Republican and Democratic politicians are condemning a Democratic candidate running for Ohio governor after he bragged about having sex with 50 women.
Libertarian Internet pioneer Peter Thiel is not the only one concerned about the danger to freedom from tech monopolies like Google.
Executives from top Silicon Valley companies including Facebook and Reddit have agreed to work with the Anti-Defamation League to develop online “hate speech” guidelines.
Facebook, Google, and Twitter are planning to use “trust indicators” on news articles posted to their platforms in an effort to combat “fake news.”
A Louisiana mother is going viral after she came up with a unique idea to punish her teenage son for getting suspended from school.
In a New York Times op-ed, contributor Stevan Dojcinovic attacked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for treating people like guinea pigs. In the article, Dojcinovic criticizes Facebook for using his nation, Serbia, as a “laboratory” which is affecting the free flow of information
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s open borders lobbying group and the United States Chamber of Commerce has teamed up to push an end-of-the-year plan to give amnesty to upwards of 3.3 million illegal aliens.
Global internet giants Google and Facebook can expect to receive a comprehensive tax bill from Israel within the next 12 months, according to a report in the financial newspaper TheMarker.
Journalists working for Facebook as part of the company’s fact-checking initiative claim the site’s fact-checking tools have failed and the entire operation was simply a PR campaign.
Over the last century or two, plenty of seers and scribblers told us that technological advances were a two-edged sword. For all the gains in our standard of living that inventions would bring, so, too, would come dangers—and maybe even more downsides than upsides.
A Facebook page urging fans to boycott the NFL over the Veterans Day weekend has earned over 200,000 followers.
An op-ed in the Wall Street Journal argues that special legal protections for social media platforms ought to be tied to their upholding of free speech.
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) called for regulation of social networks on Wednesday, claiming, “No one company should have the power to pick and choose which content reaches consumers and which doesn’t.”
Former Napster co-Founder and Facebook President Sean Parker blasted social media in a recent interview for “exploiting” human psychology.
Three freshman UCLA Bruins basketball players were reportedly arrested on Tuesday for allegedly shoplifting sunglasses from a Louis Vuitton store in Hangzhou while they were in China for the Pac-12 China Game.
Facebook wants victims of revenge porn to send them nude photos of themselves in a new test that’s attempting to crack down on illegal content on the platform.
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s communications regulator Roskomnadzor said on Wednesday it planned to check whether Facebook was in compliance with Russian law.
Another quarter, another huge disappointment from the makers of Snapchat. Shares of Snap fell by 20 percent in after-hours trading.
Tom Steyer’s lawyers sent a breach of contract letter on Friday to Fox News Channel demanding that the network start running his ads urging viewers to sign an online petition telling Congress to impeach President Trump.
Halloween is a time for scary things. This year, one of the creepier sights was the scene on Capitol Hill as the big tech companies — Facebook, Google, and Twitter — testified before Congress this week about Russian efforts to use social media platforms to influence U.S. politics.
Lawyers representing Facebook and Twitter revealed that Russian groups on their social networks tried to delegitimize Donald Trump’s presidency after the election.
Russian-backed Facebook accounts reportedly worked with U.S. activists to stage protests on both sides of fiery issues.
Mark Zuckerberg and Apple CEO Tim Cook, met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a meeting of the advisers to the Tsinghua University Business School in Beijing on Monday.
(Reuters) BRUSSELS — Facebook, Twitter, Google’s YouTube and Microsoft on Tuesday agreed to an EU code of conduct to tackle online hate speech within 24 hours in Europe.
A South Carolina police officer fired for wearing underwear bearing the Confederate flag will receive $55,000 as part of a settlement with the city of North Charleston, a city attorney announced Friday.
In an article about the most prominent threats to Silicon Valley, Axios claimed Breitbart News Executive Chairman Steve Bannon “is railing against the ‘Lords of Silicon Valley.'”
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly committed $45 million to political causes so far in 2017 and plans to “influence American politics for generations to come.”
Google and Facebook, along with other companies in Silicon Valley, spent millions of dollars lobbying Congress in the third quarter in response to fears of regulation, according to a report.
Facebook’s chief of security, Alex Stamos, was heard stating that the company’s own network was run “like a college campus” in a leaked recording.
Google, Facebook, IBM, Intel, and Uber are among the most well-known participants in the “Coalition for the American Dream” pushing to protect the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
The city of Stockton, California, is planning to offer a basic income grant of $500 per month to poor residents, making it the first U.S. city to provide a guaranteed income.
A photo of three Maine roofers, who stopped what they were doing to stand while the national anthem played at a nearby high school football game, is gaining a lot of traction on the Internet.
Sunday night, using her Facebook account, actress Rose McGowan accused disgraced attorney Lisa Bloom of offering her millions of dollars to hop on board the “Harvey’s Changed bandwagon.”
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants “to get a billion people in virtual reality,” according to a report.
Wine Country firefighters are gearing up for a 14-degree temperature spike over the next 72 hours that could triple wind gust speeds to 60-mile an hour and drive a new firestorm.
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg stated in a recent interview that she would support the public release of Russian-linked Facebook ads currently being investigated by Congress.
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg will meet with U.S. lawmakers in Washington Thursday to discuss a number of issues surrounding Facebook and the 2016 presidential election. Recode reports that Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer, Sheryl Sandberg, will be meeting with U.S. lawmakers in
The UK’s Secretary of State for Culture, Media, and Sport has called for an “online abuse levy” against social media companies.
Recent wildfires in Northern California have once again sparked multiple posts on Facebook by people desperately trying to find family members in the affected areas who they haven’t been able to contact.
British Prime Minister Theresa May is reportedly considering regulating Facebook and Google the same way as news organizations.
