Facebook: what’s not to like?
For a platform like Facebook, that is built largely on advertising money, a “dislike” button would be a brave move indeed.
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What has been the fallout from the revelations about Cambridge Analytica and Facebook?
The British data firm described as “pivotal” in Donald Trump’s presidential victory was behind a ‘data grab’ of more than 50 million Facebook profiles, a whistleblower has revealed to Channel 4 News.
Jon Snow speaks to Keith Weed, Unilever’s chief marketing officer, after he’d made his speech in California outlining the company’s plans. He began by asking him how much time Unilever was giving the tech giants to put their house in order.
The social media giant Facebook is facing new scrutiny over the way it moderates potentially harmful or dangerous content, after its secret guidelines for staff and moderates were leaked to the press, revealing huge inconsistencies over issues like violence, sexual images and hate speech. The company says with such a diverse global community there will…
Police in Ohio are searching for a suspect after a 74 year old man was shot dead at random with a video of the incident posted on Facebook. The footage was viewed thousands of times before it was taken down. The suspect, identified as Steve Stephens, claimed he had killed 15 people, and wanted to…
Facebook has announced voluntary changes which are likely to lead to the social media giant paying millions of pounds more to HM Revenue and Customs.
Six times as much money is being paid to Facebook for advertisements telling people to pay their taxes, than the multinational company itself pays in tax.
For a platform like Facebook, that is built largely on advertising money, a “dislike” button would be a brave move indeed.
Following the sudden death of her husband Dave Goldberg, the Facebook COO published a heartfelt tribute to him online – which was shared more than 330,000 times within two days of its appearance.
A children’s charity says “it is time for social networking sites to be held to account” after a “disturbing” video was posted on Facebook showing a baby being dunked in water.
Facebook allows you to see why it’s sending you the ads it selects for you. But just how accurate is the world’s best-informed social network?
American parents who adopted children from abroad are advertising them for readoption to strangers on a Facebook group, Channel 4 News finds.
French police detain comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala after he posted a comment on Facebook apparently comparing himself to the killer of a policewoman and four people in a Jewish supermarket.
Social networks must simplify terms and conditions, to ensure that their users are clear over how their personal data will be collected and used, MPs say.
Bearing in mind Facebook moderators sometimes have trouble telling the difference between breastfeeding and porn, I reckon they’d struggle to distinguish angry boasts from genuine threats to life.