Enlarge (credit: Chris Ratcliffe / Bloomberg / Getty Images) Facebook released its first report today detailing which content it says is widely viewed on the site and Instagram. The report comes as research and news stories have highlighted how misleading posts and outright disinformation can draw intense engagement on the company’s platforms. Much of the […]
Enlarge / The CMA said Facebook could deny other platforms access to GIFs because of the tie-up. (credit: Anadolu Agency | Getty Images) The UK competition regulator has called for Facebook to sell online image platform Giphy, which it bought for $400 million last year, after provisionally finding competition concerns following an in-depth investigation. The […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images (Tom Williams / Drew Angerer)) Two lawmakers have received temporary account suspensions from YouTube and Twitter over their repeated posting of COVID-19 disinformation, yet videos from both espousing similar disinformation remain on Facebook. On Tuesday, YouTube removed a video posted by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky. ) in which he falsely claimed […]
Camila Cabello made it clear last month she was not about to be body shamed by anyone — because she is absolutely NOT ashamed! After some internet commenters criticized her for putting on weight after she was photographed going for a jog in a sports bra a couple weeks back, she dropped a TikTok smacking down […]
Enlarge / Mark Zuckerberg demonstrates an Oculus Rift headset at a 2016 event. (credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Facebook mastered social media by giving people an easy way to share their offline lives with friends, family, and complete strangers on the Internet. So why is the company} now trying to invent a virtual […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Pool ) President Joe Joe biden and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy spent the last several days hammering social media companies for their platforms’ roles in spreading false information about COVID-19 vaccines. “They’re killing people, ” Biden said, when asked about the role of social networks in the spread of misinformation. […]
Enlarge / Facebook Pay is one of many payment services aiming to eliminate the “phone, laptop, credit card” shuffle by offering easily accessed one-tap payment options. (credit: Fiordaliso via Getty Images ) This August, Facebook will be making its Facebook Pay payment service available outside its own platforms for the first time. Facebook’s announcement describes […]
The Euro Championship did not go England’s way. After two hours of football ended locked in a 1-1 draw, England and Italy squared off in penalty kicks. Italy won after Marcus Rashford hit it off the post, Jadon Sancho’s attempt was stopped, and the final try, taken by 19-year-old Bukayo Saka, has been saved by […]
Enlarge Four major social media companies yesterday pledged to make efforts to improve the safety of women on their platforms. Facebook, Google, TikTok, and Twitter all signed the pledge in response to the recommendations of a working group of 120 experts organized by the Web Foundation. “For too long, women have been routinely harassed, attacked, […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | ericsphotography) A federal judge has blocked Florida’s new social media law because it violates the First Amendment rights of tech companies that moderate user content on their online platforms. The state law would make it illegal for large social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to ban politicians and impose […]