US Police Refuse to Stop Creating Fake Profiles on Facebook
By Derrick Broze Local, state, and federal law enforcement are refusing to comply with Facebook’s policy against law enforcement creating fake social media accounts. A…
Another Day, Another Facebook Scandal — Company Data Mined Email User Contacts From New Users
By Aaron Kesel Facebook has another scandal; this time it has been revealed that the company’s password verification feature for new users collected contact data…
Four Steps Facebook Should Take to Counter Police Sock Puppets
By Dave Maas Despite Facebook’s repeated warnings that law enforcement is required to use “authentic identities” on the social media platform, cops continue to create…
Facebook Removes Page of Ecuador’s Former President Rafael Correa on Same Day as Assange’s Arrest
By Elias Marat Facebook has unpublished the page of Ecuador’s former president, Rafael Correa, the social media giant confirmed on Thursday, claiming that the popular…
Facebook Got Caught Phishing For Friends
By Bennett Cyphers and Jason Kelley Once again, Facebook is in the news for bad security practices, dark design patterns, and secretly reappropriating sensitive data…
3 Reasons Why Facebook’s Zuckerberg Wants More Government Regulation
By Ryan McMaken Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants more government regulation of social media. In a March 30 op-ed for the Washington Post, Zuckerberg trots…
Facebook and Google Must Answer to the Market
By Max Gulker Giant technology companies like Facebook and Google get that way because their size is a crucial part of their value. Facebook’s network…
Facebook Reverses Zero Hedge Ban, Admits to Making a “Mistake”
By Tyler Durden (ZH) — It has been a strange 24 hours. On Monday, we first learned that for the previous two days, Facebook had banned all Zero Hedge…
Facebook Now Automatically Blocks ZeroHedge.com Articles
By Joe Jarvis As creepy as Facebook’s algorithms are, they can also be useful. I go on Facebook mainly to see what news articles my…
A Privacy-Focused Facebook? We’ll Believe It When We See It
By Gennie Gebhart In his latest announcement, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg embraces privacy and security fundamentals like end-to-end encrypted messaging. But announcing a plan is…
Facebook Leak Reveals Global Bribery Scheme to Soften Data Privacy Laws
By Tyler Durden (ZH) — A leak of internal Facebook documents reveals that the company has conducted a global lobbying campaign to against data privacy legislation, targeting politicians…
How a Small Team of Journalists Overcame Facebook Censorship
By Alexander Rubenstein (MPN) — Facebook seemed to have outdone itself again in its ongoing suppression of independent media when, earlier this month in coordination with CNN,…
Facebook Doubles Down On Misusing Your Phone Number
By Gennie Gebhart When we publicly demanded that Facebook stop messing with users’ phone numbers last week, we weren’t expecting the social network to double…
Facebook Insider Leaks Docs; Explains “Deboosting” “Troll Report” & Political Targeting in Interview
By Project Veritas Project Veritas has obtained and published documents and presentation materials from a former Facebook insider. This information describes how Facebook engineers plan…