Mark Zuckerberg

Free expression advocacy group PEN America called on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other social media companies to address online abuse in a new report.

Employees can continue working remotely until one month after their office reaches 50% capacity, which could occur in early September, Facebook said.

Members of Congress faced off with the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter in a five-and-a-half-hour hearing about misinformation.

The CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter will face lawmakers on Thursday to discuss their approaches to misinformation.

Testimony from the three CEOs has become a regular occurrence in Congress as they have been called on to defend their practices.

The lawmakers also called on Facebook to provide greater transparency to its advertisers on the context in which their promotions would appear to users.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren said the tax is even more urgent during the Covid crisis, as the pandemic has exposed and accelerated America’s wealth gap.

The decision follows negotiations between Facebook and Australia which is set to pass a new media law that will require digital platforms to pay for news.

Industry watchers and participants think that Apple has a good chance to validated and revolutionize augmented reality like it did with smartphones.

Facebook said Wednesday that Australian users will no longer be able to view or share news content.

After abruptly leaving in March 2019, Chris Cox returned as Facebook’s product chief in summer of 2020 — and many employees are relieved.

It’s the latest move in a skirmish that pits Apple’s planned iOS 14 privacy update against Facebook’s ad-dependent business model.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday announced that the company will no longer recommend civic and political groups to its users.

A new GoBankingRates.com study found that a few of the world’s richest people, like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk, have recovered their fortunes, growing their net worth by more than 50% during the Covid-19 pandemic from market lows in mid March.

The law should allow social media networks to be held financially liable for libelous false information and damage caused by incitements to violence.

An ad media expert explains why the violence on the Capitol was a “rocket ship” for social media companies.

“We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great,” Zuckerberg wrote in a post on his Facebook page.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday that the company would extend restrictions on President Donald Trump’s account in the wake of the US Capitol riot. “We are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete,” Zuckerberg said.

Facebook and YouTube on Wednesday removed a video by President Donald Trump addressing Washington rioters.

The world’s richest person made the single largest charitable contribution in 2020, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s annual list of top donations, a $10 billion gift that is intended to help fight climate change