Shares of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, have declined over the past two days thanks in part to the intensifying scandal over user data at Facebook. Alphabet’s shares have been under-pressure because investors fear that regulators might clamp down on how tech companies deploy user data in a way that could crimp earnings across the sector.
As Facebook faces a crisis related to a user data scandal and the 2016 election, it seems appropriate to reflect on Facebook’s COO Sheryl Sandberg telling Clinton campaign manager John Podesta that she wanted Hillary to “win badly.”
Actor-comedian Jim Carrey took to Twitter to share artwork targeting Facebook over reports that the social media network allowed third-party analytics firm Cambridge Analytica to access millions of its users’ data during the 2016 election.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg “saved tens of millions of dollars” by selling his Facebook stock before the company’s decline this week.
Facebook has reportedly scheduled an open meeting with all employees on Tuesday to allow them to ask questions about the most recent user data scandal.
Facebook has repudiated allegations made in The Observer and The New York Times that Cambridge Analytica’s use of user data constituted a “data breach.”
Facebook has banned a data mining company that played a key role in multiple right-wing political campaigns, including Brexit and the Trump campaign.
Despite Mark Zuckerberg’s claims that Facebook influencing an election was “ridiculous,” the company had a page of election “success stories” on their business website until it recently removed.
According to a new report, Facebook users are spending 24 percent less time on the platform.
The outcome of Facebook’s recent algorithm changes has been a massive reduction in engagement on the President’s account.
Facebook’s VP of Advertising has backtracked on comments he made recently relating to the use of Facebook by Russian operatives to sow discord amongst Americans.
Facebook will reportedly begin sending postcards to the addresses of potential political ad buyers to confirm that they reside in the U.S. following the controversy around Russian ad purchases.
Facebook has come under fire for their two-factor authentication process which sends users notifications via text message and posts replies on their Facebook wall, instead of merely acting as a layer of security.
Speaking at the Recode Media Conference, Facebook’s Head of News stated that Facebook will begin defining “quality news” and said that “not all news is created equal.”
A German court recently ruled that Facebook’s use of users’ personal data is illegal.
WIRED has published a report titled “Inside The Two Years That Shook Facebook – And The World.” They document two years of upheaval at the tech giant and the progressive politics that drive the company’s management.
Facebook has reportedly hired a full-time pollster to monitor CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s approval ratings worldwide.
Facebook announced in a blog post this week that cryptocurrency ads would officially be banned from the platform.
According to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, users spent 50 million fewer hours per day on the website last quarter. He claims it is a result of changes that will make Facebook “stronger over the long term.”
Facebook has announced that content from local publishers will be prioritized in users newsfeeds in an attempt to emphasize what they consider high-quality news, while also attempting to “build community.”
A Facebook manager has stated that the company “can’t guarantee” that social media is good for democracy but claims that they are working on improving their platform.
Former “Never Trump” Koch brothers executive turned White House staffer, Marc Short, told NBC’s Meet the Press that President Trump would be “willing to expand” an amnesty.
Facebook is making it harder for users to see content from pages they follow — here’s how to ensure you see posts from Breitbart on your newsfeed.
Facebook has announced plans to rank the visibility of news sources based on whether they are “broadly trusted.”
Facebook will reportedly begin to rank news outlets based on the level of trust users have in them as determined by surveys conducted by the social media platform.
Roger McNamee, one of Facebook’s early investors and a mentor of Mark Zuckerberg, has criticised the company for prioritizing profits over user safety.
Facebook has announced an update to users newsfeeds which aims to make posts and content from their friends and family more visible on their timelines.
Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of social media giant Facebook, has vowed to explore the growing world of cryptocurrencies in 2018 according to his most recent Facebook post.
Foreign nationals, not Americans, are the future of the tech industry in Silicon Valley, California, tech executives proclaimed in a demand for Congress to pass amnesty for 3.5 million eligible illegal aliens.
Peter Thiel has sold three-quarters of the Facebook shares he picked as Mark Zuckerberg’s first venture capitalist, even as the Silicon Valley boycott against him intensifies.
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.
President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security was praised Wednesday by a slew of officials from former President George W. Bush’s administration who advocated for amnesty and were members of the failed ‘Never Trump’ movement.
President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is being prepped for her confirmation hearing by a former President George W. Bush official who has criticized a border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) once authored a pro-mass migration report with a committee stacked with executives from multinational corporations and world banks under the direction of the World Economic Forum.
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.
Open borders organizations and the cheap foreign labor industry have teamed up with tech giants to push amnesty for roughly 800,000 to potentially 3.3 million illegal aliens in the United States.
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.”
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.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants “to get a billion people in virtual reality,” according to a report.