September 27, 2019 Live Action slams Facebook after investigation finds fact-check of abortion claim was 'fair and accurate' Pro-life group Live Action slammed Facebook's fact-checking system after an investigation into fact-checker Science Feedback found its conclusions to be fair and accurate.
September 26, 2019 Activists blast Bezos for saying Amazon is writing its own facial recognition laws An activist group pushing for a federal ban on facial recognition blasted Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos over comments this week about the company's efforts to write its own regulations for the controversial technology.
September 25, 2019 Match profited off romance scammers, FTC suit claims Good luck finding love online.
September 24, 2019 Google contractors in Pennsylvania vote to unionize A group of Pittsburgh-based Google contractors voted to unionize on Tuesday.
September 23, 2019 45 Google employees claim retaliation after reporting abuse, harassment, discrimination An explosive document written by 45 Google employees alleges that they've been subjected to sexism, broken promises of promotion and other harassment.
September 20, 2019 Sen. Hawley: Zuckerberg was 'stunned' when I called for third-party audit of Facebook on alleged bias Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley outlined Friday his tough questions for Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg on censorship and privacy on the social media platform, calling for the company to "take real action."
September 20, 2019 Facebook's Zuckerberg says there 'clearly was bias' in controversy over 'censorship' of pro-life group Live Action Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company's handling of a fact-checking controversy involving pro-life group Live Action was biased.
September 19, 2019 Facebook CEO Zuckerberg meets with Trump, key senators on DC swing Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with President Trump at the White House Thursday, part of a series of visits with lawmakers who have been critical of the social media giant.
September 18, 2019 Facebook still auto-generating Islamic State, al-Qaida pages WASHINGTON (AP) — In the face of criticism that Facebook is not doing enough to combat extremist messaging, the company likes to say that its automated systems remove the vast majority of prohibited content glorifying the Islamic State group and al-Qaida before it's reported.
September 17, 2019 Facebook to crack down on extremism by training AI with police videos Facebook will work with law enforcement agencies to train its artificial intelligence systems to detect videos of violent events as part of its ongoing battle against extremism on the platform.