner on a Facebook Live stream.
The suspect behind the Ohio State University attack posted to Facebook decrying America, saying, “We will not let you sleep unless you give peace to the Muslims,” just moments before the attack.
One of the major successes of President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign was his ability to cut around a dying corporate media industry to speak directly to voters.
A woman from Chicago filed a complaint with the Salem Police Department and Marion County Sheriff’s Department in Oregon, after two police officers she had never met allegedly “trolled” her on Facebook following Donald Trump’s election victory on November 8th.
Germany’s justice minister has joined efforts to prepare the ground for significant control of news distribution online, following moves by Chancellor Angela Merkel, calling out social media for “fake news”.
Facebook is reportedly working on a censorship tool that will restrict banned news from user’s timelines in preparation to launch officially in China.
With all of the politically-charged talk about banning “fake news” sites, it seems appropriate to review some of the worst fake news stories pushed by mainstream media outlets. No matter how large your family gathering is this Thanksgiving, you won’t be chowing down on a turkey as big as these phony stories from A-list television shows and publications.
TEL AVIV – For the first time, Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) will conduct a live online chat session in Arabic on Tuesday to answer Palestinians’ questions as part of the government’s wider initiative to directly engage the Palestinian public.
Facebook will open a new London headquarters next year and create another 500 jobs, the leading social network said Monday, despite uncertainty over Brexit.
TEL AVIV – An Arab Israeli supporter of the terror group Hezbollah was sentenced to eight months in prison on Thursday for inciting violence against Israeli Jews on Facebook.
Germany’s Justice Minister says he believes Facebook Inc. should be treated like a media company rather than a technology platform, suggesting he favours moves to make social media groups criminally liable for failing to remove hate speech.
With a 9 percent crash of “FANG” tech stocks in the post-election stock boom, Wall Street is fretting that President Donald Trump could be a modern day “trust-buster.”
Obama predicted that the rise of technology and social media need to be managed to give world citizens more control, beyond the simplistic answers found online.
Speaking at a joint press conference with outgoing American President Barack Obama on his farewell tour, German Chancellor Angela Merkel made chilling remarks about her views on the need for government to control the internet and slammed anti-Islamisation protesters who she accused of hijacking the German spirit for liberty.
Google and Facebook took steps on November 14 to ban “fake news” content publishers from generating a cut of advertising revenues through Google AdSense and Facebook Audience Network, a move that “disproportionately impacted right-wing news sites.”
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – WhatsApp has temporarily suspended giving parent company Facebook information about users in Europe for ad targeting, responding to concerns there over privacy, a source close to the matter said.
The Internet Association, a group of prominent technology companies that include Facebook, Twitter, Google, Netflix, and Amazon, penned an open letter to President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, asking for his support on a series of policies.
