Google is banning advertisements featuring content that contradict what it called “inaccurate” content on climate change, and will no longer allow ad revenue to be made from them, the company announced in a blog post on Oct. 7. The tech giant said the new policy will go into effect in November and will help “strengthen the integrity” of…
Google Banning Ads With ‘Inaccurate’ Content on Climate Change
October 8, 2021
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Telegram Messaging App Gained 70 Million New Users Amid Facebook Outage, Founder Says
October 6, 2021
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Messaging app Telegram says it gained 70 million new users during the widespread outage across a suite of Facebook’s social media and messaging services. Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov said in a statement that it saw a “record increase in user registration and activity” when Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, which are all owned by…
Zuckerberg Responds to Facebook Whistleblower’s Testimony, Says Claims ‘Don’t Make Sense’
October 6, 2021
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has responded to claims made by former employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen in testimony before Congress on Oct. 5. Hague, who used to work as a lead product manager for Facebook’s civic misinformation team, spoke before the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security where she discussed the company’s internal practices, particularly regarding how they disproportionately…
Facebook Whistleblower Accuses Platform of ‘Fanning Ethnic Violence’ in Myanmar and Ethiopia
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen during Tuesday’s Senate hearing cited ethnic violence in Myanmar and Ethiopia as examples of the “destructive impact” that the social media platform has had on society. The former Facebook employee suggested before lawmakers that there is a link between Facebook activity and the violence in the regions. The social media platform’s…
Key Takeaways From Senate Hearing With Facebook Whistleblower
The Senate heard testimony Tuesday from former Facebook employee Frances Haugen, who came before the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security to raise the alarm about practices in Facebook that she said demanded congressional action. While there was broadly bipartisan consensus that regulations on the social media platform should be strengthened, Democrats and…
Six Key Takeaways From Senate Hearing With Facebook Whistleblower
The Senate heard testimony Tuesday from former Facebook employee Frances Haugen, who came before the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security to raise the alarm about practices in Facebook that she said demanded congressional action. While there was broadly bipartisan consensus that regulations on the social media platform should be strengthened, Democrats and…
Congress Demands Action Against Facebook After Hearing Whistleblower Testimony
The Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security heard testimony Tuesday from Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, a former employee of the tech giant. In a rare show of bipartisanship, a bloc of Republicans and Democrats joined together to demand action against the company. Haugen, who used to work as a lead product manager…
Facebook Files Motion to Toss FTC Antitrust Suit
Facebook on Monday filed a motion to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit that accused the social media giant of illegal monopolistic practices. In its Oct. 4 filing (pdf), the social media company argued that the FTC failed to make a valid case for claiming that Facebook has monopoly power in the social media market….
Facebook Issues Statement Blaming Major Outage on ‘Configuration Changes’
Facebook on Monday blamed the widespread outage across a suite of its social media and messaging services on faulty configuration changes on its routers. “Our engineering teams have learned that configuration changes on the backbone routers that coordinate network traffic between our data centers caused issues that interrupted this communication,” Facebook said in a blog…
Facebook Says Major Outage Due to ‘Configuration Changes’
Facebook on Monday blamed the widespread outage across a suite of its social media and messaging services on faulty configuration changes on its routers. “Our engineering teams have learned that configuration changes on the backbone routers that coordinate network traffic between our data centers caused issues that interrupted this communication,” Facebook said in a blog…
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