If you haven’t been following the action on Twitter, you may or may not have noticed I vanished from Facebook and Instagram. That was just the beginning. In this post I’ll run you through the timeline, share what I’ve pieced … Read more
15 months ago, Facebook said it was buying the popular GIF search engine Giphy for about $400 million. Now the acquisition may be a bust, thanks to an antitrust probe by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority. In a preliminary … Read more
As we mentioned in a post last month, we believe personalization in marketing is the best possible experience for people and businesses. Without personalized advertising, businesses would be harder to start and grow, new products and services would be harder … Read more
We learned last week that Facebook had disabled our Facebook accounts and our access to data that we have been using to study how misinformation spreads on the company’s platform. We were informed of this in an automated email. In … Read more
Facebook has shut down the personal accounts of a pair of New York University researchers and shuttered their investigation into misinformation spread through political ads on the social network. Facebook says the researchers violated its terms of service and were … Read more
By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission criticized Facebook Inc on Thursday for making “misleading claims” to explain why it had disabled the accounts of researchers studying political ads on the social media … Read more
A top communications manager at Facebook helped Gov. Andrew Cuomo fight sexual misconduct allegations — including by helping leak confidential files about accuser Lindsey Boylan and by participating in regular discussions about Cuomo’s communications strategy, according to the New York … Read more
Facebook failed to enforce its own rules to curb an oil and gas industry misinformation campaign over the climate crisis during last year’s presidential election, according to a new analysis released on Thursday. The report by the London-based thinktank InfluenceMap … Read more
Facebook has banned a group of academics from New York University who researched political ads and misinformation on the platform. The social media giant announced in a blog post on Wednesday that it had banned the accounts, apps, and pages … Read more
Now in its fourth decade, the ETA, which represents more than 500 corporations, including giants like Wells Fargo, Visa, Mastercard, Capital One and Google, is grappling with the most dramatic technological shift in payments: the rise of cryptocurrencies and other … Read more