July 12, 2018 How under-fire Facebook is bolstering its battle against fake news Facebook, which has come under fire for the proliferation of fake news on its platform, is ramping up its efforts against misinformation.
July 11, 2018 PayPal slammed after telling customer that her death 'breached its rules' PayPal was forced to apologize after sending a letter to a woman who had died of cancer claiming her death "breached its rules."
July 11, 2018 Facebook fined over $650G by UK in Cambridge Analytica data misuse scandal Facebook is facing a fine of over $650,000 in Britain after the country’s information regulator said Wednesday the company failed to protect millions of users’ data.
July 6, 2018 Facebook, Wes Cook Band, work to resolve patriotic song 'censorship' row The Wes Cook Band says that it is in a “productive dialogue” with Facebook after the social network prevented the group from using its paid tools to promote their song “I Stand for the Flag.”
July 6, 2018 Facebook slammed for 'censorship' of country group's patriotic song Facebook has been slammed by The Wes Cook Band for preventing the country group from using the social network’s paid tools to promote its song “I Stand for the Flag.”
July 5, 2018 Facebook found 'hate speech' in the Declaration of Independence Facebook’s algorithms are in the spotlight after the social network tagged an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence as hate speech.
July 5, 2018 WhatsApp 'horrified' over India lynchings, promises action WhatsApp responded to a pattern of lynchings in India that have been sparked by false rumors spread on its platform—saying on Wednesday it was “horrified” by the incidents.
July 3, 2018 Tech's 'dirty secret': App developers are sifting through your Gmail Google said a year ago it would stop its computers from scanning the inboxes of Gmail users for information to personalize advertisements, saying it wanted users to “remain confident that Google will keep privacy and security paramount.”
July 3, 2018 Facebook data sharing scandal: Probe of tech giant and Cambridge Analytica widens A federal probe into Facebook’s sharing of data with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica has broadened to include the actions and statements of the tech behemoth, sources familiar with the inquiry told the Chicago Tribune.
July 2, 2018 Instagram mistakenly removes a photograph of two men kissing Instagram has reinstated a photograph of two men kissing after it was mistakenly removed for violating community guidelines.