Facebook wants to make it easier for its users to find real-time information when a disaster or emergency strikes. The world’s largest social network said Wednesday that more than 100 local governments and first responders with Facebook Pages are testing “local alerts.” Users would see a local alert label in their News Feed and “Today …
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Facebook rolled out a feature called “Watch Party” in July that allows users to watch and chat about a video in one spot as if they were sitting together in a digital living room. Facebook’s “Watch Party” feature. Facebook Now that tool, which was made available first within Facebook Groups, is expanding to all pages and profiles on the social …
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The uproar over how Facebook executives handled a series of scandals continues to grow. In a press conference Tuesday, three civil rights groups, Color of Change, Bend the Arc: Jewish Action, and Public Citizen called on the world’s largest social network to fire Joel Kaplan, vice president of global public policy for Facebook. The groups also want Facebook to release a …
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Facebook and Instagram were down for hours for some users on Tuesday, including in the US, a little more than a week after the world’s largest social network said a “routine test” caused the site to go offline. This time, the tech firm said that “a server configuration caused intermittent problems across all apps globally.” “We are back to 100% …
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From Russian election meddling to a massive data privacy scandal, Facebook has faced a seemingly endless list of troubles. Now a new report suggests the social network’s leadership may be among its biggest challenges. Over the past three years, CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg ignored warnings, deflected blame and were distracted by other projects as the social network lurched from …
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When it comes to taking down content, Facebook acknowledges it hasn’t always made the right decisions. The tech firm apologized for removing the iconic “Napalm Girl” photo in 2016 and has grappled with other public blunders. But as social networks face more pressure from lawmakers and users to pull down hate speech, terrorist content, nudity and other offensive items, digital …
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What’s old is new again for LinkedIn. The business-oriented social network said Friday that it’s testing a feature that lets users create real-world events and invite their online connections. If that sounds familiar, it’s because LinkedIn had an events app in the past but shut it down in 2012. LinkedIn’s events feature. LinkedIn Since then, however, the tech company has …
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Gab, the fringe social network apparently used by the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect, is planning to return online this weekend. Chatter on the social media site, a Twitter alternative that’s popular among some conservatives and white nationalists, went silent by Monday after GoDaddy pulled the domain registration from the site. GoDaddy said it made the decision after receiving complaints and …
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Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg have had a rough year so far. They’ve been playing whack-a-mole in the fight against election meddling by Russia and Iran, waged a near-constant battle against fake news and faced a string of controversies over data misuse. Hackers got ahold of the personal data of 29 million Facebook users during a massive security breach. Meanwhile, …
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Chatter on Gab, a fringe social media site, has gone silent. Before he allegedly shot and killed 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday, Robert Bowers spewed hatred for Jews on Gab, which has become in its two-year existence an echo chamber of racists, white nationalists, Islamophobes and anti-Semites. In one post, an account in Bowers’ name reposted a …
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