Category: Social Media

Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook to ‘Reduce the Amount of Political Content’

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he wants to reduce politics on his social media platform as Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms face increasing criticism for creating what some have described as political echo chambers. “We’re also currently considering steps that we can take to reduce the amount of political content in News Feed as well,”…


Facebook Rolls Out Prompts to Track Data After Apple Announces Privacy Change

Facebook on Feb. 1 rolled out a new security feature that requests users’ permission to let the tech company track their activity.


89-Year-Old Woman Becomes Social Media Star After Baking Hundreds of Pies for People in Need

An 89-year-old great-grandmother who started baking pies for the vulnerable and elderly during the CCP virus pandemic has become a social media star for her sweet act of kindness. Flo Osborne lives in sheltered accommodation in Dovercourt in Essex, England. She started baking apple, cherry, and savory steak pies in her tiny home kitchen for…


Biden Team Doesn’t ‘Miss’ Trump After Twitter Ban: Press Secretary

President Joe Biden’s team does not miss former President Donald Trump’s tweets, the White House press secretary said Monday. “I can’t say we miss him on Twitter,” Jen Psaki told reporters at the White House while answering a reporter who wondered whether Trump’s absence on social media has made Biden’s job easier. Asked if Biden…


Steven Crowder Announces Lawsuit Against Facebook

Conservative host Steven Crowder said Monday that he is suing Facebook over “unfair competition, fraud, false advertising, and antitrust.” Crowder attorney Bill Richmond said on Crowder’s YouTube channel that the lawsuit is “already initiated,” and accused the tech giant of false advertising, antitrust violations, unfair competition, and fraud. “The key remedy is injunctive relief (stop unfair/deceptive…


Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Praised Biden’s Executive Orders: Leaked Video

Newly leaked video from an internal Facebook meeting shows CEO Mark Zuckerberg praising executive orders issued by President Joe Biden in his first day in office. “I thought President Biden’s inaugural address was very good,” Zuckerberg said in the Jan. 21 meeting. “In his first day, President Biden already issued a number of Executive Orders…


Facebook’s Zuckerberg Praised Biden’s Executive Orders: Leaked Video

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg praised executive orders issued by President Joe Biden during his first day in office, newly leaked video from a company meeting shows. “I thought President Biden’s inaugural address was very good,” Zuckerberg said during the Jan. 21 meeting. “In his first day, President Biden already issued a number of executive orders…


Owner of Mets and Hedge Fund Leaves Twitter, Citing Threats

NEW YORK—The owner of the New York Mets says he has dropped off Twitter because his family received threats that he attributed to “misinformation” that was not tied to the baseball team. Steve Cohen’s hedge fund, Point72, has become entangled in market turmoil that has pitted a band of small investors against traders that made…


An Inconvenient Post: How I Was Censored in a Facebook Group for Journalists

Commentary This past month, I figured that my two-day-old post in a Facebook group for journalism school alumni and students, in which I voiced opposition to censorship of free speech on social media, was nearing the end of its active life. I reached this conclusion when one of the group’s members added a long comment…


Apple CEO Escalates Battle With Facebook Over Online Privacy

SAN RAMON, California—Apple CEO Tim Cook fired off a series of thinly veiled shots at Facebook and other social media companies Thursday, escalating an online privacy battle pitting the iPhone maker against digital services that depend on tracking people to help sell ads. “Too many are still asking the question ‘how much can we get…